Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-01-24
TIE STATE OF TRADE.

No Material Improve m"ut in Pr.Ccs OF
Distribution since i.a,t Week.
New IoEg JaHuGiy - Taking the
country SIS wfo'e, sp rial kilograms tc
BradsIreet's received this week do not in.
dic,te any material gain in the distrbu-
iion Of general m'Tchancis1 At Boston
thsre is new feGtuIss, and there is cousid.
cradle anxiety among manufacturers over
the low margin ot profit, particularly in
view Of the Prevalence Of labor troubles.
At PhiiGd, ,lpLiA it is asserted that there ia
tendency TO improve, bu, business has been
checked by tie weather baltimore re-
ports are. that tie lcycrr weather has
checked all lines 0, trade. although dry
goods jobbers l'oi ahead to fair dG:ri.
button. \; BJ,iuu lie arg goods trade
with JoO5s:a StHr;s moderately favorable
the Wes'cin end SOu'w,s'cTr f.. spripg
prints and drcss g'rehaN.. heirg above
conservative 'Ar-c'G'iene. Win agents
business IL mccr .,u,.;, al ! the low range
OF prices Il = ?r@i.'r'ut f,s;nTe
Priv: clo'ia al ID" mill nTpsay Grmei
than for Eonr tine tt uHchhuP,i prices.
Stocks are s'i.l Ii ~ The seassgrd wool
markets ar1 Urs'C.Iv rrh ,D nr# fratures
Manufacture +, 81, at"" In order un'i goods
making are G..pg'sI q, though The aver
age GEEieF"' .. rcahly sales is Good.
AUs.Is.aG VOL, toad liihat tend to
chec:. Gry nigaucr in fae wools At Mil
waukce aud St PnrI. o., s. Louis and al
Burlington la ;a@ u osrmtrt q! general
merChaaG.s" - ul.lYsiv quiet. with mer-
can:i E coil c'iGns o#iy Tar TIE move
meat Of dry goods ia tie Central Miesis
sippi river valley bGa tl,c' ed, ard prices
are not 50 !irm. At Chattanooga and at
MempEi, there is TO material improve
meGt, except in DRY goods 70 moderate
degree al TIE latter. ir.G he's been visi
bly, checked OF the former, the iron indus
try there b,irg almost nJ o stanlsull at
Indianapolis TITO bu,.usfs situation is dis.
appointing aud collections are slow
IhaEe ia little disposition 10 BUY, and
tcad5rs are not 81 CCutiGcI. Rs heretofore.
at Evansville ,hr cvmmorcial outlook is
lass inspiring also. Chicago reports a
siigbt gain in the iis"ioui1u Of goods
The iron and steel Industries have not
improved. o. tEo cOLtrgry there is q
perceptble chc,k to Orders for raw and
ulanuiacturci iron Pfc.a rrmgin un
changed hnthracte coal ia more demor
alI2ed prices hre [ 4 again. :.ni there has
been no decision l'eECcliSg the quarters
or ihe year oUtpu' tn.Ck,d buying OF
cotton By spn7rsd tui continued lisht ex.
ports have permitted s;oa 10 lrh about
l-lE ard futures hbcut l3 po:uts on the
wesG
The wheat situation !o.ks more bulIsh.
LeaciDg interior storage points have begun
shipping wheat back 10 country milling
point, which indicates n very light inyisl-
bic supply. The outlook fer six months
Of this year promises far more rapid des-
trg2l!on OF the enormous y.-,ole sucriy OF
stocks than had been expected, and has
turGcd attention 10 the woriq' d demand
and supply rom a new paint OF view.
Spot -heat closed e. grc, against 9Ogc G.
+ week Ggo. Indian corn and oats too arc
firm and higher. The decline in the SUP
ply Of hogs at packing points bo7 bo!stercd
the hog pfcdGg's market. The moveu ent
OF grocery staples has been disappointing.
and behind those in the like week Iast
yeAr. Dairy products are quiet, with {.
limited export demand.
The total number {! business failures 10
the Jnlted S'aies reported 70 .sdarreeta
this wecE Is 3si against 50. last week,
&c in the third week Of January, 1885,
I 80 in 1854. 2sJIn lc5t and 20 in 1882.
The large increase l. s!riai"g, as il paral-
leIs totals 10 tie early weeks Ct last year,
wnen the failure list was exceptionally
hesvy Canada hei 20 failures. as against
/ q las: week. - in the Ike week in 1895.
, "- in 1891, - in 1873 aud in 1892. The
tO'al number ot failures in the United
States Tor p dave Of 1856 is OF. egairst
/ 1879 in 1858, s7G in 1884, g. in 1879
and JUJ in lsS2