, 1881-05-07
BUSINESS REVIEW
", wimau's View Of Trade in
n'' General Anything but
satisfactory
\, Manufacture d E,sryt''ine b. but Rpr'
:" llas Besn Far ju Exeess Of tue
Demand.
Al Euornous Business, However, has
- Been Ably Handled During
the Year,
nu.,ncss at Baltimore Stlmu-
'" lated by Speculative 0por-
ati0ns,
The Manufacturers and Dealers Of 80s'
fan a 7rifIe Disappointed, but
Without Cause.
,,,a,ncss Mt St. Louis Crippled by
the Flood, hut Compara-
tiyoly Satisfactory.
The Week Closes in Cincinnati on
an Advancing Grain
Market.
fne PIttsburg Iron Market Remains Dull
md Iii an Unsatisfactory Con-
dIti8ns
,,,a,ncas nt St. Louis Crippled by
the Tlootl, hut Compara-
tiyoly Satisfactory.
rhs week Closes in Cincinnati on
an Advancing Grain
Market.
1,.o;dad 1lnIlncss Oharaoterizes Almost Ali
Branches Of Business in the City
Of Louisville.

Of &IoulSF114os
TIE METROPOLIS.
Erw YouK. Nay 0.--1n little search tor
,ba condition Of trado l,ercabonts Mr..
WImuu. Of Dun, WImnn & Co,'s Mercantile
Aspnry. was met. 1to snys: "Tlie spring
lrade In dry goods has mt been satisfactory
Ia ,obbers, owing to tho tato season and
heavy full stocks carrEed over. Commission
hoi,scs arc taxed to carry tho product Of
conssnors, MS manufacturing has bccl1 sttin-
uatel much In excess OF demand. a fcw of
,he clothing ho,lsrs nr8 pretty heavily loaded,
and SINE anxiety Is felt for them. The se,l-
son thus far has not been Il profitable ot1o In
dly goods or kindred branches, but there
l,aYe been no important failures, n1lsl the OK
peetatIon Il that tho summers trade will
Yield better return, though It Is getting
somewhat late to expect the volume Of trade
tolIcIease.
"la tuss, tho business Of the winter hay
lng been 80 very profitable, only nsnlall Quan-
tfty OF good Inns been carried over, md lnail-
utacturers aso commencing HOW to produce
largely for nuxt full. Tlero is a liberal tle-
ncRd f0r skins USED III garments. Cubic ntl-
ylees from the Le'pSfg ft.r 'nnrket reportI
shoes there wers heavy preparations tnnAo
for t!Ie sprtng tratte, bit these expectations
hare not been realized, though fronl thu Fur
West 0rdera have been somewhat larger thnil
!gt1eas Collections llayo bUon fair, alld
thsts haye seii put fow failures: Malu-
IN pls-lron, the market continuys weak,
kh'l therg y only light deIl1and.' Constlih-
e3 9fa oil busy, but many Ut t1lc1l llnVo been
wotklng oil, STOCKS oil hand, aud conilnutg
purchases sHS directly 70 nct,!nl wants, Cons!l
S.mHetl SS,ae aahtlles a. Of iron were stlll !ield W
boam. Nearly NIL tic flrilaccs In the eo,l,i.
tyafo " blast, whic! keeps tie supply atlnad
the amount of foreign IRON ioltl, Is not fnvur-
sole TO any material nslyance In price. Thore
df ~ speealatiYe tendency" ....
Wheat II II D s,nn HfKot stoc ns rule, strolg
Tae pseyai!lng ruipors III rcgard TO Tic dari-
40 to winter wheat I'll su,uo sections
kesp tho market firm. Corn advanced con-
s,afLably, and closes strang.. Prices dbrond
1go a,s 9;W' any s,!tougl1 frglglt rates nra nlso
satis,ncta,v @ y ocmtt riaa 10 III IoreEn orders 1T
exception Of pork .and Its products, tie mar
Ses Is steaty, with moderate amount Of
business III pork Atltt lnrtl. Prices hnyn nh
faneed, and thu market Is under control,
hano It nln,t ns tou .ia nio,aa ~ oeg nnlo "
cess ttfbemfs Inrroi', ;;,pm ~, ~, 5it ~
anpaiatofs, wGrh % Il ",,cst,ona ~ '{ h u aoms lily
SSor.~as, Soma a!la Ile market clo6es weak.
sIe nIclne parties think they have discovered
iSEnI. iSiEns ot delnoraIzatlon III tho ring. Others
sbolt t nterprss II posssloly dodge to increase tho
"Isnntrois,,n tItSs1; h,,.,ross l.
foreign enad aud eoI,si,ntin n st
~ tM Standard Company continues to control
enna,n.e HaaHet Htli Tor crude mid refined. They
seyyStnp!ate eysnt , building direct lflo OF tolu-
b'dB operators nynfiInv ft,",nsaivan - .t.s
matl0n obtalnei hr ia sio..vS nr.sinoa..v ~ htlos'
.s Witt slIKt is f9S5 1tatase s e'o!1 h slowy d.
mn ~ nlo iu,00 bAles in excess Ut lust ycnr.
iaser ip sGse,p1 ,ss promise to reach 1.5W,Od. a
eWlnay yt'n,lon /" tha oap, OF ue crop ls low Crude,
condition Ut n!ckinr lin" "' rhn arl1n1 u,aMHa'
e!osea weak, tho tonnncv sfiiI ,1n,",,,snn. Aos
eo,df,, II, WOOL prices lave riIied low. a,,d the
faetureys Gaye ho;ssht ootMe !eaulnG manu-
lg cilpwi nnn~ y'n!' ,,M n.iMn,uelaley WY. le c9nl-
En- gpols bas Nh ~; %.o, 1Mn iafKot iof wGol-
tta4e being lEIt nmd HIsia"aotS, I'ms .nn, s2r!.nE
tStga ny tho lolig wutcr. Stalks "v., ~. u
pTeea pTees to 1e;,ad aaa hayo been worked oil Ut H,w
~si!, ~ au'''o trado doos not promise
s.a!h sah t.eas. prices arc slightly bc,.cr and o.n
esebesaI9se s9e,o, y " tns wock hve bous about lo
ste to " s!.xnly Settes ns'Sos
sat at The snrja tFal ~ 1tp aoeatattyo
Sss@.S1p Sa s ss tS
ss, sss ssos ssx sssE' hsss a. ~ cn6 'anrket
sS9 s r. sstyc H5 to sas saxSs Ses's ar ~ o
mi n1ofassu, fu,uaE up, md prlcas ro nardeninr.
s,,si stpst n hama IT m sn rkSI; .n SErxn ttonsr
psrssd y ~ R9tnt baHs With ria ,nnrknt e ~.
IN DStiHasa%,e s %eak, The avcravc IulIY sSonlnts s
p.n ~ There IL des,s,t9F ,nFs ~ N tha sprinx
l:''' aolders, al Tur,haE 1I.t,i,mn eGGlis n tas