The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-28
L.Trsr LoSpoy orcTAr1os.
Feb y,

sATrEolr. Feb e.
The STATISTICS Of the foreign c0mne-oe q: this
pert which during the early par1 Of the
month ahuved . heavy deGehss IN eIpork
o. merchandise and q married INCREASE IN
tuporrA. show for the week now ended
Q favorable turn The situation has. 4
TACT bscn completely reversed The srporTt FOR
The week were Sc, o3o. S3&. ss Against Ss.slG,l25
last week AID are very nearly Up % The ert-hor-
einh-y total o: the corresponding week o. last
yesr. which was Ss-loo.2aA The change
IL imports has also bvea pronounced
The total for the week has fallen
10 S~s.5le.se3. tron se. <7l,1 2 lAF week AND
sl255l-1sl last year. The figures las; year
were exceptionally large; the largest, N thct- re-
corded for any one week IN that yeAr. TA3s
males TIE comparison with tia weekit agurss
the more striking. Il khOrld DO horne IN mind.
however, that TIE great disparity between tie
tmporA this year and those Of ihSi yos- i not
likely TO be repeated IN the immediate future,
because. ~ Already noted the figures last year
were eIoepponA The fact remains that eK-
porls are Again increasing. while Imports
are below the weekly average Of 1896.
The magnitude O. the Imports 10 the more
noteworthy because o. predictions that the IL
crease thai took place early IN ihe month vas
Eke!y 70 continue IN consequence o: p-ohShls
changes Il the tariff.
The market for securities this week thousA
far from Active, has reelected . growing
perception Of the tHrcicA character Of
the Legislative inquiry regarding alleged
rrustA Al the same tine the speculative
community has furrished evidence Of q con
v1cion that . Sood deAl o. tht Cuban aS4i1r
uon ~ Washington IL political rLther ;hxn
patriotic srro-.sr than e;Ae- O: thcs: IL
huenoes 10 the feeling O. relief that uuDes from
the certainty o. L change n the Admin
i~stration IN the near future. The v3ew that
the incoming Administration and tie new COR
rress viii Be IN accord can according 10 al 30
oountA. Be reasonably entertained And this
encourages the behef thai efforts which
VII promptly be made 10 secure 10 the
Government revenue equal 10 !Ik expenditures
VII be successful This alone vii 50 q long
wsys toward restoring coandenue, and vii
Also simplify future consideration Of the
currency system That expectations Of q
return 10 = normal condition @. business
nre not confined 10 Wal street 10 shown
by the various trade reports. which tel O. q
moderate revival Of activity In nearly every IND
portAni industry and also by railroad o~arItngx
which Are beginning 10 show some Improvement
a. compared with . year ago
Although the dealings IN securities this week
have been unusually light . number O. note
worthy advances have been recorded Mos, con
spicuous among them ARE those O. 8 points
II Consolidated Gas <s IL Lake Shore,
and So in Sugar Refining. The advance IL
the two first nEInei has doubtless resulted from
IN investment demand Thai in Sugar Refining
Ii equally significant because o: the prevailing
impression thss those Dost familiar with The
refining industry woula not be likely 10
take hold Of the Frosk pending tie decision
at Washington n 10 The treatment O. boin
raw AND refined sugars IN The Tk-1r iii thai IA
now being formulated The sborT interest ~
pears 70 have taken alarm this week d ci-oum-
stance that counts for important net advances IN
c, r. and Quincy. Manhattan Railway. United
States Leather. and American Tobacco.
As IS usually the case on SATURDAY, the trad.
ing IN stocks this morning was lFht; but the
market showed ~ pronounced A. LdrEnc-
ing tendency As II dad ycst4raLy. In
or the lesd Of suEAr Refining and c. +.
and Quincy. tie list with only q few exceptions,
closed higher than yesterday. The weekly STATE
meni Of averages Of the Associated Banks shows
olly one really noteworthy ehAnre-uArnG,y, al
increase Of over s2,ooo.ooo II lawful money.
Half Of this is IL specie received from san
Francisco And othe! estern paiuis- The in
crease IN legal tenders resElts, doubtless.
from the fam thai par Of the gal6 received from
THE interior has hreI Iurnsd into the Treasury
II exchange for q more convenient form o:
money. a decrease Of over S.. oI0. 600 IL the
loans shows thai there is no pressure on the
part Of merltorlous borrowers 10 secure Lcsom.
DodAlonR-
As compared with The final prices Of last SAT-
urdhy the majority Of stocks Ers higher. The
more important nei advances ARE Il C5nsal-
dated 0As, 5 v cent; Lake Shore, Ga; Amer
can Sugar Refining, 81; American Tobacco. ga:
Omaha eAs; Burlington and Quincy. 81: Man
haitian Railway, lEs, United States Lehiher J-e-
terrea- IL; Northwest and ST. Paul IL each;
Chicago Gas Louisville and Nashville, and Ten
Dessee Goa. Eae L-aa, IL each; E.ocE Island, -,
Bay STATE Gas and Western Dniun, q oSuh,
Missouri Pacific EnG New YnrR Central = eA1A:
General Electric and Pacific mai, y each. md
southern Railway preferred. la y cent The
noteworthy declines are in United StAths Rub
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