SEPTEMBER. Average Condition of Crops September 1, 1899. 85.2 70.9 82.0 87.2 86.7 75.2 86.3 Harvested..... Wheat: Average Condition when : APSISPR :88:268NIE93 Harvested....................... NOVEMBER. Preliminary Estimate of Average Yield per Acre and Average Quality of Crops, November 1, 1899. Average Yield per Acre in 88 RAAZE : : : : : : : :25 :9#999=8# 9 1899.. 3: 8*3#32: 1-8887838822238: 3: 38: 5: 5: 7 P. c. Lbs. P. c. Tons. P. c. Bu. P. c. 139 103 0.90 127 134 1,600 .. 1,850 .89 1.14 1.13 .89 .94 1.04 .83 1.29 90. 100 1,300 470 720 91.4 124 144 115 25.2 87.2 88.7 WALL STREET IN 1899. (From the "Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin.") Market Fluctuations in 1899. The general movement of stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange is well illustrated by the record of averages kept by the "Wall Street Journal.” The twelve industrial stocks used are: Cotton Oil common, Continental Tobacco, Federal Steel common, General Electric, Leather preferred, National Lead common, Pacific Mail, People's Gas, Rubber common, Steel & Wire common, Sugar common, and Tennessee Coal & Iron. The twenty active stocks used are: Kansas & Texas preferred, Chesapeake & Ohio, Denver preferred, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Union Pacific preferred, New York Central, Atchison preferred, C., C., C. & St. Louis, Southern Railway preferred, Missouri Pacific, Jersey Central, Manhattan, Northwest, Louisville & Nashville, Wabash preferred, Rock Island, Burlington, St. Paul, Northern Pacific preferred, and Norfolk & Western preferred. These figures show the average price per share: The high point of the railways appears to have been reached in April, on the 3d, while the crest of industrial price expansion broke on the 5th of September, although this average, 77.61, was closely approached on April 25. The low point of each group was reached December 18. Down to and including December 28, the railways rallied 3.03 points; the industrials, 6.12 points. In previous years the same stocks showed the following movements: Following is the report of the Stock Exchange's business, as prepared by Mr. John C. Burns, its Highest and Lowest Prices of Stocks and Bonds. (From the "New York Evening Post.") The following table shows the highest, lowest, and closing prices, during 1899, of all stocks dealt in on the New York Exchange this year, with individual sales for the year: 6,104,034 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy.. 181,486 Chicago Consolidated Traction.. 140,536 Chicago & East. Illinois. 7,918 Chicago & East. Illinois preferred.. 1,342,790 Chicago Great Western 129,106 Chicago Great Western preferred A. 127,734 Chicago Great Western preferred B. 80,845 Chicago Great Western debentures.. 94,119 Chicago, Ind. & L..... 105,955 Chicago, Ind. & L. preferred.. 5,404.386 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. 49,361 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul pref. 381,000 Chicago & Northwest... 13,343 Chicago & Northwest preferred 2,563,962 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific... 135,759 Chicago, St. Paul, M. & O. 3.460 Chicago, St. Paul, M. & O. preferred. 256,835 Chicago Terminal Tr. 303,584 Chicago Terminal Tr. preferred. 47,478 Claflin, H. B., Co.. 12639 Nov. 2 97 Jan. 41 Jan. 2334 May Jan. Dec. Dec. 92 48% 927/2 11856 571% 31% 171 121% 3934 90 3 120 127% 5 742 3716 19 86 74 Jan. * Stock dividend of 100 per cent, paid May 11. |