The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-07

for the first week in March, 1884. Com
pared with the large aggregate Of clear
total shows a decline of only Is per cent,
and OF only u per cent. compared with
being one-half OF / per cent. larger. han
fss total in the first week Of March,
Exports of wheat (aour ncluded as
States this week amount to 2,407, 600 BUSH
els. against 2.206, $50 bushels last week.
siE,T;as ls sssa ISL o g bushels 5as sifz ia f meek co #
responding week In 1894, 2,S94,o0 bushels
IN lss3. and as compared with 3.754,000
Of indian corn are s,775. 600 bushels this
week. against 3.15S, 900 bushels last week,
$4,000 bushels in the corresponding week
ago, and as compared with 679, 900 bushels
in the like week of 1898.
(From R. G. Dun & Co.'S "Weekly Re-
yiew.')
The Cuban resolutions and the appoint
ment of receivers for the Baltimore &
Ohio were events of sufficient importance
to affect almost any genuine market, es-
pecially for securities. It, therefore, ar
CUES either remarkable strength of con-
o!ttons or an entire want of life and gem
ulnene5s in the market that the prices of
THE sixty most active railroad stocks, which
averaged S49.7 "a per share Feb. /, have new
er fallen since that date lower. than $4s:S
nor risen above S50.S5 per share. The
market is largely under the control Of
operators who cannot afford to see it de-
eline muen, put i Is also true that the
both been DISCOUNTED. While the Baiti-
more & Ohio and its feeder operated p
AZ miles OF railway, had $40, 500 ,o00. stock,
and about S12S. e0o,W funded and floating
DEBT, IT has not been a strong corporation
TOR a long time, nor SO managed as to
win confidence. Yet the transaction
seems TO nave caused surprise abroad. and
large selling of American stocks by Lon
don, the net transactions having been
about 10000 shares.
The strength of the market is largely
way earnings, which amounted in Feb
ruary on roads Within the United States
only to 81. s22 3s4 showing a gain Of l2.2
e eent. cent smal Gser th lasf near 1sea th0 ~ Y ca 81 pep
and Mexican roads were included, as in
other comparisons they are. the returns
would appear more favorable. The latest
week, though only half of the roads have
yet reported, looks better than the one be-
fore, The volume of business reflected
by tsr, Clearing = house exchanges is not ma
showing a gain of only 6.5 per cent. over
last year. and a decrease of 17.6 per cent.
n comparison with the same week of
1888. It must be broadly stated that busi-
ness appears to improve only in prospect,
and in the confidence on which future
transactions may be based. but not as vet
IN actual sales accomplished.
The full statement given this week of
fallures by various branches of business
for the months of January and February
in 1896. 1895 and 1894, win attract the more
attention because it exhibits really remark
able improvement in the month of Feb
ruary in most of the important trades. It
IS not unusual to find a considerable de-
crease in the number and MAGNITUDE of
failures in that month. but this year the
decrease is greater than in other wears
rsen ss5 !, Failures Fha res for The week haye
last year, and GO in Canada against So
last year.