West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-12-02
TRADE OF THE COUNTRY.
BUSINESS RESTRICTED AT EAST.
ERN CEN rERs.
"olnestic NJ 'ney Markets Less lsIrm
sPccuiation Ga stocks aud
Produce Stimulated

Spec'al kilograms 10 Bradtc,e,s record
rather less activity In the movement OF gen-
erai nerchandiss, slsh pu IA a. Cat go there
mas osen an increasing volume Of sales, par
ucuiar'y ot dry goDis, aad In les,
o.e"orthy degree a. s.. Paul, Minneapolis.
milwaukee aui BirlingsoL Ths ayyrs.
gate OF sales in staple lines has
ben curtailed, OF course, by an intervening
holiday. The restricted trading has been
more conspicuous at Eastern centers owinv
TO the decline in the number OF mail orders
received and TO the no:ab.e absence Of inte-
rior merchants. THIS is reported from st.
Louis, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, New York
and Boston. At New Orleans als, general
trade, while fairly satisfactory, Is below late
expectatiOnS Country merchants tributary
IN that market are not reported 10 be gener-
ally as prompt i'm payment as desired, and
rehners unable to get satisfactory prices for
sugar are storing their products. AtKan-
eas city there is fairly active movement OF
general merchandise, but the total volume IA
less than that OF fortnight ago.
The interior domestic money markets. as a
rule, are not qlite as firm as last week Al
Chicago there is less demand for fund, for
manufacturing and Commercial enterp,ises.
out larger demanl for grain AMI other
speculative ventures At Cincinnati funds
are hl"ing bick from the c)untry, aud a.
Milwaukee they continue to go westward.
bqt In diminished volume. Toe total yolume
OF bank clearngs for the current week Is 81.
0-s,CG2, los, against 81, 3. lss. 9O7 last week
and 81, l,C33,SGjOl2 in the fourth week in No
Yember, 1887. TnIs, as complrei with last
week, Is bu, % per cent. Of that called for bv
the loss OF one entire dly's transactions
ehereby pointing to a propDrtioua.s increase
IN the amounts transferred. The speculation
'n wheat petroleum and railway share, con-
tinue at the full, while exports AMI imports
ot pro- u q and manufactures remain of large
proportions.
The New York stock M lrket Is excited and
strong, and under stim Iation Of the exores,
war with antic patel dividends on ths Vest
ern Vanderbilt lines, specula iol tend, to,
ward the trunk line ocks, though there il
ftill much attention paid to ths fancy aud
southern stocks The Transaction, OF thu
week Ihve days. were ,59J, l7J shares. against
2b25 9l5 shares in the wesk en- ling Novem-
ber 10. Bonds were strong and Advancing
with sales for the w.ek 20 the amount OF
Sl2,7l42O, against sli Ia 500 last week aud
Sl2, lH,SOO the preceding week Funds at
New York are steady in spite OF ell ,rts IN
manipulate for higher rates; foreign ex-
change Is slightly firmer
At Eistsrn GENRES thu moyymeat OF dry
goois has been disappointiu Prices I'm
IN npst lines ace suItained aui ths outlook for
heavy weight woo,eas c)ltiauss bright.
Prints, however, have declined * cent from
318 cents for ca after a month OF extreme
hrmness Socks have insre1sei OF late.
X W wool isquies, but tents to favor buy,
ers, as concessions have b,en made to minu,
factuFers wanting a large stock. Tnere is
rather less confi ience as to higher prices.
Pig iron CONTINUES very arnl. with no
change in prices. Steel rails are more act.
i've and m)re prof able to makers than has
generally been made public, and prices are 81
higher, at s3J 70 SG per ton. The special TO,
bicco crop report indicates that the Western
leaf crop will aggregate about 23j,0)0 hogs,
head, against 25), ,bO) hogsheads in 1885; TINT
there has been decline IN the yield Of
about 80 per cent, in the bright Virginia and
North Carolina leaf, and Of about "a. .OOO,OJO
pounds, or near,y 10 per cent, in ths seed.
leaf crop, mainly though the falling OF In
Wisconsin, against the output o last wear
The speculative brea1stuRs trade are realiz.
ing more fully the long claimed strength of
the statistical position Of wheat but thus far
I'm spite q hat fact and continued heavy ex-
ports, the price Of the cereal does lot adyanc,
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