Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-12-28

New York.-Pending the January inter-
est and dividend disbursements, money
lately has been working somewhat closer,
the rates this week having been firmly
held at 5l@ to 6 per cent for both call and
time loans. A higher money market is
always to be expected in December, ow-
ing to the necessity on the part of the
banks at all the large financial centers
to accumulate funds in preparation for
the disbursements referred to, and the
present year the demands OH this account
are much greater than usual. The amount
to be distributed next month in the way
Of interest OH bonds and dividends on
stock is variously estimated at from
$125, 100000 to $200,O0O,OOO. Business
sentiment continues rather conservative.
Prices for all commodities are being well
held. Trade and manufacturing reports
indicate u slow but steady and healthy
growth in all directions.
Chicago-Speculative markets ON the
Board of Trade suffered during the week
for lack of business and at the end of
Fridays session prices were not changed
materially from those ruling al the close
Of the week preceding. The trade was in
large part confined to those handling the
spot commodities. purchases or sales of
the futures To an extent equal to their
| spot transactions being IL necessary part
of the business as it is now conducted.
Speculation pure and simple disconnect-
i ed with the movement from producer to
consumer was perhaps never for the same
| length of time so restricted as Mt pres
ent. Still the current price OF wheat
seems sufficient to attract supplies ade.
| fn S.tn,,,tivn
There would probably be no great alarm
for the future should the rate of farm.
ers' deliveries diminish to some extent,
| as is usual toward the end of the calen.
dar year, seeing that any discrepancy in
the movement from first hands can be
made good readily from the liberal re-.
serve in the visible supply. Scarcity of
contract corn has continued TO keep the
price of the nearer deliveries at pre-.
MUM over the more remote. contrary 10
regular custom, and although the grade
Immediately below the contract is of the
usual shipping quality. Provisions ruled
steady in spite of heavy receipts of hogs,
/, the consnmptive demand, both foreign
and domestic, keeping pace With the man.
ufacture of the products.
Telcgraphic Brevitics.
Vast coal deposits have been discovered
in upper Alaska.
OF every six Mcxicans, five are unable
to read and write.
Oklahoma had an increase in the voting
population in two years of over 2T,OO0
voters.
The aggregate wholesale traffic in geese
at Berlin amounts annually to nearly
$2,O0O,O0O.
II The City of Downs. Kan. has more
than 1000 inhabitants, among whom
there is not single lawyer.
Missouri will have the largest Demo
cratic delegation in the next Congress OF
any State in the Union.
The census shows that there are /, 400.
600 more farmers in the United State.
than there were in 1890.
Thirty million persons left Europe dur
ing the century just clesing to seek thei
fortunes in other lands.
Arrangements for Introducing th,
American cotton plant into German Yves
Africa are practically complete.
Under the Sherman act, from Aug. 13
, 1890, 10 Nov. !, 1900, there were coine,
122,783 O50 standard silver dollars.
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