The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-21
BUSINESS SITUATION,
THE GENERAL FEATURES OF TRADE
10 NOT Show Any Great Changes Over Last " eek.
Lisht sprlns Trade Expsetsd-Wool BeIus
Z. A'ducsd-lmprovsmsnt Ia, ,Iron-PrIc.. 4
u Unchanssd-Ths Failure H.cord. w.

NEW foRE, April l0.-Bradslre,is Jour
nal, in It's commercial summary, says:
THE features Of general trade throughout
tha United States rs revealed in special
telesrams to BraUstrtet's from leading buBi-
centerS yesterday, do not show mucl,
change on the week. Rain and storms Mt
inc West have rendered the roads difficult
TO travel, and interior traffic has fallen
away In such regions ,ls arc Affected to n
corresponding degree. The termination Of
some labor strikes aud disturbances has
been offset by freeh outbreaks.
The advance In crude petroleum was
largely the result Of manipulation, and re-
sisted the attack made by the bears yester-
day. Reports from tho heavy winter and
spring wheat growing States continue
favorable. The dry goods movement from
trst hands has been moderate. The market
Is hrm. Some makes Of cotton goods have
been advanced. Jobbng has been upsat-
iislact.ry In volume. A light spring trade
is expected, Cotton futures have been
active, with wide fluctuations in prices.
ana the advantage gained over last week ia
ABOUT three points for all months.
TIM FAILURE RECORD. ..
There were l5j failures in the United
States reported to Bra,l,iree's during tho
past week, against lO5 in tho PRECEDING
week and lG0, Gand 81 in the correspond.
Ing weeks Of 1883, 1882 and 1881 respec.
lively. About 81 percent were those of
small 81 traders whose capital was less than
So 600. .=l4r..-t - s.l, = 1'"'.
y, asr IRON. f..a.
There is no general improvement in the
iron market to record. = Pig is quiet, and
prices are firm and unchanged. The ter
Of the strike OF the founders and
stove.makers'at Troy will tend 10 stimnlate
!he demand for pig In this and neighbor-
ing markets. at st. Louis, also, there ap-
pears to bea better feeling in the iron mar
Set. The iron ore market as reflected at
likewise presents favorable
report Demands in general, however, are
restricted and rather OF hand.to.mouth
character. Scotch pig is unchanged. Colt
ness ID probably selling nearer 500 to arrive.
man ~ 5O, as commonly quoted, The
arrivals this week will not exceed l,5OO
tons, all OF which had been sold preyiouslv
And went at once into consumption, Bar
and other forms OF manufactured iron are
az last reported; 10th as to price and de.
mand. Steel rails are selling yery che8p.
both as to price and demand, although the
mills are doing good deal Of work at the
low figures: A recent eale OF 10000 tons for
sSl 50 at Hoboken will illustrate, Ortlera
% the extent OF perhaps 10000 tons have
been taken within the week.
WOOL.
BosroN, March 19.-The Advertiser in its
weekly review OF the wool market saye:
The market has been entirely in the aame
as the previous weeks, except
that, as the salea indicate, the INQUIRY has
been larger although still restricted 10 the
wants OF the manufacturers. A
marked feature OF the market is that ga
lections are becoming quite limited as the
STOCKS are reduced. Receipts since Jauu-
ary, 1t must be remembered, have been
some 35,5Ol bales OF domestic less than a
year ago, and ol foreign the receipts have
been only t. 10 bales more, 80 that there ia
still large deficiency. There is yery it,
tie thoroughly choice fleece left. and ona
house has been offered SOC for ali the NY
and above Ohio still in their hands, but
they declined. 1t is, however, difficult to
get 3lc for the lots OF Michigan still upon
the market. The small supply OF combinp
and delaine is still apparent, and prices
are strong. California wool has been more
active, and we note large sale given out
on private terms but which was made at II
very low price, entailing quite loss to
the owner. There were no sales OF Texas
Ibis week, and the stock Offering is very
much reduced.