New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-08
CHARACTER OF TRADING.

Many holders Of stocks acquired In the December
smash have taken profits in the last few days Du'
It Is generally believed that the buying mas oeei
as good as the selling That is. stocks have passed
from strong hands to interests equally as sirohs'
In veaterdav's market this sort OF liquidation con-
tinrIed But the buying demand was sood' anu
while reactions in prices were brought aoou'' 20
clines were not significant. Bear pressure WIS eN
erted In the afternoon but before the close prices
again began TO advance. The volume OF business
wae large and the general character OF tradlns
was representative of bull market Ihere weie
few striking changes Sugar Re1nins anu Ne
pojftan Street Railway furnishing tHe 'iss -.
auctuations Stop orders to buy sugar AT IA
-. .,,r. sa,as vvere known to be in the market
and MANY shorts were forced to cover ABOVE 'is't
eg,re The stock was IN good denaho ia ".
loan crowd and was generaHy Oene
,bere was still a big short interest In H. "he
pol,tan was bought by interests supPo1 t-as
resent MI whitney; also by Philadelphm houa c,s
a 9 wormssr e. La Montague, IT. anu IN
ohar Rowland g. Co were the heaviest ouS
ST Paul was actively bought Dy van 80
Atterbury Union Pacific was an active, 49,.
lecture ON local and Western buying fealih.ns
, .to raachin9 of stop loss orders In the
s.on1 IN the general list brought heavy buying
orders from prominent banking nrhs
Some of the buyers and sellers were ru4oo
T1Ick prothers C20e9 bought Pennsylvania. Frtce
McCormick & Co., Post Flagg QOoo) anu '"
tIorgbta1ing & Co. Q,OOM bought Atchlsoh pr
go. II T Nicholas g. Co. sold Halle & Stiesnto
L. zI1
boueht New-York Central A NJ. Judson so'u
Popper & Stern. Housman & CO. uovoI, o. o.
n oOM and Jones' Maury & Co. bought Union mon .,
ciac common: W. r. Houghtaling 81 Co. u'ooV So
G NJ Oelr,chs and Clark. Dodge CO. Oousn|
Sugar Refining Van Emburgh & AtteruuIy u,'
honrht st Paul Dominick & Dominick anu wa y,
sermann Brothers bought American IoDaeco' r
savtn a. Co 1000 sold Andrews q CIi'S ~
WISCONSIN Central preferred III. b. Holilns q ~
% com hought Tennessee Coal and Iron. weaver
Harris g. Co q OOO) bought Sugar. Pepper q o'eih
ho,eh+ Tobacco: H Content Co Q,Vco) H. o"ee'
q Co and Van Emburgh & Atterbury SOLD +. W.
savIh g. Co. J. Field, Van Emburgh u AtteroutS
10 ooM w s Lawson & Co.. T. j. Taylor q ~
n OAM and Wassermann Brothers u'Wo Oousn'
Union Pacific; Mendham Brothers (3ov) soio nun"
O. stieRltz bought 600 Union PACING coiniio1'
1000 Metropolitan Street Railway ana lOoV Sue
Refining in all. Floyd Moore bought brooAiS l
Ranid Transit: o. Kohn, F. H Palmer Q'oool anu
p w Savfr & Co. sold. Strong, Sturgls q o.
n OaO and H. Content & Co. Q,0oO bought Ameri-
can Tobacco: c. Minzesheimer & Co. d,OoO sold.
Henry Brothers & Co. sold Louisville and Nasn-
Vile Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. u'O"l anu I1a..'
g. st,egtz 450O) bought Sugar Refining; u NJ
Oelrichs & Co. sold. T. J. Taylor & CO., Pepper q
stern and J. Field bought Union Pacihc Hare
O. stfeslItz OOOl bought New-York Central. Heuse'
T,ounsbery g. Foster 500 and E. T. Bosart SOLO
Irnon Pacific common. T. Young and f. w. odVil
q Co n oOO bought American Tobacco: .. Minzes-
heinar g. Co q OOM and F. L. Seligsoers tsoio II
DOWN. sold American Tobacco. j. M AmorS q Sun
q COO sold Atchfson preferred. w d. Hatch bought
National Steel common.