The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-11
THE EFFECT UPON TRADE.

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THE EFFECT UPON TRADE. -
Result Of the Election ns Felt BY the Iro,,
Manufacturers In ,l'e MnlioninE Valley. a
YOUNGSTOWN, O., Nov. 1O.-The Neus-
RtyiAr Z unpublished interviews with
a half dozen iron manufacturers, the OBJ
iect being to ascertain whit effect. if any,
tho election would have upon their busi-
ness. VIZ ,sl3f y .st.ss -1sA i'f
Mr. H. Q. Bennett, OF the Mahonine
Valley Iron Company, said: "Tradc
seems paralyzc'l, and there is. almost
nothing doing. This week orders have
shut off and customers do not Seem to
| want to place any. 1t is impossible a,
present to predict how long we will run,
but the outlook is not promising by any
MEANS"
MIR, D. \. Chambers, agent for Receiver
Brown, OF Brown, Bonnetf 4 CO., said
Orders are light and decreasing, and
every one seems TO have lost confidence.
Had Mr.. Blaine carried New York by a
good majority.it would have settled mat.
tiers and restored confidence among busi.
ness men. Woy shall run as long as possi.
bic, but how long cannot tell. At prcsen,
the prospects arc not bright" 1-m2
Mr.. ". i. Taylor, of Cartwright, Nc
Curdy \ Co., said: Zone result OF the
election has been to cause orders to fall
oil very appreciably, and it looks bud. W.
have some CONTRACTS on our books to fill,
but ihe future does not Iook favorable."' !
| Mr. Henry Wick, OF the Youngstown
rolling mill, said: ."rhere is no iron trade.
You cannot induce men to buy iron when
there is 10 prospect Of selling IT or lispos.
ing OF it at a profit. TLceleUtinn has dc.
moralized trailo most perccptihly, and in
case Off Democratic free trade @adminis-
tration there will not he much done in the
iron business this year" ~, ri h ~,
Mr.. Henry Morse, OF the Morse bridge
works, said: eve received the trst news
Of the effect af y probable Democratic ad.
mlnistratlon on our business today BY
being notified by parties whom We ex-
pccted to do Il large amount of aworl; for
that they had concluded not to make. any
improvements" III go (, 81 H., i.
George D. Wick, OF the Trumbull Iron
Company, said: "We have n contract for
three hundred tons OF iron, and when that
is filled I don't know what We will DO, Ii
certainly docs not look aa II there would
DO much business IN the iron trade this
wintor." 5,,sa5 So! i -.5,l5. b =
Cartrlght, McCurdy & Co. this mornin:
cancelled IN order for twelve hundred
tons 'of4 pig iron rccentlyFmntle with Il
proviso with the Girard Furnace Com
pany. .,53 III
A prominent Iron. manufacturer said
this morning that in case the official count
gave New York State TO, Cleveland, the
iron manufacturers OF the country should
at once hold II conference and decide upon
a basis OF action. lie advised the appoint
nent OF a com nittec to wait upon Mr.
Cleveland, with view to obtain his yiows
on the tariff question. No action will be
taken until tho official count shall have
been made ~ 2.
@ 45l 51l!ssaarrs ynis.
Sr. Louis, Nov. sl0.-Thc Post. Dispatch
special from Jefferson City says: Seventy.
four counties Official, including St. Louis
oily and county, give. Cleveland lGl Jos;
Blaine lao ,GGl; st. John 1882; plurality
for Cleveland 2O,44l. For Governor, Mar.
nladukc, Democrat, l50D72 Ford, Fusion,
l44, ,S7l Brooks, Prohibition, 7,ISl, plu.
rality for MaCmadNkc a,90l, The remain
ing counties to be heard from gave Crit.
tendcn, Democrat, for Governor, four
years ago S,s77 majority over the conf
blned Republican and Greenback vote.
Isi.n Tie.