The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-03
FINANCIAL AND ooMwEn0AE.


mfnN If huninona And 6Ontnin pOmo etNtintiCl
REGARDING the movement OF staple goods tina.
eurpaas ali ~previous records. The situation Il
summsrised BIZ Bradstreers as follows:
IN. hr.,,.., ror,a .r,.r, pnon tho o,o.in,
~,.,n a. A.. v.., vith a many favorable and .,
-, as,r...tnS e,.trvo. IN .,oht A 70 leave Ittl,
Soub, that the year 1893 must hereafter furnish
ne basis for estimate when comparisons Of larg,
buuiness are 10 DO mada. Nearly all obtainAbl'
statistics and reports ~ TO the volume Of business
Point 20 the present year having heavily exceeded
any former year in the amount Of business done
ard though comparisons a. regards prices are no,
90 favorable 81 IN earlier years notably . ' Ano
isso, wnon quota.,ons o Z m0es NlNp.o' : Snsa.
sreoiy hisner. ,na, tno sApsn.lon ~ go $50
msasea popaS s.a s..u,,.a - y, .oarsSs,s ~oi
nS nIn""... asnsSs-.hiv n 1900 ~ snv
sn,.sr 80. a,rorg condemnation NJ this NAV Il
Sonnh IN r.ce,tiy copnpilsd statistics of bank clear.
inua. railroad earnings and other measures Of bust.
NJ a conditions.
nst., 81. ....t,.o. rosorr.d to ara
49, rsiat,ns % the oYnort movement Of
~, tnolrdin. 1our for tha yveok The sbip-
-n.t. snrnnn.,.d = Iaa o5o hnsbela aoainat
.sas ,oe AZ nrov,o,s val and eboO 600
h,.h,i. 4, Ar nor-a.nond,ne wal N Iost YEAR.
r,ro,+. =, corn bav. aIso heen nnnspnllv heavy.
.nnrnS.tino 4 eol 600 h,sbels. npainst A little
a.. thsn a q ono bnsbela last week. Bank
Sis.sana.. ~. tv.ntv.tonr hus,nass d,vs In
Ne,.rnhsr tsro q n.r can't ,arger than dnrinp
nr,ohar and q n cant laroar than in January
:, mi. v.,r shan the clearinoa were the
4 ,yie,,o an racord Az omn ared with Noyem-
- ~ lat ,~.r tha c,earinos are 90 q cent
lava ~ n. ostiu ated thot orders for steel
rail, srereoatinq between 500 600 and 100
0On tnrs hava Mean njooed during tbe current
waas Rus,ness failures for November were
smo,l.r hotb IN numher and IN the amount OF
,nonths than during anv period since A record
ntnomwsroja c,suaItjes has been kent
pLons tor ali stanla nroduota have heen we'll
nointsjnsd and several ,mnortont industries
Nave haon stimu,ated NV the early appearance
a, c.nutna vinter weather Tn anite Of heavy
esle. ~ secnritisa nv Enrope. the foreign Az
eh.n.n n.rLot b.. hean heavy tbe oreater mart
~ The veal. and though steady at the
, oloasJ rataa have NOT recoyered materially.
Enronean indebtednesa TO this country IA be-
~,nninr "a esspme nronortiona that lead uoms
hsnser. IA dsaire a martial settlement. bence
tho onrasemsnt NJ Al 900 600 gold in london
sor shinr,.nt 10 this conntr Aa everv one
hnova ~r.IIusv tr.fBc ret,,rna continue satis-
fsctorv In ante NJ fine dscision of the
eunnana Court adverss m the m,into,ance
~ trne1o ,,,ooi.tors and r,n,orr ~ rate mt.
ting IN various aections while rates ara IN
roanv ca,e. ahnor,n,IIv Low n anneara that IN.
v,i,roadu are ,Issrniny how n onerata mora
than heretofore. many OF them
are enabled 70 90 so because they nave peen
placed IN excellent phyeicalc onoition incidental
the non,av msrtat ~ 10 hardly neceos,rv n
SPEAK; SUI. IT'S worth noting tnat the ease OF
.he Market ID que In part 10 tne large increase
IN natlonal pank circuiation' paseo upon the
amount OF gold in the country is steadily being
increased from natural sources. as well as by
EecelpDs from aoroao III psymeh' ior our va
Eious proouc.s'
60 .ssatL -, a.
seourity market In the face of heavy realizing
-. ..-ss.S. s..I~~. - - -
ea,es oy professional aealers. ana also oy more
important interests that nave accumulated
stocks when prices were much below
the present level. To-day's market was
very strong during the forenoon. a con-
dition that. as usual. invited q good deal of
profit taking that was reflected in lower prices
l,sfn. kho I.,t holf - tho 40, MI G,,..oo