The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-01
THE STATE OF TRADE.
THE WEEKLY BUSINESS REVIEW,
Pull and Exhaustive Report. from the rronl.
hsat Commercial and Trade Ctatsr. Of The
Country, Showing the Condition Of
Buslns" and Haturs Prospects,.

Cotton Is weak.
There are no special features in wool.
Petroleum Is steady with u tair bustnes
for speculative account.
There is fair activity in the lumbe
trade.
In hardware prices are well main
tanned, and an early improvement Is ex
pected.
In American pig iron business continue:
quiet and the transactions are very light
The market Is more in the buyers favor
but prime bTnds bring good prices. II
Scotch and other foreign iron, business il
very dull, and rails are comparatively neg
leCled.
The boot and shoe trade Is active and
many buyers are here. Orders come ID
from statesmen freely, but not quite SC
heavy as expected.
The leather trade Is steady and fair ior
the season. No change in prices.
Dry goods are generally fairly active.
Commission houses report satisfactory
business, though not as heavy as could be
wished. The iobbing trade is large and a
marked degree Of activity in some goods is
noticeable.
Tea Is In moderate demand and firm.
Coffee in fair demand and prices firm.
In raw sugar the demand is somewhat
more active and better business ia ex.
pected; refined in good demand at. higher
prices,
In the butter trade the receipts are light
and the demand about sufficient to keep
the prices firm. The prices are generally =
little more in favor Of the holders.
In cheese the market is steady with
lair demand.
CHfcAco, March Si.-The money on
hand ut the banks far exceeds the demand
ut present, and borrowers with first coitat-
erals have been able to get accomnoda.
tons at s per cent During the week the
eastern exchange was 10 cents premium.
Clearings were $}4 100000. The country
wants very little currency, and the mone-
tary situation is not favorable. Business
in general is brisk for staples.
Lumber is active and firmer but there
was no change. Matters on change during
the week have been active only on local
speculative account. Outsiders do not
SSAlS INV tllc hchlI hHu COulullSSlOl meT-
chants complain bitterly OF the decadence
oil business, and speak ruefully OF the past
good times. They predict, however, that
the new crops will liyen up things and
cause either very decided break or an
exciting rise. The bulk OF opinion iayors
n drop, but the market to-day was Il rm and
higher all round
Wheat to-day was fairly active and n
strong unsettled feeling was developed,
Foreign advices were stronger. The de-
mand for shorts was quite active and prices,
after numerous fluctuations, advanced Ia
&c above the inside prices, or about 29c
for May and 2sc June, then reacted and
finally closed at BIC higher for May 2lc
June, l3c July. The sales were Mt 81 S5a
! 3S April; 81 20sal S0l May, 81 274al 2SI
June
Corn was inactive. The speculative de-
mand ruled firmer and fully iIafsc above
yesterday on the whole rlnge, closing at
tIa2sc higher. The sales were at G5aG6ic
April, G9sa7Os May, 60a7Ot June.
Oats were ashade higher and firm. The
sales were at 4Ba4Gl May 45la46t June.
Pork was fairly active at l5a2Oc higher,
closing steady ut the advance SIT Ola
u l24 April; SIT S0al7 40 May; $l7 5lal7 90
June.
Lard was active at 1oal23c higher, clos.
ing firm sales; $40 S7!al0 90 April; sil l0a
II 10 May; $ll 22la11 80 June.
On the call rates of wheat were small, but
all other articles were active.
The prices, however, were unchanged.
CINCINNATI, April lat last there has
come week OF fairly favorable weather,
and farm work is being rapidly pushed In
all the country in this vicinity. The sea.
son is fully three weeks farther advanced
than 1t was at this time last year. Peach
trees are in bloom. The effects OF the
floods and heavy rains ate not yet gone.
In many places the country roads are
still nearly impossible, and the railroads
have light freight trains as well, because Of
the inability Of farmers TO get grain to mar
ket and the bad condition OF many por-
tions ot track making heavy business
undesirable, II not impossible, the grain
movement has been much restricted, and
this bas bad much to do with the high
prices ruling for some time. Wheat and
oats, however, have declined under receipts
that more than meet the demand.
Corn continues high with increasing
activity. To-day it reached 73lc., and the
sales were large.
Rye has declined slightly, but has an up.
ward tendency to-day.
Barley remains steady with fair demand
at 81 for No. 2 fall
Whisky continues steady in price, with
better sales than lust week.
Provisions are frmer, with an upward
tendency. The southern demand is better
during the disturbance there by the over
flow and the loss OF stock, and breadstulIs
and groceries remain active, with excel.
lent prices, and even in better demand
than last week.
Leaf tobacco has been much more active,
with firmer prices, and the market closed
strong. Fine filters and cuttings (old) sold
at SIS 00a2G 90.
Live hogs have shown . strong upward
tendency, with an active demand. The
range today is from s. 50 to 81 10. The
receipts have been fairly large.
Pig iron is nominal, The demand being
very light. Steel manufacturers make no
concessions, Manufactured steel is firm.
Money is much easier, and the banks
lend freely at Ga7 per cent. There have
been no drains from tho country, and the
reservesar full. Eastern exchange is easy,
selling at l.20th premium.
Trade in dry goods shows manifest in.
crease in activity, with a stiiIening OF
prices, though the volume is nQt 50 great as
was anticipated.
The general tone Of business is better
than for several weeks.
BALTIMORE, March SO.-The money mar.
ket has been easy the past week, and more
business has been doing in stocks,
The dry goods trade has been very nc
tive and large amount OF business has
been done, principally with the South.