The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-31
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/ STOCK REPORTS.
NEW YORK.


!. mn YORK. Dec. so.-The transactions Of the
~ mshAaro today were more or less interrupted
~ ~ h0jd0 fSuaics Of the brokers on the hoor.
~ tANe M su6lcdent trading to even up accounts
- - - = The year to make. quite an active
n1nt ID cons inrgulArify Id prices The balti-
~ Ohio stocks, after their upward leap of yes
wss sons!asscu.ly s AZ the common
-, ne meGt active Of the speciaities. including
,1onE. u Tobaocos and the New York city trac-
~ aoctn. were also inclined to react, although
" upde1tons was strong and there was dispose
- o hold nocin for the expected demand after
~ Int 0 the year. The expectation Of this de-
- z based on the sudden relapse in the money
- = ~ the leading financial centers, the London
9ucgnt rate falling below the bank rate today and
~ Berlin 1te showing . further decline. This
~ ground foe hops that the export movement Of
~ Ill b htoeght 70 . stop. It Is possible. how
Y hssd on sspsctssions q further s supplies q
~ nan this country That being the case, bankers
\ January. r. days trading demonstrated that
ssensnt buying Tbs sales Of small lots Of less
@an W shafs continued even more conspicuous
~ e recent dayL Al grades Of stocks were EN-
49,: 49, y tbs demand. down to the nondividend-
- pfeysling sentiment on the exchange was de-
10y mqilh Ihe constant striving Of the finan-
~ wuua 70 anticipate events is responsible for
- and cary money conditions in the last week
tne yex This tendency Of the financial world
npmrtle Ton the weeks events In Q twofold
~ LA9 weeks panic conditions were the re-
preparations for the money pinch which
~ ong been looked for at the close Of the year.
g y the extraordinary magnitude Of tho Jam
~ ~ @soursements this year. Last weeks forced
1snnen ovsrdid itself. as such violent movements
cerMn 70 do and Wall street found itself un-
n ay nuaA Of funds. with prices Of securities
~ lowest level OF the year, and q practically
s.lm conviction that the beginning Of tho new
49, nn marx period Of easier money, with the
49, tsnux Of funds from active use in business to
sDsios financial centers. The speculative world.
expected an abrupt about-face and rush
y g nuy stoclz to anticipate the good times sup
% coming with the new year.
- sHsmsno was particularly urgent from the
SsV A.erest, which had orerextended itself last
~. W worked toms violent recoveries in stocks
49, nsu suffered moot severely from last weeks
~ ror instance Metropolitan Street Railway.
sksss panic at H7, and rallied this week to 1874,
ssc allowing for the dividend deducted, is equiv
Nv 70 over lS0 In fact, the general level 81 prices
~ Iys1ed 70 about that Of the Saturday before
- ~. from speculative standpoint, doubts
~ e1sen whether tho violence Of this recovery
Ueesslvei and there has been realizing by
seo bought In the panic. either to sustain
n .s,,n me- nunt Tor the bargains. and renewed
n suse a. tho recovered high level. The fol-
~. nns will nys an idea OF the violence Of the
~ -. movement In the stock market durius
m. - Xeaf, and will account for tho wide yaria-
Nv ne last two weeks In the attempts 10 And
~. unmiun Of the true values. Those stocks
- ~ seectsd In which the variations have
4ss s.ufsS but. generally speaking, they are also
III ~, wasoe transactions have been largest, 50
M ~ ~ niriy representative Of tho market
~. Y. cglumu headed About January 81 prices
y ~ wa % asterisk are the frst or listing nyices
Nes uoaSed during the year: