National Republican., 1883-04-09

Rye steady at 67d7oc Hay unchanged prime 70
choice Pennsylvania and Maryland, Sl8 O0@15 90.
Provisions firmer and unchanged; mess pork, SG
8kl@llc; bacon, shoulders, 9sic: clear rib sides,
l2c hams, l4glbc lard, refined, l2Hc. Butter dull;
western packed, lT@23c; roll, h@lsc. Eggs lower
at l6Igl7c. Petroleum unchangedj refined, ga
@sl5c. Coffee firm Rio cargoes, ordinary 10 fair,
S,4@9l9e Sugar quiet son, s9<c. Copper; re-
fined quiet at Ice. Whisky steady Mt 81 16l60el IL
Frcghts to Liverpool per steamer dull and un.
changed cotton 5S29S,l6d -four, Is. Sd:; grannd d6d
superintendent 12i 900 bushels; corn, 10000
bushels sales-wheat, 427, 900 bushels corn, $1,000
bushels.
STATE OF TRADE.
The dispatches 10 Brddsireers from the principal
centers Of the country this week ten OF a uni
iormly quiet feeling In trade circles. The reports
from the wheat.growing regions are on the whole
encouraging. Cotton has declined, under large
receipts, TO 10c for middling uplands. wheathas
declined during the last week between &c. and 3c.
per bushel, the result of better weather on both
sides Of the Atlantic and Of the improvement In
the prospect OF the winter wheat crop in the
United States. Corn has declined slightly owing
10 the continued large arrivals at western points
and the increase Of the stocks in store there Pro-
visions have been held up by few prominent
G w wpsat HH ths ths
American pork Is likely TO have some depressing
effect The iron market In general continues quit
as dull aud unsutisiaotoryas heretofore reported.
There tsio im provemeut reported In any line ex-
cept III PITY at several of the western centers. Pitts
burg steel rail mills are said TO be filled with orders
until after August This is the best than can be
reported Bar iron makers prefer storing 10 max
ing concessions. At New York pig iron, both
American aud Scotch, is dull at unchanged,prices.
The supply Of the latter is about equal TO the de-
mand, which prevents prices from declining.
Petroleum is lower under the combined influence
OF the bearish March report and the new wells
waiting to come In on tracts which, II furnishing
gushers, viii point TO more fruitful territory in
the vicinity Of the Cooper tract than had been
expected The anthracite coal market Is not per.
ceptibly better. The demand has not gone ahead
since the announcement of the spring circular, as
was expected. It has been arranged 10 cease MIN
ing six days in April, May, June, and July. Tho
three deys ending to-day and the like days next
week Will complete Aprils quota. The excess
production TO Mar. "a Is over 100000 tons as com
pared with last year. Btumlnous coal is still dull.
Ocean freghts arc nominal and the market is life
less The supply Of tonnage Is far in excess OF the
demand ut the present moment. This is expected
70 stimulate an export movement at an early day.
The shipments abroad now are very light, The
wool trade has been very inactive aud buyers have
secured occasional price concessions. There were
1870 failures In the United States reported during
the past week, 20 moro than the preceding week
II more than the corresponding week OF 1882, and
"a more than the same week OF 1881.