New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-21
Total Gs co.'s IS 700 7G7 sS9i2 3Ss Inc slsl,G2l :
THE WEEK AT TIE STOCK EXCHANGE.


The unpleasant condition of our foreign trade
is exhibited in the Government report Tor octp-
Der summary Of Which Is printed IN ahO'hcr
place. The report. TO he sure. Is somewhat NOR
iavora ble than was that for the preceding month,
I'm that the exports exceeded the imports DIV
considerable sum. Compared with the same nhol','
i'm previous years they showed very uccl"cI
shrinkacc On the other hand, the imports "l
mercLa So were excessively large II may not be
difficult TO discover the cause of TINS merchahll~9
movement. \ portion of the imports j. TeI"l,''
undoubtedly on consignment. In" United stats
g. incidentally the most favorable market Whcn
European merchants enjoy. The constant eInlS7l9h
OF Treasury notes for purchase OF SllNcr una uc
law of 1890 has resulted III relative lnitiol'
Ne have undcrvalued gold and oNerr'ted slIN"r;
while the very opposite conditions have prevail Il
IN Furopc Foreign merchants have been sending
to This country everything viii the ma ket w0uld
take, because they preferred gold or us guyacn'
IN the merchandise They have followed the eN-
ample OF conservative capitalists ana lhVeSt il'.
vino for two years have been seIln[ Aiherlcl.
railway securities, excepting those OF the very
highest character, payable exclusively IN GOA. ~
is not unlikely that IMPORTS oil incIclI'ul 'ls' VIA
soon fall oil The assembling Of Congress and the
Inevitable discussion OF economic questions VIII
excite no little uncertainty MT 10 say un"aslnr,~'
and il is entirely probable that tins VIII chc,A t'
The International Monetary Conference will be
opened AZ Brussels on Tues lay. lhe Brit 'lan-
co Tor of the EAchcQucr has instructed The En-~h
Ij,I,t,s that thoy are T. treat the conference rs
a purely dcliberativc body. Inc he1ti"s VIII
extend. Of course. over several weeks. Nhat con
81 uSio IL
nrodict If during thc conference IN" American
DELEGATES cOud announce The r pea Of the Sh"rinan
Silver law the discussion would become NOR" m
tnrostinr and perhaps produce substantial results.
Al thc present time there l. no lnduccnrnt f'f
Europcan Governments 10 assist Tn" mlied STATES
in maintaining parity between e"h ann sIN'I'
II the existing law were repealed the course OF me
European delegates al the conference might y"
mCdtcd. g.. t..,i..,, ~, o,.,,.,.
aroused fear az an early resumption Of pOd "N-
No ens : ACME
dav that il was even reported that large snip
mcnt would be- made yesterday. 1t = an aeicr1-
lilo fact that apparently IL was prevented 'l
fairly large purchases OF both stocks ana nino'
for European account. It was hntcd that thee
were partly for the short account, ana 'lat per
hans "A few Of the orders originated III New i"rk,
Tx'en il there should not be large shipments ol
actual certificates the foreign buying cert AMY
crcatos credits and il is especially gratifying Do
causn II indicates n revival Of European confidence
in our securities. Large and prominent drawers
OF exchange do not share the popular opinion
that gold viii be exported before the rnd "I ,ie
wear. In the meantime the Monetary Conference
win reach some decision, which may materially
affect the international movement oil tie precious
metal. $1,000. ALL.
active and toward the close il was strong amt
confident Aside from thcs' there were no spreaiN
interesting features; four s'ocAn ,Gllil'"' 40.
very nearly onc-half OF the total business 90
these Philadelphia and Reading closed with 1855
Of rs per cent and Atchison with one Of little
over per cent The other TWO s'ocKs " rd !"
gainod IS, and Distllling "a per cent There
WAS no other stock in which the transactions
omountcd 70 100. 0O0 shares. 4 minor but sleni-
Gna,t foature was the persistent weakness of the
so-calcd Gould stocks They suffered material
losses and throughout the week appeared to De
" Following is orr usual table, giving the number
If shares sold Of all stocks, the highest, lowest
and the final prices Of the week, together with TIE
final prices Of week AGO, prciXed DF tIc average
nricrs Of November q, Sol :
WEEKLY RANGE