Show CONDITION OF MONEY MATa MAT-a Statement Forecasts A Advance Ad-vance I Rates New York larch 4The weekly bank statement shows the following changes Surplus reserve decrease 57567 loans increase tO7o specie decrease 4231 20 legal tender decrease H640 de posits increase 2670 circulation decrease de-crease 110 The bank now hold tt 5815 in excess ot the requirements of the 23 pe cent law The FInancier says The statement ot the New York clearing house banks for the week ending March 4 shows a tan of 57G75 in surplus reserve bringing the total excess cash to 2457l This is a decrease of about four millions since the closing week in January In the same time the loans have expanded ftyfo r and a third nilon and deposits more than ffythreo millions AI a fveweek record this advance has never been equaled Had the interior called for funds in the usual volume the present surplus reserve would have been very much less than reported Conditions however are such that receipts until within a week or two have b en unt ficent to counteract In large par the increase in-crease in the reserve requirements Now that the movement from the interior is temporarily less the constant loan and deposit expansion Is having its full ton t-on the surplus money on hand But when the full scope of the Operations of the pagt month Is considered it is to be said for the banks that they are making a wonderfully strong showing They have met the demand fur funds for new trust fnanced the return of Amerlean Amerltn securities from Europe supplied an unusual un-usual demand and absorbed the large volume vol-ume of paper Incident to the pregent trade revival fhe current statement there fore while Interesting In its changes I must be regarded as reflectIng a culmina w to i 1n tion of previous conditions The reduc ton of 42120 In specie is less than the 500 dee se reported by one bank and If due to tim smaller f l terior re I cpts and operations with the subtea Ul covering the past taxi days the previous previ-ous weeks statement not lving show the lose iulb Teincreae in loans is heavIer than expected but in this iem ir0sO mOre than the lur Ifweeks business busi-ness Islncluded The cash decrease opC te to educo deposits and the total e aIslonwas > only 4270 This is less than the incrcae ot 83000000tJeported by bY the Chase National showinSt reol de crease on thepano thermaning sixty two banks The financing of new trusts had a great eleal to do with the deposit changes The light advance in rates which the statement forecasts will pros ably bring a great deal of money to Nesv York wIthin the next two weeks Wool Ttarket Reafew Boston March LThe Commercial Bul letin wilt say tomorrow Trading has been rather quiet during tbe week Of fees are being made at a little below quotations quo-tations and territory has soid en a 10cent basls Combing stocks are stiil very firm Thesales of the week are 2103000 pounds domestic and 990000 pounds foreign a to Cal of 3622600 pounds against 33176xi for the same week 60st year Thesaleb to date show an inctease of 120i500 pounds dometio and a decrease of 3317790 pounds foreign in the sales to tie edme date in 1591 The receipts to date show an increase in-crease of 5813 bales domestic and a decrease de-crease of 15311 bales foreign Chicago Livestock thicago March 4The few cattie that were offered today found buye at unchanged un-changed prices Hogs were 5 cents lower Fair to choice i10E3S7 heavy packing lots 350367 pigs 3000j350 Sheep and lambs were unchane In tenor to choice sheep 250QJ40 yearlings 439i465 lambs L501f49 ReceiptsCattle 200 hogs 25000 sheep500 Omaixi Livestock Omaha March 4ReceIpts 300 1fa ket steady Native beef steers 0054o western steers 360tj4S0 Texas steers 36iS 460 cows and helters 3200J410 canners 20O310 stockers and feeders 3D05490 calves 4100j673 bulls and stags 3003f490 HogsReceipts 6190 Market 5 cents lower Heavy 3523ssl mixed L4 357 light 345B35231 pIgs 00T340l bulk of sales 3S0g325 SheepReceipts 1000 Market steady Native muttons 350E435 western mur tons 3S06430 stock sheep 275375 lambs 4OOEI75 Kansas City Livesthc Kansas City March 4CattleReceipts 100 Market unchanged HogsReceipts 3030 Market steady e a shade hover Bulk of sales 35eaSi heavy 451t372 packers 3lPitI7 mhced L450365 iighte 2t52S7 yorkers 350T4S7 pigs L75a40 No sheep Denver Livestock Denver March 4CattleReceIpts 200 Market steady Beef steers 34031300 cows 32501400 feeders freight paid to river L50460 stockers L75 > 17a bulls and stags 20OL00 BogsReceipts 100 Market stead > Light packers 35013260 mixed 355362 heavy 35511365 No sheep Coffee and Sugar New York March 4Coffee Options closed steady unchanged to 6 points higher Sales 14100 bags including March 525 April 550 May 535 June 5l0 July 550 September 563 Spot CoffoRio quiet but steady No 7 invoIce 614 No 5 jobbIng 6 mild steady Cordova 64111 SugarRaw firm but not quotably higher Fair refined 3 centrifugal test 4 molasses sugar 3 1116 refined firm mould A 5 standard A 47 con fectioners A Ia cut loaf 5 cruehi I powdered 5 granulated 5 cubes 4 |