Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-21
BUOYAN I.
Better Crops and a Larger Mar.
ket for This Season.
BULLISH FEELING PREVAILED,
The Closing Figures IA to Per Cent
Higher Than saturday-Reavy Buying
OF Wheat-Wool Dull, Steady at
Previous Prices-Silver 91I-2.
COMMERCIAL RESUME.

COMMERCIAL RESUME
Special to the Gazette
New YORK, April O.-AIoney-Closed
easy at per cent, lowest rate highest, 81.
EXchange-Steady. Posted rates, s4.S6@
| 4S9]%
Silver-9514.
Sugar-Retined, dull at previous prices.
| Nheat-Options active and higher There
was heavy buying both for foreign and
nome accounts and prices closed 215G33sc
higher. Spot lots closed strong.
Nool-Dull, steady at previous prices.
Cotton-Spot lots quiet, liiddling up
| lands l5-l6c. Futures closed steady.
Cofee-Spot lots quiet: fair Rio carcoes.
NC Futures closed to IS points higher
! Eldes-F1rn. Bueuos AyreS dry l2(1
l3}l dry Texas, 104l0>Gc
| stock market today was active through
| out with the exception of a slight reaction
! caused by the unfounGed rumor that $500
! COO 81 gold had been engaged for Wednes-
| DAY steamer, prices advanced on good
SS1fg The closing figures were gener-
the best Of the day. The advance
ranged from 10 per cent.
Atchison, 81.
| Dry goods-Market only moderately act
! I've today. Some choice loJs of summer
| goods were taken 10 Il considerable extent
| but there was no general movement.
| Bonds dull
Denver, Texas and Fort Worth certiti-
! cafes, 24i
Fort Worth ana Denver Is. lO4.
+alch!Son general mortgage As, 50.
Atchison incomes, 4Si..
Kansas AMI Texas Is ~
Kansas and Texas -. III.
missouri, Kansas and Texas Is, 1135
Missouri. Kansas and Texas rs, AZ
-. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Is, sell
Texas and Pacific Is, So,
Texas and Pacific -. 81
ATWOOD, VIOLET COS COTTON REPORT,
Special 10 the Gazette
NEW ORLEANS Ia, April 9O.-Atwood.
Violet x Co. say:
tutures-What we have all along pre-
ulcJel mas al last come 10 pass The heavy
lead Of spot cotton carried on this side, The
fuA receipts which show no signs
UI dlminutlon. and the satisfactory
condition OF trade in Manchester
are too powerful combination for. prices
10 resist, and we find the closing of All
markets considerably lower than Saturday
Liverpool IS down Std. New York ! To y
points, and New Orleans 9 TO II. July
closes here to-day at S 35G6S 36-the low
est figure touched b. it since
the Inauguration of the future business
here IN 1850, while New York IS lower
than at any time in the history OF that mar.
ket; Those who were free buyers lately
under the Impression that the bottom must
be close at hand We're anxious sellers To-
DAY, ana the decline brought out number
OF orders, which assisted the downward
movement materially.
The most significant thing to-day was the
reduction here of ~ in spot for all grades,
except mIddling fair, which was marked
down '-io. we have almost daily referred
70 the weakness of the spot sit
uation al the risk OF firing our
friends but, the course which
prices have now taken seemed so lueyita-
bic under existing circumstances We
thought ii incumbent upon US 10 point out |
the Danger OF buying cotton at prices low |
enough 10 tempt speculation but too high |
FOR investors 20 take hold of for the purpose |
OF carrying over until the next season.
New Orleans expects 5000 bales to-mor- |
row.
Free on board-None, only lot osase6 |
bales sold from factors table
Spots-Sales to-day, $500. ~.
GOVERNMENTS, STOCKS AszfsoxDs.
NEW YORK, April 2O.-IAxeEinion grows
daily that the extraordiga1 strength shown
Of late by the stock ax4sat in the face of |
the most DISCOURAGE ssE;ffrcumstances has
more connection y the look for larger
crops and e. 6rkets for them during
~ com.SGIs kon than has been before
opening, on the execution
Of orders accumulated over Sunday, was
very active and materially higher the |
gains beng l per cent over SATURDAYS
prices. In some cases this brought out a
great deal of stock, and the activity con
.inued throughout the day, but the demand
was urgent and was sufficient to keep prices
moving up steadily throughout the day
Chicago gas. Rock Island, Lackawanna.
Texas and Pacific and some specialties led
he list II different times, and all scored
marked advances. The bullish feeling has
}een 50 high in the latter part of the day
hat no concession was TO be noted at any
ime. and The market finally closed active
md strong at the highest prices. and with
ne bouyant tone unimpaired, giving
'romise of further advances
Railroad bonds rather active.
Government bonds dull and steady
State bonds neglected.