The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-07
RICE.
FINANCIAL.
Monev-Market steady.

steady. The following are net Sa.
yan Ra qqGtatdioHs G0mmerGiG demand
| $4sOA; francs, Paris and Havre, sixty
days, 5.2214; Swiss, sixty days, 5.2415;
marks, sixty days, 94ss.
| buying at Is per cent, discount and sell
ing as follows: Up to SIS. l0c premium;
S To No. sS aR edrm mpWafd 500 at TO $780, Zoe
Securities-The market is quiet and very
dun.
| 80 per cent. bonds of 1880, 1919 bid, LOG
asked; Georgia az per cent, due 1915 104
bid, los asked; Georgia AZ per cent. bonds
1915, III bid, 1lS asked; Georgia per cent,
due 1925, 112 bid, 113 asked; South Caro-
lima AIS, 10s bid, 1O9 asked.
City Bonds-Atlanta z per cent, 1O4h
bid, 1852 asked; Augusta 4l9s, 1925, 1O5
bid, 106 asked; Augusta Z per cent. 10S bid,
109v asked; Augusta per cent, 10S bid,
asked G S1s@bgs per per ean f. ba bid
asked; Macon, AIS, 1926, 1851 bid, 1861
asked; Savannah 5 per cent, quarterly
vannah 3 per cent, quarterly February
coupons, 10 bid III asked; Charleston As.
Railroad Bonds-Savannah. Florida and
| Western railroad general mortgage bonds
5 per cent. interest coupons, 113 bid, ia
| asked; Savannah. Florida and Western
first mortgage 5 per cent. gold bonds, due
| 1884, 10S bid, 100 asked; Augusta Southern,
firsts IS; 1921 BID; 50 asked; Central
raj 5s,. 80 bid, 9119 asked; Central of Geor-
| gia railway first mortgage 5s 50-year gold
bonds, 1141R bid, l151A asked; Central of
| Georgia railway first consolidated mort
gage IS, 9115 bid 80 asked; Central of Geor-
! gia railway first preferred incomes, 80
way, second preferred incomes, IA bid,
| 10 asked Genial of Georgia railway
third preferred incomes, bid. asked;
| Georgia railroad S. 1910, 115l5 bid, III ask
| ed; Charlotte Columbia and Augusta first
IS, 109 bid, 10 asked; Charlotte, Column
! bia and Augusta second mortgage rs, 1l6
md
| Florida new 5s, go bid. 100 asked; South
Georgia and Florida first mortgage Is, 1927
| bid 1857 asked; South Georgia and Flor
! ida second mortgage Is 1903 bid, 1O5 asked;
Ocean Steamship 5 per cent. bonds 1926
105 bid. 106 asked; City and Suburban rail-
bid, asked; Alabama Midland per cent.
Endorsed IS bid, IS asked; Brunswick and
B Bn66 if e 3d. 5s 70 as asSad South
ern Railway S.. 81 bid, go asked; Georgia
and Alabama first preferred 5s, 1O1 bid,
| 102 asked; Georgia and Alabama cons. IS,
Railroad Stocks-Augusta and savan-
nah. "a bid, 9419 asked Georgia, common,
95 asked; Atlanta and West Point stock,
102 bid, 104 asked; Atlanta and West
Point per cent; certificates, 1O1lz bid, 1OS
"a bid, f6S asked.
Gas stocks-sevannah Gas Light Stock,
M BID Y asked Il b Fla 81 as light and
Bank Stocks, Etc.-Citizens Bank 10
bid asked; Chatham Bank, A bid, &c
asked; Germania Bank, lO9 bid, no asked;
| Merchants National Bank. SS bid, 80
asked; National Bank of Savannah, 1926
bid, = asked; Oglethorpe Savings and
ern Bank of the state of Georgia, 1912 bid,
153 asked: Savannah Bank and Trust Com
spd pig ch1haW Real
bid, 81 asked; B, So bid, 55h asked: Peo-
pies Sayings and Loan Company, "a bid,
Factory Bonds-Augusta Factory IS, 1O1
bid, 102 asked; Enterprise Factory IS, 100
bid, 1o1 asked; Eagle and Phcnix Manu-
bid, 40 asked; Sibley Manufacturing Com
pany IS, 1O1 bid, 1O2 asked:
tory, : bid. Is asked; Augusta Factory.
so bid, 50 asked Graniteville Factory, las
bid, Isl asked; Langley Factory 1O4 bid,
SO Bid, Sc asked; j. R. King Manufac tur-
ing Company, 104 bid, 105 asked; Sibley
Manufacturing Company, 70 bid, 20 asked;
Savannah Brewing Company, S0lz bid, SO
New York Dec 6.-Money on call was
easy at 112q2 per cent; the last loan was
at 2 per cent, and closed al 1%42 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, Sq4 per
cent. Sterling exchange, weak, with act.
ual business in bankers bills al $4.S515G
4.S53s for demand, and at S.S234 for sixty
a4S7 Commercial bills $4.S2 Silver GER
tificates, 591aM60c, Bar silver, 6Oc. Mexi-
can dollars. 4714c. Government bonds were
firm; state bonds were dull; railroad bonds
New York. Dec, 6.--The Evening Posts
London finaneialf cabegram says: The
stock markets here were quiet to-day, but
firm Americans were good, chiefly on
New York support The disposition here
Is to await the Presidents message.
There is no disposition to SELL however,
as best quarters look for a rise in Amer-
cans New York is still absorbing bonds
rapidy Al the continental exchanges
moved in favor OF London simultaneous
advances being made in sterling rates al
Paris Berlin and, Vienna"
New York Dec. 6.-Aithough specu-
lafors in stocks have sought TO influence
prices for several weeks by surmises on
the contents Of the Presidents message,
! INC actual publication of that document
| to-day had little effect on the market.
| There was nothing in IL that came as
surprise Prices of stocks had been ad-
yanced to some extent in anticipation of
| the message and there was some expec-
| tation that lis publication would be met
I nv a decline caused by realizing sales but
! the market held. fairly steady after its
| publication, until a raid by the bears in
| the final hour.
Union Pacific was directly affected by
| the paragraph. DEVOTED TO 1t in the mes
| sage and declined, IA poirrr. Most of the
DAVIS movement Of prices was, however.
| due to special causes and was most mark
ed in the specialtieia !HGCM