The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-01-11

.nE YEAR's 1nApE-
Cs~ns,r.a ce.A,slss = - U.sssd s>.ss'
"a Formidable I>is1ef F1nanc1na Wree~,
= The Depr>sse1 ssnae q ~ Hroa 40
STEEL Industry.
NRw voRk. Dec -
Tho concluding week n Dccemocr, which
q generally the dullest Of The year IN u,er
camille and industrial circles. has proved
40 exception % tho rule IN 1854 Reports
from leading trade centers show that ne
merchandise movement has been much
a. nn:~sti IL ons. rrsdsrs IL II lines con
fc<> 20 no anticipations Of special activity
rnr list or vlxArctAS. WRECKS.
The commercial WRECK list 81 the year i
formidable one The following table
gives The total number 81 failures reported
during each Of tho last ive years;
,,..,~s 49,. ~ ~ ~ ss:! ~, IN 's
Canada n'ss s ana frcvss7s - ~ a. i.;si
The table below gives ths failures dur
ing each q the two last quarters q itsis
1sS2 and lsS3:
No. u failures fourth quarter l.fos s.ses -
No % failures third quarter. LI&o LOS go
No. o. failures six months y. .ss;s 3ses Ash
The returns 81 to-day and Monday win
Increase somewhat The total for the last
quarter o. 1855. and. therefore, q the years.
total
IRON AND srKEr~
The year 1883 has been les satisfactory
20 the iron and steel trades than IT, prcdc-
ceSzor. The latter comprised prolonged
strike At Western iron mills and : steady
no snch disturbing labor q stations. but has
continued the contraction Of prices below
limits which were thought 20 rest On bed
rock. The decline IN prices Of piG-iron has
been from <31i0. January I. 70 <20(620. 80
cash for foundry No. TX. Early last
spring contracts for reils Ssrs offered e
che figures had settled % <36.50. though mot
announced November prices were rovo-
luti0nized by tho Lackawonna Company,s
cut 70 50 81 the mill. Excessive produc-
tion Or steel-raiis undulv stimulated BY
the phenomenal railway building q pre-
csd'ns years, combined With Other end ar-
vas the forced closing Of several mills and
the reduction in wages Of nearly IL not all
from ~ 70 Is per cent. Inpor<ations Of
British steel rails have rapidly declined
Receipts for eleven months arr 65,579 tons,
AGAINST lG7-if3 tons IN eleven months Of
1c'-- NA@ .c-'e'' tot1S - 80.
ANTHRACITE coAr.
The anthracite coal trade closes thc wear
in moderately satisfactory condition 70
producers. The preceding year ras more
-;. ~ y ,;'.. 1870. 80 ,ss.,ss,.-
.l.. =. \. ;;.' =. ~ y, .<,,e..y
~. ..:tr.+. ~i;-. ft;- ~ s~-fs q I. -.
orally healthy state. States In The West
have exceeded those Of any other years,
49,, s.,'...,,< - 49,, ~ $500,
ss..1. 49,. is.n.- = 'S',s,, 8 -
~ :, 49, ~, $50. - 49, = :: - y,
s~. y. ! ,.,-. $3.50. ~ sc>s T-s.- .",r
~ ~, 49, .t;o. S.r,. ~. ~
ner.r,ker u enrro~;".teiv ~ ~ fo,, Y.
etc frr This wear 81 2i06l. 00o tons- a co.,
pared with 20.1 900 tons In 1852
-
Floods and drouth fell upon TIE wintsr
wheat crop q is>- and its3 kuse end pess
crypt in, and, q shown ~ me 4oyern.
met reports the harvest Vas 1OtV,yoV
1n<neis short Of that n the preceding year.
This ranks 49, total, allowing sl1{nt GAIN
ier spring whsss; e about 20 1y ny: p1s ~
800. q IN 1851, There were IN: 800: 20
bushels reported - wheet and hour q 49,. -.
1sa 4 4 ~ h,,-hs1. s;ns,e jnIv s<,,or<:
have been resfricted and prics; relatively
low. The visible supDlv has increased
beyond All precedent beinx to-day
IN excess II xs.OOO.O0O bushels. ~
against 10.4 Is0l5 bu>hel: July 4. Farmers
have sold their wheat freely ana appear %
~ still doing u TIE rro<s exports from
81 crop q 1888 have been - December
against q, III. ~ bushels n like part 81
1SS1. ana "a "A vi hu<hels N 1sSl- ana rtill
Rue~ia- rn.Iia ana Au~trnlin 49, o1PerinR
rrnin chesr, "a frf,,re dsliverv. the nricS
81 wheat fSo red a N~w York; onened
q y rshr;,. . N = IL :, r1h-r,.r~ II N
Is - " dnriny ~ mcnfh. To-dnv a fouche6
n i'll
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