The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
TRADE REVIEW.
Dun's Weekly Trade Review-A Satisfae-
tory Showing.

Dun's Weekly Trade Review-A Satisfae-
tory Showing.
NEW YORK, Dec. OR. g. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of trade: At St Paul mild
weather is held as q cause of tardy trad
ing and the movement Of Kansas City il
rather light. but more activity is noticed
at Detroit and other reports from the
Northwest indicate satisfactory volume Of
trade. In the Southwest there is more
irregularity, and while the cotton move
ment is now large and the clearings heavy,
the situation seems less wholesome. At
Memphis the character of recent failure is
that indicative of an unhealthy state Of
trade. Pittsburgh finds Southern iron un.
derselling Northern products, and the
same is reported from Philadelphia. The
payments through all clearing houses are
still about per cent. larger than they
were year ago, and at all cities outside
of New York, the amount is about 81. per
cent larger. Weakness in the iron market
is due to over supply. Sales of Alabama
iron, equal to Eastern gray forge, which
sells at SIG to $3.50 are reported at SIS; the
trade in bar iron is weaker and 1.S cents Is
quoted BY mills which want orders. Nails
are ruinOusly low at S1.9O, or even less.
The official report shows sales of steel rails
of l, 251.1 tons for eleven months, with
], Zig, ISS tons deliveries Coal is weaker,
with an increase in tidewater stocks of
2l0, 900 tons in November. The anthracite
coal trade closes with stocks accommodating
and sales below current quotations.
Cotton staples are only i'm moderate de-
mand, and print cloths at S3.S7 bid. Dress
goods are steady and better demand
appears for low grade overcoating and
satinets. but other mems woolens are
quiet. More activity is observed in car
pets. A French syndicate has bought
heavily of raw silk. and a sudden advance
of 90 per cent. in French and Italians and
10 per cent. in Japans has followed. Raw
cotton 9Ac for middling uplands. Sales
here for the week were 81 900 bales. Coffee
has been lower at 1910, with sales for the
week $4,000 bags. The oil speculation is
more active. Copper is dull and lower at
$40 for December, and tin at &c.
Wheat prices are &c lower for the week.
Sales here have been only 1900, 900 bushels,
and the seat of the difficulty is at Chicago,
where favorable reports as to growing
winter wheat begin to be felt. Exports
from Atlantic ports for three weeks have
been 81, 591 bushels, against ], 19S ,321 last
year. and of -four 3O3.092 barrels, against
SOS, $50 and corn exports BIOS, 036 bushels,
against 1,414 GA last year. The price of
corn advanced &c, with oats unchanged.
The value of exports from this port for
three weeks was 6 per cent larger than
last year. Imports keep above last year,
the increase for three weeks being &c per
cent. The movement of specie is con-
trolled rather by financial demands on the
other side than by the state of merchan-
disc trade. A million of gold went abroad
on Wednesday. The treasury has paid
out during the week. at all points, "a 400
600 more than it has taken in. Bankers
look for further outgo Of gold in Janu-
airy, though annual disbursements are ex-
pected TO stiffen the market for securities.