The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-26
THE TRADE SITUATION
NO SPECIAL CHANGES NOTED
In the General BasineSS of tn" Couutry-Th'
Condition of tho leon Market the snmO
az Last wesK-wOol Trade fnRctiVo
aud dsaIes Smaller THAI tor atoath"

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New YoRK, October 2t.--Speciai tele-
grams to Brads!rett's report no special
change in the general trade eituatiOn. AT
Boston business is quiet after the late ex-
ceptional activity. In some linesit is dis
appointing, yet the grneral confidence
that sales are TO increase rather than di-
minish remains unshaken. The dry goods
market at present is dull. Retailers are
believed to be carrying the large volume
Of goods lately shipped from first hands
awaiting the demand for consumption.
There il a better demand for funds for use
in regular trade channels.
Trade at Philadelphia is fair in some
lines, but there Is no general activity. The
late mild weather has been drawback.
With lower temperature better saiss are
expected At Chicago the volume OF
trade il lighter than during last week..
There IL, however, considerable con.
tidenca that the up grade movement ID 10
continue. There has been some deptes'
sion in feeling, owing to tue decline OF the
price OF wheat. Reports from interior
points tributary to Chicag1 are moderate-
iy favorable, and while the demand Tor
funds therefrom is smaller il is still
noticeable. There IL less demand for cur
rency from Nsw York. AT Pittsburgh,
Cleveland, Burlington iowa, st. Louis
and st. Paul there is lees activity in COM
mercial circles. The decline in the total
volume OF eastern rail shipments from
Chicago is attributed in part to the main.
tenanCe Of the advance in tariff rates. The
wheat market has suffered decline this
week, cash at New York losing 23c. Free
sales, increasing supplies in sight at home
and abroad and continued light exports
contributed to this. At Minneapolis wheat
has been active and very irregular Oh re-
ports OF the intended shutting down Of the
HJur mills November |, on full receipts
and on the expected advance in tl9ur rail
rates eastward. Corn has been more firmly
held owing TO light stocks, but wheat
flour has been weaker, losing all Of 25c
per barrel for export. Provisions have
been dull and lower, and ocean freights
without features. This movement CT COM
moditics abroad has not gained. In
grocery staples there has been an in
creased movement i'll sugar and coffee,
but prices are weak. Tea is depressed.
Dairy products are in steady demand for
home consumption, but beniad last year
for export.
There has been no noteworthy change
in the American pig iron market. De-
mand and quotations remain about as last
noted. At the west there is somewhat
less activity than there was last week. 1t
is claimed, however, that western furnace.
men could have sold ahead Into 1885 ii
they had been inclined 10 agree 10 make
such deliveries on the basis OF present
quotations. Prices are firm. The bar
iron ma ket at the east is moderately aC-
tive only. Further west it is less 80,
owing 10 q late disposition 10 mark up
prices, which drove OH instead Of coercing
buyers into purchasing. Late cuts in
rates arc presumably due 10 efforts to re.
tain trade affected ii this way. The bet:
ter grades Of har are, however, firmly
held. Steel rails are iirm al $50 at the
mill (eastern) and $3l at the west. Orders
have beua received sufficient to keep the
mills moderately busy. Prices are:
Iron AND stxXi rRcrs tAr Mill on PpaX AcEl
Oct. %, Oct l6, 0ct23, LowOt
lSSS lSSO. 1854 1851
Il 10 iU T. tou..; @4% SIS 90 as M SO 90 sis 90
D5uHd I .... 49, Gal 7ss. ellsc. l;sc. 1oe ISesD
stce rails ton. $50 OO $50 W s27 % S95 6f I
coXsAnAriyx Paict OF OTHER SEr AIS US sroRE].
Copper. lake. h.. 10. lie. l9c. 1okc.
Lead, common
rS Soss:is sss b. b. :!Ss 49, t!sS .5s i2s 252s &c e.
'pioSSii domestic ai ibs.. 4.4Oc. 44Oc 42n 40.
Copper has been moderately active
without any t1rmness in price. Lead is
lower and, the market shows signs Of o
continued decline. Tin, under the In
luence OF light stocks here aud frmer
London market, has shown increased
strength. Spelter shows no changeof
note. H
WOOL.
BosToN, Oct. 25.-The Advertiser in its
weekly review Of the wool market says:
Not for fifteen weeks has tho market been
so inactive, or have the sales been SO small
as for this week; and what is voryr
markable and significant is the fact that q
year ago the activity stopped about the
came way at the game time, having begun
at time to which the present corresponds,
or July 9th or 10th TO October 92i. The
sales Of domestic have been this week
l0t 400 lbs. more than last, and Of foreign
there have been i,TS5, 600 lbs. less, which
! is owing 10 the absence OF transactions in
foreign carpet wool. The business in do
mestic woods varies somewhat from last
week. Large sales OF territory, unwashed,
pulled and California woods are reported,
the ipCrease in the sales Of unwashed and
unmerChantable being l4p,200 lbs, and
pulled wools 10, 700 lbs, 0tMichiGan there
has been an increase Of 10000 lbs, and Of
Texas 1900 lbs. The largest decrease has
been in secuted wool, in California spring
90 600 lbs. decrease, Combing l5,202 lbs,
OHIO 5000 lbs, and territory only 100 lbs
lees.
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