The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-21
TRADERS WERE
A BIT NERVOUS
Prices Higher at One Time, But
Afterwards Went Lower.
COLO EXPORTS AND AGITATION.
These Are the Disturbing Causes, but the
General Conditions Are Coed ard
Railroad Earnings Con-
tiuue Large.
COLO EXPORTS AND AGITATION.

There vas more or less nervousness III
the stock market yesterday ana the tosc
was uncertain. Soon after the HafkeS
opened some strength was maniteste'".
notably In the Vonoerhiil group 'i.i1
these latter stocks continued finn 70 the
end Of tie session, but in most cases the
,dvarce did not hold. Louisville ana
Nashville. for example. sold up to lei IL
lack 10 1O7. and closed at 1cS "a the
Stool stocks were lower and the Pacihc
stocks and St Paul were weak on tne
renort that some of the other Governors
in the West and Northwest Will JON WIN
tho Governor of Minnesota IN f1ghtnS lh'
Northern Pacific deal. 1T was given oue
that Gov Savage. OF Nebraska, hao oi-
rected the Attorney General OF that STATE
to proceed against the Union Pacific ana
burlington roads to prevent consollal-
ton.
1t is hard to see how any OF these OH
Gals can prevent corporation IN Ne"
Jersey from owning controlling inter
est in the Northern Pacihc ana GE-ae
Northern roads, and as this corpora~i9h
owns q controlling interest it is hard TO
see how anybody con prevent 1t from
operating the roads in harmony 1t Is
also fair to presume that Mr.. Morgan
and his associates thoroughly looked into
thi question before they organized the
Northern Securities Company to controi
the roads in question. Still news Is news
in Wall Street and naturally this sort OIL
tews had a depressing effect.
THE GOLD MOVEMENT.
The traders We're also nervous about the
gold exports. There was another small
engag cement OF gold yesterday for to-
days steamer and it is expected that
there will be Il larger shipment on sat
urday In speaking of the gold move
ment, the New York Evening Post says:
1T is no longer necessary to ask our
selves whether the expectation of gold
implies a premium on that metal and
possible fall to the silver standard. We
shall learn in due time that the exporta-
ton of gold is as natural and necessary
as the expectation of anything else CT
which we have a surplus and other coun-
tries deficiency. and we shall look upon
it as a. sign of financial health and not
OF disease. The amount of gold in the
country. after making ample deductions
from the official tables of statistics, can
not be less than nine hundred million dol
lars. and is probably one hundred mil
lions greater than that sum.
American Locomotive irotil common
and preferred. was somewhat lower yes
terday, the common selling down to 80 Il
last bid on the preferred. however. was
50 Sd It is given out from New York
that this company will spend. as recent
~ stated. about $500, coo in charging and
improving its plants, but that this sum
will be expended not only on the Sun
kirk and Schenectady plants, but also on
the Cooke plant atPatersou and the Pitts
burg plant.
Railroad earnings continue to show up
well. For the second week in Novem-
Der the earnings OF the Chesapeake ard
Ohio increased s1o,112, and the Big Four
$1,000
AS rule. prices were lowest just be-
fore the close of the market. but the close
was firm. in some cases the closing bids
being higher than the last sale reported.
The Produce Market
Live poultry is going right down into
tom now. ana from the force of its falI
looks as though it will go three or four
feet more even when it hits the ground.
Better things can be said of dressed pouI-
try. though that is not in the best shape
in the world. Dressed turkeys. drawn.
bring ~ to II cents per pound: chickens,
s to . cents. and ducks. II to - cents.
Live fowls sell at the folowino, prices:
Turkeys. ~ to s cents per pound: chick
ems, to cents: hens. cents, and geese.
Game is in good demand and Is scarce.
Rabbits are worth II to 10 cents each.
and cartridges bring 12la cents Pleas
ants go easily al 80 cents each: wild tur-
keys at cents per pound. and whole deer
at cents Il pound.
Potatoes are on the upper grade The
Western article is worth 90 cents to 81
per bushel. Virginia potatoes bring So to
90 cents
Eggs are still scare and are being
bought up at a pretty steady rate They
are selling well now at o2 cents per dozen.
Dressed pork is very active at cents
per pound Receipts are light.
The trade in apples IS mucl, firmer
Fancy red varieties sell from SIS to $50
Choice apples are worth s2-I7:5 to $3.50 per
barrel.
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