Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-17
TIE BRADSTREET BULLETIN.

Fewer Failures, But No More Activity In
Businesa-I Iron Worse on Than Ever.
New YcRE, August l6.-Special tele-
grams TO Bsadstreets from leading trade
centers throughout the United States do
not indicate any general increase in the
degree of commercial activity. The gains
previously noted are still maintained and at
a few cities, principally at St Louis and at
points in Kansas and in the Northwest,
there appears to be some excess in purchases
by interior merchants as compared with
the preceding week. This is confesSedly
based on the excellent crop prospects
Throughout the region tributary thereto, and
which. in view of the low and decling ten
iency in the price Of wheat may be overes-
timated, as farmers are likely, in the event
of continued depression of prices Of wheat,
to thresh less and stack more or TO store
their grain. This State of affairs already
appears in Minnesota and Dakota, where
the prices for wheat set by the Minneapolis
Milling Association have been placed at II
and 72 cents, respectively, for No. hard and
for No. l deliverable in Minneapolis. This
will Have the net price to farmers from 50
cents upward, according to grade, and does
not promise continued full receipts The
grain markets at the East have been bear.
ish, with a short iatermission, when msnip-
ulation had more to do with the advance
than anything else. The general outlook
does not now favor higher prices for wheat,
which hSve declined ! cents on the week.
Indian corn is stronger than wheat, owing
to diminishing supplies, but has sympa-
thized with wheat and has lost / cents
since the 9Th inst.
Hog prsducts have bsen advanced by the
bull clique who have cornered pork ct Chi
caEo. and Who are doing like service for
ribs A decline in supplies Of hogs, and
NOSE moderate demand at bone and abroad,
helped the advance.
The general dry goods market has been
fairly active, but ss very low prices. The
heavy auctlsn sale st blnakets at New York,
a repetitios of like outlets to overstocked
concerns bspetofore, reacts upon commission
houses >anS jobbers
Anthrasse coal is eallsa 6rmer sSnce the
Agreements 10 stopminiDg the first week IN
September 1t will take more than one
week restriction prior 10 the regular shut
down in December, at the present rate OF
production, 10 prevent the year sSotal efnal-
ing that OF 1858.
Iron is more depressed than. ever and
there Ia na immediate cause f,Jr believing
n revival probable this year. The Eastern
Pig Iron Assoeistioa do not look with favor
ON the western plan to stop produesng: and
members here say that tie. East will not
agree 10 it. Steelra are stin competing,
one order Of 10000 tons going for SO,
Petroleum is lo~e. ssing ~ thsHan
looked for staying qualities Of the new
Wardwen tract and to The ruos over ship
ments. Exports are higher and ocean
ffeights are weaker There has beea good
demand for wool hat operations have bees
on 9 less extensive scale than last week.
Vsiues hare been well maintained
There ere 964 failures in the United
States rVeorsed 10 Brsasreeis during the
past week "a compared with 26T IN pro
eeedi1e week, and with l74, lis. and ~
resp~ ctiyely in the corresponding weeks OF
ls8e, l88t and 1881. Canada had II; q
DE- cresse of eight