Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-23
IS 10 NAILS,
Pittsburg Jobbsrs Say There is No FaI
.tue-The Price Falling.

Pittsburg Jobbsrs Say There is No Fam
.iue-The Price Falling.
The advance in the price of nails, re-
sultinR from the strike, seems TO have
reached high water mark, and started to re-,
cede atleast so far asPitts5urgis concerned,
A large dealer is quoted in yesterdays
Leader as follows:
Since the opening of the strike rails
have advanced from 81 to 50 per keg.
They sold OF the latter figure until within
q few days since, when they fell to y; 70
psr key. This was not caused altogether
by an increased supply, but By a rapidly
lessened demand OF course there are
large quantities OF nails coming in from
the eastern factories but the supply from
tbose establishments in which the nailers
nlaces were taken by feeders, is still quite
small. What nails they Go make are good
enough, but they can't turn them out fast
enough. 1t is very likely that nails Will
stand at 8 pretty good figure all winter, as
both sides of the strike seems determined
to bold out"
ANOTHER iobber ia quoted as follows by
the Dispatch:
ave are not selling nails at present,
but there are Eastern nail agents here nov
offering to sell from 5000 to 5000 keg lots
at not any more than Is cents keg above
the lowest price ever known to have been
paid here. That shows already that there
are more nails in the market than there ID
a demand for. The talk o! a pail famine
NAV be confined to PittsburP. and the
near vicinity. There are great many
nails used around here, and
these who buy want Pittsburg
nails. If our customers who handle
from 800 to 1000 kegs a month would &c
away from home they would very soon get
their orders filed, but as it is, a retail
buyer, who wants probably 10 kegs o
nails, will 60 to u stores who are waiting
for us to furnish them with nails, and il
this way 6 report is circulated that IN
kegs of nails are wanted when really there
is demand only for 10 kegs.
"'Why don't you bay nails and supply
your customers? was asked.
"'The market is 80 uncertain, wes tn
reply, that ii wouldnot psy. To cell nail
ct q clear prof.; OF cents key Is biz
thing, but when nails in price are nearl
down to bottom fgures iSisix months, m
chances for the Wholesale buyer are that b
viii have TO sell below cost as he's beel
the case within the last year.
The trade report in this weeks Issue 0
the Iron Age says:
"The Indications are that nails are no
in as short supply as they were few week
ago. The highest prices reached are l.
no means maigtained. Jobbers aud COZ
sumers do not nov have to beg for nsils
but the mills are sending on their offer
at rates that wouldno: have been accepted
three or four weeks ago.
GRAND reopaning Of the Capitol RIM
tomorrow evening. kramers full band
THE SUNDAY REGISTER.
4 Brief Mention of the Local News
Contained.
The following is brief mention Of III
news in the local columns of yesterday
issue
A mysterious crime; Warrington tn
scene Of murderous rifle practice; Thorn
ton Cartwright shot down by an assassin
while riding along the county road; III
murderer apparently connected with th
Baker butchery of four years ago.
Omens; the lingering traces OF sUpsrSti
ton in the human character; several illus
trations CT the queer things which are con
stanily oCcurriUg.--A lively time, il
which the celebrated South Side billy goa
plays star parts; the story the victim spur
to real estate agent within III
hearing of reporter.---A hSpp.
event; Walker Cunningham, foreman Q
Bells foundy presented with watch b,
his fellow misunderstanding Of Ia,
United States Court OF ChsrleEton--
Prof |. c. White locates gas and oil we'll
in Washington Cohaty-Society event
during the past week--Ezplosion, a
Carriers distillery oSgas from apple brandy
Mesars. William and John Carter slightly
burned The man killed by B. d o
train, near Triade'phia, las! Tuesday, id9n
tiled as Emory Garrjsoa, OF Eliza
beth, Pa.--,Tbat secret conclsve
further details OF the meeting of Pitt5huJs
nail manufacturers on Tuesday LAST
The proposed Pittsbarg cooperative nail
works--General brief local mention, in
dustrial ard amusement notea, personal
points, etc,
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