The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
ROUND THE TICKER
And In THE PIT
Gossip of the Trading Floor, and
Z About the Brokers
Offices.
BANK STATEMENT splendid.
RESERVLS increase $6,000,00O.

VS5SoSsooes
=, APPLE crop is short this year.
r GOOD HOUSES selling some stocks.
CLARK-DODGE bought Smelter yes
terdav.
SHELTER has appreciated $S0,000,-
600 in two years.
SUGAR crop this year expected to
exceed worlds record.
IRON AND STEEL orders continue
so heavy mills cannot fill them.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER must be
a witness in the Missouri case against
the Standard.
STEEL corporation now producing at
the enormous rate of 100000 tons
pig iron yearly.
VALENTINE was said to be merely
making bluff at buying corn yester-
day and to be doing little.
= WINNIPEG GRAIN exchange has
granted A. j. Cummings permission to
put Minneapolis wire on the floor.
NATIONAL LEAD reported gobbled
up by, the Smelter combine at price
around IS. No confirmation obtainable.
NORTHW ESTERN MILLER'S Ar
gentine cable says damage to wheat
from frost very light and crops matur-
GEORGE DAGGETT says if recent
reports of big -four sales are confirmed
in full, wheat will do better all around.
ENTERPRISE, Kan, claims to have
orders for over $4,000 barrels -four on
Friday and Saturday last.
NJ, X. & T. went up purely on the
old story of Hill buying for control.
Good houses bought the stock freely
yesterday.
JOHN WAsHBURN says there has
been good -four business all right,
but, as usual, it is exaggerated by the
trade in Chicago.
MONETARY experts in New York
say they believe the last unfavorable
bank statement of this year has been
passed over safely.
HARTMAN is quoted: "There is
only one opinion. With increase in
bank reserves, we do not see how
stocks can now be put down.
American. He wired Lewis yesterday:
,,'.Get aboard of North American for a
big move right away.'
JACKSON wired Watson: "This
wheat does not look right to me for
an up market; cannot get very bull
GRIER of New York says: II hear
it pretty straight that Great Western
is good for over 80 within the next
MOORE of Chicago looks for wheat
to recover. 'The crowd,' he, says,
"are all bearish and are selling wheat
On everything all the time.''
POST Of Post & Flagg wired George
Piper. ''This is q very good bank
statement, indeed; It looks as if good
people still hold the stocks'
: BERGER, the Milwaukee miller,
says he cannot see any Of this enor'
nous -four trade the boys are talking
of. There is fair business.
HENRY LITTLE says that while it
is true that flour sales have been larger
of late, and some good sales were en-
tered, no such big trade was done as
the GhieagG gossiR si p makes "a ls cut cut:
said about 55 per cent of the oats of
Iowa is out of the hands Of the farmers,
representing about all that will come
H. P. WATSON says he could see
nothing in New York to indicate any
further trouble about money. Every
thing looked good to him, and the
country never so prosperous, going east
and returning
WOODWORTH' IS pit trade was hard
to follow all last week, alternate buying
and selling making it confusing. Wood
worth was. sized up for bear early
in the week, but later was good all
around buyer.
BELEN mining stock sold at $50
during the week for several small lots
picked up from the outside. Mime
apois holders are inclined to be firm
in their views, but one little block il
offered at $50.
WABASH expects to pull down thu
operating ratio of expense this year tt
70 per cent, as against 1872 per cen
!" GEORGE DUvIGNEAUD says il
money had not become so tight a whil'