Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-21
CLOSED ACTIVE.
Gould Acted a Bear on Wall
Street Yesterday.
MONEY THE LOWEST RATE PIP
Room Traders Hammer: But Their Ham
mering was Offset by Lower Discount
Ratcs-Eonds DuH-Hides Firm.
Sugar rnchanged-Silver o: "a.


COMMERCIAL RESUME.
Special 10 the Gazette
New YORK. May 2O.-AIoney closed easy.
3 per cent. The lowest rate was , :, the
highest per cent.
Silver-g1$4
EXchange-Steadv. 81 S404 So.
Sugar-Raw and refined dull and UNI
changed
Wheat-Options heavy and lower on un-
avoidable weather reports at home and
abroad. Prices closed 2lsto3l,c lower.
Spot lots closed weak
Wool-F'irm. Fan Texas, l9@22c
Cotron-Spot lots easy. Middling. ; l5-l6c
Futures closed 3 TO points lower.
Coffee Spot lots steady. Fair Rio car
goes. 1895. Futures closed steady l.,
Iiides-Firm. Buenos AyreS dry, 4ol56e
lac; dry Texas, 10@lO14c.
Stocks-The market was dun to-day
Room traders were beai'sh and hammered
1lhe list quite freely on the shipment of
Pesf, 900 gold, but their hammering was
Offset by higher prices abroad for American
stocks lower rates of discount in London
and easier money here. The market was
firm throughout and closed 4 to 2ls per
cent higher
Atchison. 80
Dry goods-The market was duh and feat
uIeless.
Bonds duh.
Fort Worth and Denver City certificates,
23l5
Fort Worth and Denver Is. 1O4.
Atchison general mortgage As, 81.
AtrhisOu incomes, 45la
Kansas and Texas Is. -
Kansas and Texas 2's. SCI
Missouri. Kansas and Texas Is ~
Missouri. Kansas and Texas Us. 80,
ST. Louis. Arkansas and Texas Is 81.
Texas and Pacific Is, S9..
Texas and Pacific 2's -
ATWOOD, VIOLET 4 cos COTTON REPORT.
Special 20 the Gazette
New ORLEANS, LA, May 30.-Atwood,
Violet X Co. say:
Futures-lnstead of improving several
points after the long holiday LIVERPOOL
opened barclyone better. which was more
than lost later and closed barely steady.
The disappointment Of the longs caused
some unloading. and the market lost 9
points On near and 10 ON later positions.
There were cables here to-day reporting IL
fear Of Portugal political complications
which, perhaps, helped the action. There
seems 10 be no staying power in the mar
ket The general crop seems to be doing
fairly well. Port receipts. to-day, $500,
against 100 last wear
Free Oh board-NO market.
Spots, steady. Sales 200: quotations
unchanged.
CROP NEWS.
COMMERCE. Ten, May lS.-We have had
2 good rain recently and the crops are clean
and looking well The cold weather some
time back did lis no damage
= Pine Bluff letter OF the 18th sums up
the situation in that section thus: TAX
ing everything into consideration we would
say the prospects at the moment were never
more favorable than N the Seme time last
season.
Governments, STOCKS AND BONDS.
NEW YORK, May 20-The dominant
factor in Wall street is still exports of gold
and Is certainly due III Il great measure TO
the apathy of dealing by operators who
have been 50 lately aIrayed on the bull
Sides. To-day purchasers for foreign ac-
count We're the factors in keeping prices
up, though the trading element is still
bearish and supplied stocks. Commission
people are doing little and the market re-
sumcd 4 mi-professional appearance. The
opening WAS strong and higher. The up
ward movement was resisted with vigor
until the afternoon. when local shorts be-
came frightened and began To cover with Il
will The strongest was Louisville, Mis-
souri Pacific, Changers and Specialties. The
strength III Missouri Pacific being in-
terpreted rs indicating that Gould is also
in the market as bear. and is heavy
buyer.
The upward movement met with no set
back whatever and ceased only with the
close of the day, when everything traded in
was at the highest prices OF the day, the
market still being strong and active. Final
changes are marked and Louisville and
Nashville is up ~. Missouri Pacific and
Union Pacific each 4. 81. Paul, Cleveland
Cincinnati. Chicago and St Louis Rock
Island and Southern Pacific each 1sl,
Northwestern and Lacllawanna each la3,
AtchiSon. Burlington and Northern Pacific
preferred each IA
Railroad bonds dull but strong.
Government bonds have been dull and
heavy.
State bonds neglected.