Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-11
SUNDAY Resisttn
A CONCISE RESUME
Of the Trade interests Through
out the Country.
The Prospects in Many Manufacturing
Centres Favorable for An Increased
Trade---6snerai Trade News.

symptom rather than regarded as soure
Of apprehension. Strikes are rapidly dyin
out, and within thirty days will be almos
a, an end, excepting the usual evidences
discomfort, throughout the country. Tn
industrial prospects in every branch OF IN
dustry despite the strikes are better to-da
than they have been for three years, or TO
that matter, during any time within on
history. The trade and financial founda
tons Of the country are stronger, and
widening market, both at home and abroad
isiuviting fresh enterprise and more snergI
in all the multiplied avenues OF industrial
activity.
The iron and steel workers OF the eoun
try are buster than since 1881; have more
orders on hand, and better prospects ahead
prices are firm everywhere. Pig iron Is
ssliug at from $500 to $1,000; msr'
chant iron at Il to 2 cents per pound;
nails $3.50 per keg; sheet iron 81 to 4
cents per pound; plate and tank quality
and steel rails S35. 90 per ton a. mill. En-
VIsh manufactureTsihs been greatly dissP-
pointed during the past two or three weeks
over their failure to place ORDERS for large
quantities of iron aud steel. but have not
ys, given Up the hope tha! strikes on one
hand and the successful passage OF the
Morrison TsriF Bill on the other will open
M the way for exports on q large scale.
rHE ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS
If BOSTON. New, York and Philadelphia
have a larger amount Of building opera
lions on hand, than ever before, including
house building, shops, churches, schools
vars houses, banks, all kinds Of eduea-
,ional institutions, to say nothing OF rail,
vev construction aud boat and ship build
mo which do no. :strietly come, under that
heading. The prices OF building material
will not be higher this yesr than last; the
lumber Yards Of the Atlantic coast are BE-
;nr crowded this week With incoming ship.
r,sr.s nv rail and water tom Lake and
Northwestern ports aud from South Allan
tic and Gulf ports, mainly st prices ruling
Ia.. wear. Tee only scarcity Is IN dry
Iumber add in the hard woods tor Walen
there has been an exceptionally active de-
nsnd during the last year or two. Inc
.complstiou OF railways throughout the
South has resulted il tue purchase OF seye
ral LARGE desirable hard wood lumber tracks
nv norfhern capitalists Manufacturers OF
ssU mi machinery hsys 81 this time more
contracts on hand for saw mill machinery
than tor three years; all OF this machinery
will De out IN place this season, and oy an
other wear builders aud railway managers
ard BUYERS of all kinds will 5e Supplied
,yi,b \ Uraa.ec variety OF excellent lumber.
To- ys,.snt cut IN transcontinentsl freight
-s,ss has rasnl,ei in the shipment OF seVe-
- ~, NJ 10. G., Z lG.Ocois red wood east
of me Mississippi; river. Walnut, white pine
and banlnra, arS h,r IL price. The man
ufsc,1re-s o! wo1d working machinery are
rsnorupy move business In hand than they
Nave had siucs 1888 for sll kinds OF in
movements in wood uorSiug machinery,
THE ,L,yUFAcrURIxG AND BUSINESS IN
TEREsTS
of our larger cries and towas not setusl!y
in contact With the masses OF wage WORK
s,s throughout the country nave very little
oonsreheus.ou Of tn extraordinary q
tiyitg and snthusiasrn p-e"aiiing through
ont the ranks OF labor aud the high exPec'
tArious INDUCED in b. tie r.uk snd ME, as
70 the outcome Of the present disturbances
A great many Look Toy = SORT OF LABOR
-n;Ilsnp,nrn and expect Transformation
oF the yovsrpuens Co political to Sn
industrial basis. Their ideas sre NOT very
clear ~ 10 VIA this IL but they osheVs
that ultimately matters OF government win
be managed sOmsw lat s''er the manner OF
their labor unions, whsr9 representative
committee mea elected D. tne people VIII
meet ard carry on, INSTRUCTIONS ratner
than be power Of i5eU,e.VeI
The work Of orgIgIE .,l0n Il p-ogre2nng
with as mucn v3g0r as -vHc G!though no new
assemblies are being ur,aD'z@d among the
/ Knights; Old ass uH.i-s sse Guiog mp, ana
4 Temporary or,nn'-griOGs sys Gs'nE formed
intending 70 rush l4g0 ta+ order IS aeon as
the limit has expire! There Is danger 70
labor ORGANIZATIONS from this extremely
rapid growth sni EescaOC Is oy no means
improbable. Manufacturers look tor It,
and further thsy beieYe:that within year
or so reaction in the yS,ue OF labor Till
take take place
Toe oi,uminouJ coal miners at this writ
ing are preparing for prolonged contest
of three or touv months unless their terms
are compiled with. The s,rke will extend
10 the western states unless the terms OF
the Columbus convention are faithfully
A lived up 70. Bimminous coal IL advancing
IN the New EnglaC5 and Middle states; an
thraejsa ia also higher in price; orders are
increasiay aud within the next ten dsys,
from SIX TO ten millioa tons viii be con-
tractei Tor, for early delivery. Some twenty
Of the manufacturing establishments IN
and near PnlIsdslphis have already shut
aoEa and sithjn ten DAYS the number oe
tween pailadelphia AID New York will
reach upwards OF one hGnarad. This fac:
will encourage the miners should they dis
cover il.
THEIRS Is A GENERAL MOVEMENT
Smong the mechanics of the New England
aud Middle S.a.e5 20 fo-m something like
e national o-grnizSriou Wages have beef
advanced - cents psr day; sad soms hue
Of work so caats and manufacturers art
a. this Time refusing orders Of consider
sole magnitude until they see how the sigh
hour qnesilol will turn out 90 May lst.
Toe b11: aud shoe manufacturers o
Msia and Massachusetts aud Of the city o
Philadelphia, haze booked IN unusus
large number Of orders dgriog the past tel
dsys During the thirty days pseViou
thers,O, bgsicsss fell 10 less than Que hsl
the average proportions, but there is nov
compromising activity, withost any i'm
provemen. in price. Shoe manufacturer
ever Sasrs looked forward to the busies
year lasy have ever had, bat have no con
hdence in good pIicss, on account Of hiRhe
priced labor, aud the sharpness Of eompe
nuon for trade in sll markets North ant
South. East and West
Philadelphia turns out more eSrpst ever
year than sll Great Britain and is now sc
ding several large establishments involvin