Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-28

Their CHICAGO report SAYS: awhile the de-
mand is not heavy, it 10 considered fair tor
this month, and fully rs great as jo6bers
care to have it So far there has been but
very little difficulty in filing orders for all
sizeS but this has largely been effected
through exchanges Of different sises among
iobbers when they run short. Iron nails
continue to be quoted ct 81 30 in small lots,
with reports that carload orders would be
accepted by makers at 81 25, Q per cent?
go days.
STEEL TAILS
Are quoted at $40 in small lots,
ard we learn Of q car load order having
been supplied at the same figures. Jobbers
report q steady demand for steel nails, and
remark that the price is more firmly ad-
hered to than il is for iron. The situation
of the nail mills versus the strikers remains
unchanged in the West, and reports from
the mills in this vicinity are virtually to the
effect that no early settlement is looked for.
1t is stated from sevsrsl quarters that the
scarcity Of iron and steel nails has some
what improved the demand for wire nails,
which are quoted at so per cent. of list on
all sizes"
AT %PITTsBURG.
"The nail trade continues quiet and de
void of anything particularly important.
There is not the demand there was q few
weeks ago, and orders are mostly small. Iron
nails remain unchanged at 5 2.l0, 60 days, 2
per cent. of for cash. Owing to the pro.
tracted strike stocks are very much reduced
and badly broken, and manufacturers are
obliged to borrow from each other in order
to gil an order. Some of the Eastern man
ufseturers are endeavoring to take advau,
tsge of the strike to introduce their mails
into this market but thus far, it would az
pear, with little or no success. In regard 10
the strike the prospect is that it will be con-
tinued for some time yet, as neither side sp
pears disposed to give in. The next regu-
lar meeting of the Western Nail AsSocis-
ton takes place in P~ittsburg."
AT NEW YORK.
shipments of mails from Eastern works
to Chicago, Detroit and other points In
Michigan, and the stoppsge o some of the
New England mills, have aided to relieve
the pressure of sellers. Concessions on iron
are obtained with difficulty where they were
formerly freely granted, and to that extent
the market has improved in tone. While
sellers are therefore far less anxious, buy
ers, on the other hand. are not at all I'm.
easy. We still quote $2.lO to $2.l5 from
store for iron nails, and $2,25 to S2.35 tor
steel nails, which are scarce"
AT PHILADELPHIA.
A somewhat improved feeling psryades
the nail market, brought about BY the clos,
ing of the mills East and West. Prices are
a trife stesdier, but now and again it is re.
ported that outside nails are being offered
at less than regular quotations. Buyers, as
q rule, are. not inclined to take untried
brands; nevertheless, these irregular figures
have 8 tendency to unsettle prices. There
is some inquiry from the South and West
for large blocks of nails. Quotations rule
from e. Is to e rs, according to buyer and
quantity taken. Steel nails are quoted at
S2.25.
ST. LOUIS.
"Of manufactures, nails have caused the
most tx :itement, vi bout, however, mate
rally affecting prices, $3.l5 for iron and
$3.50 for steel at stores remaining current,
With steel nails from Belleville and Terre
Haute, Western jobbers will be relieved from
reliance on Eastern mills. The Of
an intended addition of nail machines tc
the Vulcan Works lacks confirmation.