The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-03-03
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Irregaiarify IN the General sCondltien OF
Trade.

NEW YoRg. Feb. 2e.-Specia kilograms to
Bradstreets this week show the same irregu-
lsrity in general trade conditions reported
from week to week for over a month past
The most encouraging accounts are from
Chicago. Kansas City, Des Moiness Mlwsu-
kee and Memphis. At Chicago there has
been an increase In the number of mail or
ders received, and more buyers from the in
terror are present. There, as at most points
announcing gain an the volume Of mer-
cbandise distributed, the improvement is
chiefly felt in dry goods. The very general
Frightening of the weather during the week
is responsible for much of the gain. While
there are no new features in the situation at
Boston, business there Is in slightly better
shape. Most staple lines in Philadelphia
are dull, except iron and steel and leading
textiles, which are more active. The open
ing OF navigation at Baltimore results in
better trade there. On the other hand at
Cincinnati business is not so active; at st.
Paul it Is generally quiet, and at San Fran
cisco quiet and irregular. There has been
no gain at Pittsburg. st. Louis adyices are
that the trade is improving slowly. Results
due to the organization of labor are seen in
the meeting of Western coal miners at
Columbus, o., the stubborn attitude of the
striking coke burners, as well as in the tact
that most Eastern cotton mills Will pay a 10
per cent. advance in wages in the spring.
Higher prices are demanded for dry goods,
owing to advanced wages paid operatives.
but jobbers are more active. Prices in all
lines are as high as last year this time. and
in some lines 5@10c higher. Print cloths
are weaker and lower, having declined from
SIC, less per cent, to $3.50 PEI yard for
CAS- This in the face of an advance of 10 per
cent. IN wages, promised the operatives ON
March 1. Wool prices are not so firm as
takiDgs are light but prices are as yet I'M
changed, As stocks of common are very
low and the demand for fine feeces is fair, il
is believed that manufacturers will take:
literally in the near future, thus promising
a good spring trade. Wheat has been more
active for export and the options have felt
this influence, prices advancing all around
on speculative interest. Part of the gains
have been lost but are higher than week
ago. The export demand has not been fully
maintained, and it is premature to expect an
advance in prices based on an export de-
mand. Indian corn has been irregular and
lower on heavy receipts. No. closed
at 50%c against SIC a week ago.
Wheat -four is about ten cents higher per
barrel and product is increasing. but the
market rs duiler al H. advance Provis-
ions have tended upward with wheat and
corn, but speculative influences have pre-
vented any special display of strength. Ex-
ports of dairy products are light. Coffee and
sugar prices are unchanged. and grocery sta
piles generally are depressed. Pig iron is
slightly sitter, owing to a ysriety Of minor
influences, but there is no change in price or
demand Less complaint is heard as to quail
ity of steel rails. Old raids are lower and
weaker. Anthracite coad prices are demon
siized at tide waiter, prices being shaded be-
low iast week