New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-02
,OSTON STOCKS.
az THE STOCK EXCHANGE.


Trading in stocks again dull ana narrow
The volume of business was somewhat pe''e' us
,rihu,ad than Yesterday. but there was no In
crease in outside interest in the market the pro-
,oss,onaI traders being in full control through
ont the day Perhaps the renewed operations Vi
a large trader who has been out OF the market
Gov q yeek or more were responsible for an ad-
vance and larger dealings after weak OPENING
for all that the small traders need In order 10
mako them enthusiastic Is the presence OF some
u,eu-known operator on the floor. who always can
find a following that might be considered nat
tering If men operated merely for the praise Oh
their friends and admirers. The covering Oh
shorts helped the general market ana the coi-
dition Of the foreign exchange market leu 10
moderate buying while the fact that no gold oiHs
appeared in the foreign exchange market reas-
sured those who Rad feared further exports oi
COLD this week ., present condition Of the
foreign exchange MAJ net is decidedly easy. with
a tendency for further ease. and If there Is de-
mand from Germany for gold the Berlin BANK
ers will find 1t cheaper to get 1t In the European
market Speculation In cotton continues 10 over
shadow that in stocks. but to-day weaker tome
in the cotton market led some conservative oper-
ators in that staple to express an opinion ihoi-
eating that the bull movement had reached its
limit The transfers Of currency from this city
to the South for crop-movement purposes mas
been heavy all this week. to-day's transfers aver
aging 500. 900. and Of this amount S6I5,OOO went
to Orleans. TIE Treasury's surplus for Sep
TENDER will be wiped out this month II results
shown In to-day's Washington statement con-
tinue. expenditures exceeding receipts Dy heaiiy
$500 000
The high priced coalers were az active as the
available supply Of stock would permit. Deia-
ware. Lackawanna and Western and Delaware
and Hudson we're In good demand by certain In
terests and II was reported that bids above the
market had been made for Lackawanna, ana
that the advance in these stocks was due TO steps
In connection With the control of the coal situa-
ton. Now that the coal men have evinced a de-
termna ton to put the trade upon paying basis
considerable talk Is heard about the sO-called
combine. but If such a combine exists the coal
men are not willing to admit It. and they assert
that the advance in the price Of anthracite has
been due entirely to individual action made posi-
hIe hv An Increased demand Reading
strong, and, next to Distilling and Cattle Feed
ing was the largest dealt in stock on the list
The last-named stock was again the most at
tractive because something Is being done In the
affairs OF the company which gives good oppor-
tunties for manipulation In the stock The
terms Of the agreement entered into by the ReOr-
eanization Committee and the old wreckers Of
the Trust are said to be as follows: The accept
ance by the Greenhut-M Morris party or the reor-
eanization plan; the depositing OF the $1,000
shares of the Greenhut- Morris holdings: surren-
der at cost of the $500. 900 bonds held by Green
hut and Morris which they got FOR 90 cents on
the dollar and the withdrawal OF all pending
suits The Greenhut and Morris interests are
also to surrender the ground lease OF their dis
tieries on terms to be agreed upon, but yet
nothing has been learned concerning the COM
pensation the wreckers Of the company Will get
for all their concessions
Sugar Refining was strong In regard 10 the
earnings OF this concern or rather It's condition.
large holder Of Sugar stock who has the conf
dence Of the officers Of the company said to-day
that the earnings Of the Trust for August were
the largest In the history OF the company. The
demand for sugar at the present time IL large
and no one doubts that the Sugar Trust Is making
an enormous amount OF money In order 10 main
tain its high dividends. but despite this. the pub
lie would like to see a statement from the con-
Of getting for the present at least American
Tobacco and Chicago Gas were both strong. as
well as the rest OF the Industrial list. The Gran
gers and the general railway list were higher
but lightly dealt In. Profit taking sales at the
close caused declines but most stocks closed at
net advances.
The following table shows final prices OF the