... ZVILL THE SALT TRUST SUCCEED ? DIFFICULTIES IN THEI WAY. THE prospect of parliamentary interference with great trade combinations may disturb the confidence of those who have embarked in such an under- 4aking as the Salt Trust, but apart from any difficulty from that quarter there are grounds for believing that this enterprise has ahead of it many difficulties, some of which may prove ...

... THIS DAY'S MONE.Y MARKERlT. Cure1 o'rr'c'k- HOME RAILWAYS DULL.-FOREIGN STOCK1-S W!EAK.-AMEY1RICAeN BETTER. There is a quiet demand for money in the open market this morning, and advances until Monday are obtainable at as low asi per cent. Next week the recuirements in connection with the Stock Exchangle settlement will have to 1)e provided for, and a slight hardening of the market 1 is looked ...

... Ha/f-pase' One. MARKETS ALL WEAK.-QUOTATIONS LOWER.-CARRYING-OVER CHARGES. In the Money Market this morning there is not much demand for accom- modation apart from the requirements in connection with the Stock Exchange settlement. Day-to-day loans are obtainable at 334 to 4 per cent., while the discount rate for three months' bank paper is again quoted 4 per cent. For advances on Stock ...

... RHal.at 01M. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS STEADY TO FIRA.L AMERICANS STRONG. The tendency of rates in the Money Market continues in the downwarf direction, and though some brokers still quote 3 ler cent. for the negotiation olb three inonths' bankers' acceptances, little, if any, business is secured at that' figure, the actual working rate being nearer 2 7s Der cent. The supply of bills is ...

... TAXA ETION OF SIL VER PLA TE. ir!E reformers in the silver trade are looking forward confidently to the parliamentary Session of 1889 for a complete reform in that trade. They are now foltified by the R' eport of the Royal Cormmissiorers on the Precious Metals, who unanimously recommend the abolition of the plate duties. In the final Report, Part II., paragraph Im34, the subject is thus ...

... THE WFEAK POINT OF THE SHIP CANAL. - - - - - . . f L - - WE have already expressed the opinion that the weak point of the Manchester Ship Canal scheme is the water supply. This difficulty is very clearlybrought out Jn a letter from a correspondent published in the Liu. ?? Post the other day. the calculation is made from M1r. Leader Williams's figures as to the quantity pf water required to ...

... Half-ta;. Oprs HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS FIRE.-AMERICANS DEPRESSED. The condition of the Money Market remains unchanged. There is only a small demand for accommodation, either in the shape of short loins or discounts, and the supply of loanable capital is still superabundant. There is a disposition to maintain the discount rate, however, and the quota. tion for three months' bank paper ...

... THIS DAY'S MONEY MARtmr. IIOME RAILWAYS STrADY.-FOREIGN STOCKS FI RM.N--AMiE[R1CAN,,- WEAKC.--ltUSINESS QUIET. Rates in the open market are gradually moving up, and little is nonA (lone in the way of discounting three mo~nthis' bank pape'r below 3,14 per cent. The supply of money, however, continues large, and the quotation for advance; for the day is no better than ii? per cunt. Some doubt is ...

... | ?? One. HOME RAILWAYS AND FOREIGN STOCKS STEADY TO FIRA.- AMERICANS STRONG. The tendency of rates in the Money Market continues in the downwar&' direction, and though some brokers still quote 3 per cent. for the negotiation ot three months' bankers' acceptances, little, if any, business is secured at that! figure, the actual working rate being nearer 234 Der cent The supply of bills is small ...

... THIS. DAY'S MONEY MARKE r. HOME RAILWAYS BETTER.-FOtEIGN STOCKS DULL. AMERICANS DEPRESSED.-DEALINGS LIMITED. Rates in the open market are fairly well maintained, but the Coutinenral demand for.bills, together with the knowledge that a considerable sum of gobl has been shipped fromn New York for Europe, prevents any further upw ard movement. Short loans are in moderate demand at 3Y2 to 3,/4 per ...

... (REUTER7S TELEGRAMS.) BERLIN, Nov. 9-The semi-official NMorddeISeu/ScIr Zei/ug to-day announces that, in view of the unprecedentedlv rapid increase of traffic, which has exceeded all estimates. the State Railway Administration has not remained inactive, and has met the emergency byordering nearly 7,000 new goods waggons, besides hiring from abroad nearly i,5oo trucks. The Administration will ...

... KIT Mt (ritV. NOT A BUBBLE COMPANY, BUT- The shareholders of the Scotch Whisky Distillers (Limited) should have as good an idea of company promotion of a certain class and of the defects of company law as any body of people we know of, as they have had practical experience of cinpany floating in several of its most objectionable phases. Gentlemen whose names gave con- fidence to the ...