New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-21
CLOSING PRICES OF CHICAGO STOCKS
on THE STOCK EXCHANGE

Wednesday. March 20-p m
Activity In the stock market to-day was not So
great az earlier in the week and the upward
tendency In prices was not 50 pronounced. There
were some sales to realize profits and the bears
time undertook to depress values by wha,
appeared t. 3e con certed Arrangement but
which failed Of much effect. The result was an
irregular list Of closing quotations on a DAYS
business Of 21lOS6 shares. against 25 472 yestef-
day.
London bought little or nothing In this market
and the international specialties felt the lack %
support. Louisville and Nashville fell off u net
at the close to J0i2 NcwY0rk Central y.e.dcd y
to 50 and st. Paul p 10 56a.. On its traffic re-
turns for the second week in March Missouri
Pacific advanced N net to 2las. and the general
railway list moved that way also-Wheeling and
Lake Erie ~ net for the preferred and q for
the common; Chesapeake and Ohio gained 4
finally to l72t and Southern Railway preferred y
10 "a. Trading in this class of securities is
OF the encoui aging features Of the market. The
completion Of the b!tuminous coal arrangement
helps many OF them The other Changers fol-
lowed the lead of St Paul and showed fractional
losses at the close Of the session, generally due
to realizing sales and bearish attacks The coal
properties suffered for similar reasons. Jersey
Central was down at one time to 92hs from 9414.
Delaware and Hudson was unchanged and Lack
awanna gained % to 1917 The current opinion
is that the anthracite troubles Will be put on the
way toward settlement tomorrow. but this out
come Is not at all certain and hardly likely.
Nevertheless the effect Of general expectation
advanced Reading ore time to lOss. but the
final price was 1913. a net gain Of Y. Inc INDUS
trial group the most active and was marked
by irregularity. Sugar was up y to ?'Is at the
close, though the story is told that the insiders
now wish to see ii sink before they begin to buy
Ia again. Chicago Gas d, c;.ncd fractoHaily dni
so did Cotton Oil. bu. General Electric was
manipula ted 10 80 al one time; later II reacted 10
32A. Its net gain was IA t. 32h on stories thai
the business statement Of the company wouid
make good showing. The most plausible cxp!a-
natlon o. this movement Is covering OF shorts'
Distiiiing and Cattle Feeding was the most acuVe
SUCK OF the day. contributing 2y2Z4 shafeS 10 w
uay business. At the close Il had gained ~
ciedr 10 iaf2 The reorganization certificates soiu
point higher than the shares, because III mas
peen pald In on each of them. The generdhy
sood outlook for the property sufficiently ck-
piaihs anls movement and the activity N i'S
s'ock. Inc settlement with the American DIS
ulputihg Company helped the advance OF to-day.
Al tne cit Sc TIE market steady generally n
reactions from the lowest prices OF the day
The Snb-Treasury received $4,000 in gold to-
day on bond syndicate account. and paid out
$l0O.OoO In gol1 20 a bank. So far can be IN
fcrred from surface indications the syndicate
managers are content with the present CONDITION
or the money market. where rates are not high
enough to have any bad effect on the stock mar