The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-14
ing goods for the fall trade, Buyers from


ey easy, and good dry goods paper goes at
fair rates, Domestic silk manufacture
having been particularly profitable, Z
number Of small factories have started,
Several large works propose to run on
broad silks entirely this season. The de-
mand for ribbons and fancy silks Ia
large, some manufacturers having orders
which they cannot fill for some time, In
the retail trade the warm weather has
caused q demand for light summer goods,
The lumber trade is in very satisfactory
condition, nearly all the mills having
large engagements for new cuts,
Building 10 active in nearly every part
OF the country, The profits in producing
this year will likely be 90 large that an un.
usual stimulus will, 1t 10 feared, be given
to production, and the more conservative
operators are somewhat Apprehenslve as
to the result, The demand for export
continues good TO almost all countries,
Shipments 70 the Cape oi Good Hope and
Port Elizabeth, Africa, are not uncom.
mon, and enquiries are received from the
East Indies. The local trade 10 healthy.
The latest quotations for clear lumber va
ries from $50 to $50, and for common for
shipping to the West Indies $lS to $50,
for South America $26 to $27i and for
common box $lS to SIS.
The :paper trade continues dull. The
prospects are that prices will be consider.
ably lower In the near future, and even
now the production is ahead OF the demand.
The hardware situation ia unsatislacto.
~. Prices in both domestic and imported
goods are lower than ever before. The
produce men are doing better, Old but.
ter and cheese are well cleared up, and
the arrivals OF fresh goods are not In ex.
cess Of the demand, and are moved at sat.
istaCtory prices. The wool market 10 weak.
In California and Texas prices are rela-
lively two 10 three cents per pound above
the Eastern seaboard prices. The cotton
market 10 dull with prices gradually tend
ing downward. The prospecta Of the
coming crop are very promising. In pc.
troleum there Ia nothing Of interest TO
note.
The stock 10 large and production In.
Creasing; the demand for exports 10 fair,
Grain market weak, and prices tending
downwards; wheat kept fairly steady by
manipulationj corn lower. Speculative
business quite active, but demand for
consumption only moderate. In
pork products there has been Consid.
cradle decline during The past week, with
q partial recovery the past day or two,
the market closing firm ct the recent ad.
vance. The speculative feeling Is quite
strong. One email failure occurred Thurs.
day. Freight is low with mod.
crate business, The Committee Of
the Board Of Trade on transportation
report as the result OF their Investigations
that shipments from the interior are dc.
Creasing at New York, and increasing at
some other points. In teas the sales at
auction this week have been 49,.
900 half chests, with no special
vSriation Of prices, except for
the green varieties, which have been in
more demand and at better rates. On the
whole, there is triAe more firmness dis
Cernable, attributable TO the increase In
decline In Formosa teas.
There Is q dlspoeitiou on the pAst 0t tiss
large distributors to import their own
stock. Mild codees are unchanged In
prices with moderate demand. At the
auction sales next week all grades
will comprise 1850 bags OF raw.
Sugars are firmly held for an advance,
with q fair degree Of activity; refined do.
ing we'll with an increased demand and
prices are well sustained.
In liquors the importation and sale
OF foreign goods steadily increases,
and dealers are doing q good business,
though not making large profits. In
whisky there has been lively boom, and
a large amount Of money has been made,
but Tor the past week or two business has
been rather dull and Bourbons declined
from two TO Ave cents per gallon. Ryes
held their prices firmly.
& The 7fdreller, . new journal here, will
publish tomorrow review Of the weeks
business In New York. II gives the ex.
ports for the week ending Tuesday, as FOL.
lows: Wheat, 99l 900 bushels; corn, 64B,.
900 bushels; oats, 100000 bushels; rye,
329, 900 bushels.
Rio coffee has suffered o further decline,
large holders are asking lilo, but the aC'
tual sales flow at lie. Good judges be.
lieve that the market will find its level at
lOC,