The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-18
THE BUSINESS PULSE
SHOWS AHsALTnY STATE OF TRADE.
Goad ET.e! OF Ese.lisut llirvHt Pro,p,c,a IN Tho
! H"s-noUmsltsn ard r,ndencies o. Various
# Commodi,is-lsoh,C Csa', Wool and Pso. ss,
e ~, yISions-TAp lion Shirt Dswp.

Hfh-noVfmslts nd Ttndencles Of Various
Commudl.in-lson, Ccs', Wool and Pc.
|.o yIsions-Tho Icon Shirt Down,
New YcRk, August 16-special tele
grams to Brad.irtefs from leading trad
cen.era throughout tho United States d,
not Indicate a general incres7c in CONNER
clal activity. The gains previously no,et
are maintained, and at q few cities, notsby,
a! 81. Louis and at points in Kansas and
In tho nor.hwest, therespppars to be some
excess in purchases BY interior merchants
e1 compared with the preceding weak.
Ih:s 10 based on the excellent hsry.s,
proapeess throughout the region tributarr
thereto, which, III view Of the low and de.
cl!ning tendency iu the price OF wheat
may be oyetes.inlatca, as farmers are like.
", IN the event OF continued depression OF
prlcGs oi Whsat, to thresh lee3 and stack
more Or to store their grain. This state
Oh aasirh already appears in Minnie.
aosn auu Dakota, where prices ol wheat
get by the Minneapolis Milling Association
have bsen placed at 77c and 72c reaurc,.
lvely Tor No. l hard aud for No, |, dsl,ver.
able In Minneapolis. This will leave tho
1at price to farmers from 55c upward, and
Goes not Promise continued full receipts.
. EASTERN GRAIN MARKETS, 95 I.
The grsin markets at the Eas. have bseD
bestish, with s short iute1miepion, when
manipulation had mors to do with tho ad.
vance than anything else. The general
outlook docs not now favor highe. prices
for wheat, which have declined II: on the
week. Indian corn Is stronger than wheat
owing 70 Diminishing supplies, but has
symPalh!zed With wheat, and has Lost II
since tbs S;h inst. -
Hog products have been advanced by the
bull cllqce who have cornered uofk @,
chicago and who are doing like service
icf 1ibs.i A decline in supplies OF hecs and
moro m0dela;e demand az ho,ne a,d
abroad halPed tbs advance. -
Ihc general dry goods market haa hea,
!sisiy scsiye, but u. very low prices. TIN
heavy auction sale cf blankets a. New Yors
4 repetition Of like oa.le,s to oy.rstuck.d
ceheefna heretofore, reacts upon commis.
Jaw aooeSo a0u JOUOetss
RESTRICTION OF THE IRON PRODUCT. "a,
lton,o more depressed than eysr, and
there is no immediate cause for believing a
revival probable this year. The Eastern
Pis-iron Association does not look with ia.
vor1 on the western plan to stop producing.
and iaennesa here say that the Eas, viii
not agree to l.. Steel rails arc still com.
ps,ing, ono order Of 10000 tons going fo,
SIS. American pig iron IL depreesed and
very quiet. A few g.adt1 having nomi
nal Claim only to rankingss No. / foundry
have besn selling for 50ctSl per ton under |
current q1ctallons. Very little iron ia |
moving. and the sitnstioa is perhaps leas |
encouraging than at any other time dnrino
tho year. This situation is perhaps fals |
more by western and southern fnrnsc9,
which are Obliged very generally to fina
consumers. East oi the A!leghshies, how.
ever, the Cf7e Is different, large share nf
the anthracite furnaces being 1osulsrly on.
sahec in supplying their product to one or
another Kind OF factory, foundry or mill.
IRON IN CENTRAL.
Scotch pig iron in this market is yerv
dull and depressed. Prices are nominally
unchanged. Imports will amount from
SEQ to !. 600 tone, lesa than tho usual pro-
portion going into store. Within two
months more Scotch iron has been rut !,
Gtore here than in a like pc.iod for lene
time previously. FreiRhts Are low, and ,hs |
market abroad 10 reported quite as weak az
here. Bars and plate and sheet iron ara
unchanged in p.ica. There is no new do. |
msAd. Iron men do not now talk Of anv
prospect OF a revival in the iron trade dur.
ing the fall Of 1854. ~ w.
AZ tPhilsde'phia fonndsy and forge irons
arc extremely dull. Beessnler is nominal
Merchant bsrs are moving slowly at old |
figures. Plates, shapes and Sheets ara in
lair request and nteaay. There is no
cnango 10 stee. rails. Generally Il hopeinl
and rxptc:ant feeling prevails, and there
iS not Eoch effort to force business, Word |
COMES l.om Pusburgh that the low SIGNS
OF Slight improvement in the iron trade
several weeks ago :!ayo vanished, and u
dul!ntts now prevails Thich has not been
eqused fcr yssrs. Tnete is no improy.-
ntut noted iu the Cleveland iron trsda
situation, which con.inuel Al unsatisfactory
one.
TnE D:sToS Wool MAnKEV. i
BosToN, August l6.-The Adpes .iser, in ita
weekly review Of the wool market, esys
1t 10 not surprising that tho market, alter !.
run Of four most active weekp, in which
The sales have averaged over four million