The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-26
BUSINESS PULSE.
TRADE MATTERS IN TnE EAsT.
The Ru'h of Orders for Dry Goods and
ClO'hs-Ths IFOu Trade Reported strong
and Aotiye-Trads Combinations
Among the Manufacturers.

SPefiai DApGch 10 Ok hidliOalesr.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25.-The feature o
the week is the rush OF orders for prin
cloths, spring wooIens, prints, clothing
aud carpets, All manufacturing establish
mens are very busy, Prints have ad'
vanced among manufacturers and iobberG
because stocks have declined below a hall
million pieces, Another advance is prob
able; further advance OF . to 10 percent
in woolens and Z! to 10 percent in worsteds
will take place. Yarn has advanced 10 to
30 percent, Ginghams have been largely
contracted for, Immense sales Of carpets
have been made, In oassimeres a 10 per-
cent advance over last year will be gem
orally adhered 10.
THE IRON TRADE,
The iron trade Is strong and active.
Large contracts for spring aud summer
work on railroads, bridges, municipal
buildings, pipe lines, implements and on
general iron and steel work are coming In
at good prices. Preparations are being
made for large iron and steel works In
Alaska. The Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad
Company will greatly increase It's ore
shipments from abroad. The Pennsyl.
Vania Railroad will advance It's coal ship
ments by water 30 perCsnt, aud these and
the other trunk lines will construct up
wards OF one thousand miles Ol feeders.
THE Philadelphia aud New York arChi-
teCts have started Ia on more work
that they had neyerbeiore at this season,
consisting Of manufactures, residences,
public buildings, large apartment houses
etc, Building material will not advance
generally owing 10 the constant enlarge.
ment Of facilities,
Recent ContractS have been placed for
four mill on feet OF yellow pine, two mil.
lion feet Of hemloCk and Six million feet
Of white pine.
BrlCk, pl4sIer and cement are firm In
price but will not advance,
The boot and shoemakers resume full
work this week. Leather is 10 percent
higher than Que year ago, Hides are
sCant In supply. manufacturers Of foot
wear will crowd production TO the fullest
VAphtlt1 luT Ldu heeAbt
lhe clothing manufacturers have here
Iofore stocked up aud taken risks Of dia.
tribulion. Hereafter they will work only
on orders.
The wool growers have the market In
their own hands. PriCes will advance.
TEXTILE FARElCs.
Eastern textile manufacturers are con.
tsmplating the advisabillty Of the es.
tablishment Of hosiery and knit goods
factories in some Of the Western States.
fhe experiment ot establishing silk mills
in Eastern Pennsylvania has proven profit.
able and further extension OF textile in.
tsIests will probably follow. Trade com.
binRtions are very strong In tho east and
coal Is high and western freight rates will
help swell the cost to consumers.
Ihe anthracite coal production will
probably reach $1,000 tons. Business
ust now Is Hat.
Trade combinations among manuiac.
luters areiucreasing for three purposes,
arst, to restrict competition for businCss
within narrower limils, second, tU protect
employers interests against aggressive
trades unionisn and Is dlCtatIon, aud
third, to protect manufacturing Interests
and free Iade agitation in and out OF Con
RreRa.