Show THE OUTLOOK what do you think of the eastern market what is the prospect of improvement in the general business conditions what is the outlook for our local min mining 1119 sto stock C k market how is mining these are some of the questions which are asked almost every day the writer has replied that mining is all right the weekly settle settlements e t s for ore and bullion as shown by the reports from one of the leading banks of the city indicate that mining operations are contin aing very favorably the weekly settlements have been running from 50 per cent to per cent above i what they were last year for the corresponding periods the eastern market conditions are certainly not very flattering the records ol of the boston exchange show that the number dumber of shares sold for the week ended october 1st ast was only as compared with for the corresponding week of last year the total for the month of september was shares while the number of shares sold for the corresponding month of 1909 was the showing on oil the new york exchange was no better the sales for the week were 2 while for foi the same week last year they were for september of this year the number of shares sold was while for september 1909 they were the sales on the local exchange for the month of september of this year were 1010 shares having a market value of 62 for the corresponding month of last year the sales were shares valued at it may be that the sharp advance in the bank interest rate in berlin and london may serve to put a check to speculative investments in the general listed securities this action on the part of the great bandix was not altogether necessary but taken as a precautionary measure it may have a tendency to increase the demand for bonds e the record of the transactions on the th the exchanges is not very encouraging barometer has been steadily rising on october 1st ast it stood at the lowest point touched was on the of july last on october 1st ast of last year the barometer reached 1122 but in 1908 it stood at 88 the general improvement as shown by the barometer would lead to the opal that after election when the cou country has settled down to steady business we may look for a marked increase in the activity in the better classes of securities nearly all of the weak holders of stock have probably liquidated and the securities are now in strong t hands crops in the country are good and on the whole we should take a more hopeful view |