New-York tribune., 1884-12-29
NOTES on TRADE And INDUSTRY.

IRON-The reduction IN price OF pig has not yet
produced the desired increase in demand, nor has
the destructive competition between Eastern and
Western makers Of bar iron been adjusted, though
efforts to that end are in progress The slight in-
crease III production of pig in November does not
yeoseem to have been warranted by any general
inGieaie IA the quantity required, bat meanwhile
the Gem furnace Oi the Shenandoah Company has
gone into blast, making over 100 tons daily and
tbs sharon lrn Company has put one fgraaee inio
operation. Among olher works HAT have resumed
operation are lhe ilnsseY, Howe A ro steel Nmks
at filiabqfg, aud tho lrHmbn Company AZ liiram,
uhl0- iha eloslAg ~ kimberly po-i Nn ihr nlhff
hand, throws ahnni ! lOp neA qni NJ empgYmeHl,
though u IA hanel, nni fnf sh0rl lna lhe alesl
and fpl Nntks ~ Ihe cleveland liglling hlil haga
sl0ppal, having ln1D nnHiAplpffil ani ille ha
ilouai iube Woiha ~ Npheespan have abni dawn
,aiHdlnn N Waaeaef ipil pet renl Wv ihe illis
bniR lion Woika, ~ NeHefs Station i'eani We
accepted by iha metz
rurrfHi lhe iahe rombapai afeofdlna " me
FBgiantiug dBd NBipD jeUBgi, have eDaaI sinaas
boz pDnffnot Win the ehiaf r1nsHmefs, namely, 3,
anpply ffpm sOODO OOO ~ 950D,0DD pornds
monthly ~ fnio depending on 'ha price " chin
bafs ~ London fiom le iDth ~ tho 21ih ~ ths
pfoyiona month, " rhiii bnis have ayefagsd
one-ienlh ~ y cent is 10 ho added fof every 10
ahlines IN tho price Of chm bars above ga unii
eos isfenchrd whom I iq cents and no moro shall
bc the price lfthis contract N correctly reported
n makes tho price Of tho most valuable American
copper depend upon tho speculative iunrket In
London for notorons'y tho most speculative
brand of coppcf-a market moro easily
controlled by manipulation than any other
and one with which legitimate considerations
of demand and supply have little to do. II
sccms strange that either Of the American parties
qhould have consented to make such contract Pa
the one thus reported. Meanwhile the quotation
Of I cents for Lake Is only nominal.
iNtrRNAL RrvrNur.-1hc decrease OF over
3d. 800 900 IA receipts from spirits during the frat
Two months of the nscal year IS more that II per
cont ON the Other hand the fctenne ron fct-
mcnted liqnors mctea ios $3.50 0)O or about 1 pct
cont fof the sahc period. Depie,sldt IN bdsincss
ara tho non.emplotncnt 81 i00O0d tottlusbei
hathtally Hihlihisbei the e6rsiinipti6t ~ sbiits
bHt ~ th35e Nh3 h8 i8heaf atihk @histSt e8r-
siAefbNf Ht8Y8tti8M AYpatSntit. tak6 bebt lrseih.
8s isse e4HFNsNE iAe Aeefsass ~ tstsAAs it3h
sWps, u pf8pqFil8Aea " aetNai e8nsAmbll8A i8f
the iye m9Alhs lmpsa dsefease ~ @iHWSNNs
drlpks 81 dlsliied aH9r RAlle the neFease ~ FeY,
eune fr9m iernepIad lMn9r on tue same sAppesl:
tlon, implies an lnerease n epnsnmpIlQn "
loo, 600 uuil, glasses oi peer heanN llie, Tue de-
crease in revenue from tobacco wasabout per eent
QUICKsLvER.-Of few other products has tho
quantity produced this year diminished more than
of quicksilver. if the production of California Is a
test, for the estimated decrease eleven months
yield, compared with eleven months of 1883. Is
over 33 per cent.
Coal ExPoRTs.-Attention is again called to the
wide discrepancy between the reports of exports Of
coal to Canada that are returned to the Treasury
by its subordinates and the reports made to the
Government of the Dominion of Canada OF the
duty-paying imports of coal from this country. AS
the duties are paid TO Canada on the quantity there
returned as imported there can be little doubt that
the Canadian returns, il in error at all, are 700
small Yet the Canadian official report Tor tina
year ending June 80, 1854, shows an import from
this country of 500 SIS tons OF anthracite ana
|. I.O3G57l of btuminOus coal while our Official re-
port shows exports to all eOaEties for tho same
year of only G40, ,Oi0 tons anthracite and 6l62oo
tons bitumnous coal. The fault is probably tha'
Treasury officials at the frontier take no pains
to make accurate reports, but II this is true ins
Treasury Department ought to know why they
neglect their duty 1t is rather an important mat
ter to know whether 600 900 tons Of coal goes ous
To Canada in excess OF tho quantity officially 10
ported.