, 1881-10-08
SATURDAYS REVIEW.
Tlo Disaster 10 the T01,acco Crop
Has Made n Boom III
tho Weed.
Pig-1ron Ia on q Sound Basis, and
Will Not Bring the
Panic.
There Ilas Been Considerable Difficulty III
Placing Orders for Manu-.
iattured lrun.
The Failures Of the Week Numbered ITO,
The Principal Ones Being
at Chicago.
Cinoinnati's Exposition Has Helped
Out the Retail Trade Of
That City.
A Firm Feeling Prevails ln the Iron
Markets OF pittsbufrg and
Cleveland.
State Of Bus:1e in St. Lo1lis, Louisville,
New Orleans, and Other Trade
Centres.
The Failures Of the Week Numbered ITO,
The Principal Ones Being
at Chicago.
Cinoinnati's Exposition Has Helped
Out tho Retail Trade Of
That City.
A Firm Feeling Prevails ln tic Iron
Markets Of rittsbtfrg and
Cleveland.
State Of Business in st. Lonis, louisville,
New Orleans, and Other Trade
0entrea.
VIEW yftf1tts

NEW YORK.
New York, Oct. 7.-,l}usness llas resumed
mn even low, md Is fairly activc. indlcia-
tlons are in favor Of geotl fall trade.
The .ry-gonds trade Is falr, ntlt tic feeling
generally satisfactory, with better dciIilild
for heavy wooehs.
Tile upwur,l tendency III tic prlccs OF gr''sll
l,us been arrested By tlo CEIicng0 tronblc''
uud there l,ls been slight drop III tho t-
kct. ThIs E,as not rs yet btelI recovered bit
1rcps nru steady, a1ul tie narket was i'riIi 1T
the cation market Is wrnk. will. slight
fluctuations anti Il downward tendency.
III wool there has been resu]ar, sleAtiS,
gunl trade, with /, good teclll'E rs to TIC
ietruicsu Is dull and unsettled. without
Frelsht*, With the exception Of petroleum.
lin, business being ttutle IN seed anil lcnf
;obaecU Is thu best tra.sicted for hinhs years.
Mid dealers nre Iinilng lhutley cigar llIssl!.
ufacturcrs IRE All donG well. aid ll''se oftlers'
IL American pig-iron there Is considerable
jnuuiry, but no furgu transactions are re-
ported. Stucks Ut leutIlng brands arn light,
usd It is difficult, to PLACE Orsers to my
ers wur:sing up 10 tl,elr full eaphetty ott prt:.
yio,,s orders, Prices continue tlrn. There
has bpet Il fair business tluaIn III Scatclt pig
irollr al,d prices mr. stronY owing 10 Tue NJ
i@ac,urrtl @ run continues large, alt prices Of
bar advanced Slightly.
Thy leather trwle continues dull: Hides s
at,vat. M, IT. Prices favor buyers. III bouts mid
shoes therr Is m!Ire activity. ..-,
Lumber Is IN good tlclnai'', and prices aro
fully maintained.
antcIu.t.d % fron, tia ,lryliess Of ti,o setso,i,
aid prives have nut advanced TO tile figures
predicted. --..-...,,
in hutter there il temporary scarcity nt
the very ticst grntles, but there Is fill sup.
ply OF ill uther qualities. ...
Cllccse barely hoItly Its OWL. Prices are
not au"tably lower, hut 1lere 1 . Is weaker r
TIlo irMg irutto has partially recovered
from Its loilg inactlyity. :,
Iii hardware tho fueltng Is gocd. The fall
lnlny lines Of ,5uatls nrc scnrcr.
Brazil cuiYee III heavy. Several pArtlcs
lnyu bought heavily III anticipation of better
p!'Sss e5 estos s!v, y t GertE t nse .' "t t t
tlln arrival of ono ,r Two ,cNrgues fro'n Rin
woul,i 10 temporarily ,tun,ora!lzing. In
mill, coffee u fair de,naiul iIus sprung tp fur
l,as tG bit a sraYs 6s Tt G.r ares ts live sy SS I
Teas arS n.odsratuly ,rt s.utlyc. lsli pricss aru
not ,irll, except in sot,e spccinl grades, Nl,d
the lIurkct on the whou hls Inclined to
favor buyers.
In raw sg,lrs tile market IL qules, rctMers
being we'll supplied. lle!npt Is In less de-
1uulnf, With tisu prices tncIll,ts' tn yield.
The failures Of tic last swell tlays
throughout the country lllvu been 10, against
IDS Inst week, which IL still col!sitltrab!y
ADuyr tllp average. Tile geographical Ills.
tribution Of inc failures Il ns foliows: East.
ern States, ii; Western, II; Southern, Il;
Mid,lie, inc.utl,ns New i urk. IS; aud l'.citis
Copst States, ii. Thu most important OF
tic grain speculation at Chicagn.
Mining Stocks l,lyu bee,l very actlyc, The
total sales being greater than iur ms otIlui
evsr Gsss m It's e been 'i'' "f very uisa,Esfaut-
ory character, prices, with yory few