The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-08
The Year'sTratle.

: Bradsireet's, the New York trade j,ur-
nal, gives The following review OF the
trade. of the county for the past year ::
The concluding week in December,
shieh Is generally ,he dulles, in the year
in mercantile aud industrial circles. has
proved no exception to the rule in 1883.
SPECIAL telegrams 10 Bradstreet's from
leading trade centres show that the rner-
chan lise movement has been much slowi
err. Merchants are in many INSTANCES
engag ged IN making inventories of stncks
and in aetling the years accounts o :
.ders are light, and a renewal of demand
is not lpoked for until after the fret OF
the year Leading members Of the E.w
York dry goods trade Character ze The
traffi, OF The year as quite as heavy as
usual, and in branches thereof in txcess
Of last year. although the margin o.
profit has hsen small There ia st!ll s
weakness OBJ -ervabe IN some lines Of
cotton goods. Advices from Cincinnati
regarding the results Of the years busii
ness in general staple lines are more ia.
vorable than from any point exec IT Min
neapolis and St Paul, Will those from
Boston are tbeSeast so measured, from
the aide OF profits. The general feeling
in trade circles appe'rs to be an unse t.
tied one. Traders in. sll lines confess
to viewing the future with no an'Icipa-
ions of special activity 10 tie near tn.
ture. zet j 1e
WHEAT AND CORN cRofs. sn
Floods and drouth fellupon the silter
wheat crop Of 1882 and 1883. Rust and
pest trep, in. and, as reported bv the
Glvprnrsent reporters, the harvest wac
100. .000, 600 bushels short of that in, the
preceding year. This ranks the 10 al,
allowing slight gain for spring wlea' /,
at ahaut 400 900 600 hnshels. ss against
500 0c0' 600 in lSS1sSS and 308 100000
in l8S0-Sl. There were 1856 100000
inshsl. reported as wheat and .fl1ur
l8S0-S1- In l8Sl-S2s 12I,S00, ,Oe0, and
in 1Ss2-e3. l52 .40O.0C0 bushels: Since
july IexpHts have heen restricted and
prices reIativelv low. The visible stp.
ply has Increased heyend oil precedent
he,ps to tisy in excess of 35.00O,EOO
bushels az aesinst ~ AIS 0l5 bu.h Ir
Julyf. FarItets bave sold their wheat
freely, in III face of restricted exports
and enormous stocks at 'ffomes ic and
foreign iorls The gross exports from
The ecrop otslSs2As3 hava heen { ogD--
cember Is from Julv l but 50,9l0 9fS
bushels, as against 77.l0s,7f2 bushels
In like part Of 1882 and 4a475 82l
bushels in 1881. and slil Rlssia, India
and Australia are offning grain cheap
for fut'ire delivery The price of wheat
mo red a. New Ynk) opened in
Jsnnarv at abna, 81 lsA advanced toI
81 II Feb,ua-y 2 to 81 l4R February,
and to 81 20 during the monthi To-day
Is tnuched 81 liz sdi
The exports o. Indian ,rn have been
IN more liberal scale than those al
wheat, hut less than formerly In 1887
Ind 1883 the exports aggregated wyre
II .655 653 bushels sof corn end meat
.esins. "A $40 6S3 in 1SSlsS2, and 49,.
,S4 l44 bushels in lSS0=Sl The price
u corn on January 8 last was 67a cents
md on the IL ii of THAT month git was
,9t cents. FshrnarvS 1t was 72s cents,
lnn February II IA cents. To-day it |
eucbsti 81 cents. . -. a8
es.a Oft Production
THIS wear has brought decreased
production OF oil and has necessitated
he drawing on stocks through August.
September, October and November, and
developed d higher range OF prices. The
average annual price OF erdiie per barrel
ii the wells wax In 1880 down to 9ti
cents in 1851, to So cents, and in 1882
% 7at cents. This year thus fer the
average annual price Is Q6 per barrel
The average daily production this yesr.
10 DeccHber p. bss heen 2 100000 essSi
on, and The exports 100000 ealloIs;
The average daily Quantity added to
STOCKS has heen $500 gallons, sshich
indicates on average dsilt home con-
OF l 277 900 gallons during
the wear 10 December %. Exports ffom
the u tied St,tes from January to De
cember % aggregated 49S,3Sl,219 GAL
Ions against Ats 776,4S2 gallons In q
like period in 1882.