Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-04-14
BUT LITTLE CHANGE
In the General coadItlaa Of Trade
Circles.
TRANSACTIONS ON MODERATE SCALE
Characterizes Business Ia An Lines wool
Dull and Unsteady Iron Mar.
ket Still Sluggish and
Unsatisfactory.

NEW YORK, April ls.-Rsports received
At Bradstreets agency show there has been
very little change in the general condition
Of trade during the past week. Transsc.
tions In most lines are on moderate scale
proportioned TO near requirements, but de-
mand Is more general and the volume OF
business IL increasing. The weathsr dur.
ing the greater part Of the week has BEEN
unfavorahle for active movements In many
branches Of trade, and buyers have shown
little disposition to anticipate ordsrA
Spring wants are being developed ltan
points, howeysS and prspaEasiQA tanek
them annos b much iengsf d6ayoA Ths
indications point to good general trade In
jobbing departments during the balance Of
the month II inelsment weather does not
interfere With the progress Of retail busi
ness. The weeks failures Ia the Uaitsd
States and Canada number IA, against ~
last week.
The Jobhiag Trade
In dry goods has been htde more active.
Generally country buyers are operating
more freely, and . better trade 10 reported
In Western and Southwestern distributing
markets. Cotton goods continue arm, with
an advancing tendency. Manufacturers
agents are accepting current. prices for
goods in stock, but orders for future do.
livery ire booked only at value" There
is less cutting under agents pricss by JOB.
bers. The raw staple has again advanced
Sle@hc per pound. Wooi has ruled aali
hnutp0 nnlv fnP inn AdintA W0ntD.
snd production is being pushed cautiously,
owing to the backward demand for woolsn
goods. Eastern buyers are beginning TO
canvass the early shearing sections for
coarse staple wools, the old supply
OF which is now about exhausted.
Sales have already been made By Kentucky
growers, although shesring hn not yst
iron trade 10 unsatisfactory. Consumer
are buying only for near wants. Most OF
the tinis he'd iron mills are busy on small
orders, but cannot get enough work ahead
10 iInpart q strong tone to the market. The
Western Nail Association has perfected
plan TO pool production and regulate prices
in which It is expected that oil Western
n anufacturen will cooperate. The steel
rail trade Is dull. and makers are anxious
to sell. The anthracite coal trade has ruled
dull, and In consequence Of its unsatisfao.
su,pepsion of mining has been ordered
ne week, Local stocks are light, partio.
ularlv Of manufacturers' siIes, the supply
of which Is likely 70 be exhausted before
the resumption OF work at the colleries.
The Markets ~ 6rais
and hog products have continued very ir.
regular, but Q better feeling has gained
ground since Monday, when values touched
the lowest point for the week, and on
wheat the lowest for the 1888 CROP, On
that day Chicago prices for May delivery
were down TO 79jsc. for wheat, SSHc. for
corn, SIS GO for pork and s. q x for lard.
Since then there has been an advance oi
| 55sc. per bushel In the price OF wheat, rs.
per bushel In corn, 81 l2}f per barrel In
nor K and 35c. Per 100 pounds In lard. The
| rise has been Influenced mainly by specu-
| lation. There has been . general covering
! of "shorts" IN the wheat and provision
markets and considerable buying for long
account on the theory that . sh.rp
| reaction In prices would b the To-
eyitsble result OF the extensive wind ssll.
| ing OF the previous two weeks. The
inward movement has been helped
by wet weather, which hiss delayed the
| seeding Of spring wheat in some sections,
| and by the increased takings Of exporters
| at the recent decline. The high carnival
OF speculation during the past few wesks
| hiss brought severe losses 10 the large opera.
tors in all markets. u Is doubtful II the
| gsiis Of parties who we're on the night side
| Of the market at the outside OF the decline
have not since been absorbed By ths ioss
| involved In Q change OF front at the wrong
l time, Many who were bears" on wheat
st g6c and sold freely down 10 T@sso.,
| turned bulls at the latter figures and
lost all their early profits by the suossqusn
| decline to 79jstd80c. The clearances from
| Atlantic ports during the past week show
little increase, but 10 s probable that
| shippers that will be exported lster In the
month or in the early psrt Of Nay. The
tenor Of foreign afisirs 10
Not Very EncoaraEtoG.
Stocks OF wheat are large at oil ports, and
In London the latest reports show IN In.
crease Of nearly 100000 bushels % com.
pared With tbe stock on hand year ago.
rhe United States visibls supply has de-
creased 1000 bushels within the week.
| The movement OF corn from country
| points has continued light, snd, Tor the
| frst time this wear, tbe vitible supply
| statement shows q falling of-ths total BE-
| ing 81 600 bushels less than last week.
| Export trade, h0Kever, 10 slow and unsst-
! isfsctory and speculation In this cereal In
| com paratiyely tsme and cautioua Chicago
| pricss are Issc lower, and seaboAfd mafksu
| LGIc lower than at this time last week,
sithoueb, a. shove noted, they sre higher
now thsn on Monday, In sympsthy with
the improvement In vhect and provisions
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