New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-29
-fIAnELpHIA STOCKS.
CLOSING PRICES or pHILADE
WHAT WAS DONE N STOCKS.

Monday, March 2h-p III.
Speculation still retains its professional larh
and the cast-on fnery Of one stOck to-day is taken
ND tomorrow by another. INT tie smi'lhg %
costu,nes fails 10 hide the rakednc's Oh inc
market, in which the complaint remains OF 'h
abs nee Of public interest. To-dav'@ TRANSACTIONS
atfaincd moderate total figures, aud there was eS
n,onop0zing Of business by three or io"r ISSUES
lam, there vas nothing approaching uniformity IN
the distribution OF activity, and movements oil
value were extremely irregular. General Influences
were lacking, as the final fate of the Silver bill
in Congress is considered to lie assured, and the
street is not concerning itself a. 10 iut!re con-
tinQcncies Of any sort. Tie crop situation is 700
uncertain to warrant operations. and every one
expects q good average yield OF CEREALS IL VIII
do for professional bears 10 figure out the net
results of unharvcstcd products based Oh tllc
present declining prices OF grain II NAY be OF
more interest TO note tiut the eastbOund freight
shipments from chicago last week amonn'cl "
ony 1918 IONS, against $3.50 Ions IN we
PIE yious week and s., 1915 tons III The c'rr 0Lo-
mo week wear ago. Runners OF rate cutting are
ALREADY circulated with a show OIL circuns''ntial
evidence and IL would be unfortunate II the IA l.
roads should permit any temporary siacNehi"S ,n
traffic TO lower the tariffs that. even on the
splendid volume OF business III the Winter, dii
not give many roads any excessive net earnings
TO meet increased charges and beitrnrhl eA'
pcnditurcs.
Unusual modesty was exhibited by Pbiade-
pha and Reading to-day, AND the result was All
unchanged closing price. Interest centred III
Northern Pacific preferred and Louisville and
Nashville The irst-nsmrd stock was even more
active shan Reading, If the latter he counted on
the basis of a full stock: the demand IA cover
shorts carried the price up 10 62 IA, The clpsr
showing gain Of over ! per cent on reaction
10 81 30 Louisville and Nashville was pre.sc
for sale down 10 il 3-4a1l Is against - IS sat
nrday noon The more interesting movements in
the Changers were a small rise in St P0nl and "A
decline in Rock Island from 81 IA to
SO l-insG j-s. Richmond Terminal was active. but
after a break 10 10 IA the common stock rallied
10 II 5-s, "a net gain Of 3-s, willie the preferred
il up nearly 2 per cent Assurances have been
given that the Terminal Company will meet the
April payments on the Richmond and Dunville
bonds the Georgia Pacific seconds and other oh
legations now about due. This would indicate
progress toward securing cohesion Of interests.
and we understand that when the Stock Exchange
listo the Central Trust Companys receipts against
deposits OF securities under the reorganization
plan 1t will he found that satisfactory progress
has been made toward it's execution. 1t may
hardly he doubted that the Trust Companys GER
:ilcates will he promptly admitted 10 dealings, and
the Governing Committee will probably hold
special meeting within day or Two. In the
group OF industrial shares the most significant
feature was the small rally in American Sugar
Refining now that il Is universally accepted that
even the Spreckels opposition has been removed.
Perhaps the dread Of "A public crusade against
sugar monopoly, coupled with H." fear Of stock
to be marketed Offsets the sentimental effect
OF "A success which was predicted last week.
The market closed irregular with net losses
ontnumbering the gains in the more prominent
stocks.
THE DAY IN THE BOND MARKET
The Government bond market remains stag
nant at the Stock Exchange. The final quota
tions were unchanged follows: