The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-12-06

lions Geed-nise Ia atoaks--AeeeuHt
Prem fntorier More YaFiahie-Oolise
tiens Fairly AitisfaetoV-py Goedl
Market Mere Healthy B~readstuns 49,
eeyehgg . Little IN rHees -neat aHt
Shoe Trade Leeks Promising -Esporii
aad ImpertA,
Nsw YoRK, December T. r. q, Dan 4
in's weekly raylewa OF trade will nay
HlaulreiV wing, 40 = rule. has brought CON
pamtiye inactivity In mvny lines Of trade
but o%onhdeaee regarding future operation
doea noe materially diminish, The outgt
Of sold and tho situation in speculative
markets., however, eaur lower prices Ia al
most every branch, but Ia stocks some 70
eoyefy has followed reports NJ new aud im
poftant agreements betweennmllread man
agaW Tho rise, averaging abouthity cent
per share for the moAe active
iloolS does not yet appear 10 indicate
q change u tone, NJ home or abroad,
unless Tho new plana Zoe settlement OI
difficulties speedily prove successful
combination on ~ entirely new basis f0i
roads west OF Chicago IL proposed, OF which
q vial feature 10 entire withdrawal Oi
power 70 mako freight rates from Auhordi'
natcA Indeed, tho clearing house scheme,
accepted literally, would virtually take
that power from The officers Of each road
separately aud tho hearty consent Of all
competing lines belng necessary ul0 TO-
ports that one 0r more will raiuya
thus 10 surrender tihir power scans
10 fpreshad0w tho failure Of the
plan, With Mo Legislatures about 10
meet In western etatea, managers arc apt 10
consider whethera pfopoaedOompaot would
DO unfav0able interpreted and causo hos
Tile legislation Progress t0gafd agreement
Of eastern trunk llnea appears 10 have been
made, but how much the public does not
know, Talk about amendment ot tho In,
t~er-atato commerce aet ID common, but no
reason yot appears Tor believing uat tho
disposition N q majority IN congress hm
changed,
Trade accounts from the Interior this
week aro moN variable than usual, indi'
eating a0me a~laokening VI buane0B NJ many
points. Al tho Aoulh delAy Ia marketing
cotton has much influence, At Kanaas Olty
trade IN comparatively quiet and NJ Cieye'
land, Detroit aud Milwaukee Improvement
ID iotod, With NOW aotyo demand Toe
money. which 10 nevertheless In fair sup
ply At all dtlca reporting this woek,
Collections do not Improve Al tho south,
but ooem falItN satisfactory NJ most north
ORR oltlos, and NJ homo mo decidedly bot
ter, n Ia 10 DO noticed that while tho
number Of failures for tho past five weeks
has boon greater by 10, or 7 per ont, than
last year, local reports do not Indicate that
many have beon Important o. that the
aggregate Of liabilities wal unusually largo,
The dry goodS market IL morn healthy ~
10 oottoqu and with print olothcra stronger
Of a0i ouns, price Of other goods appear 10
be atinoninR, In the woolena trade rom.
parativoly little " DOUG, Dress goods aro
In fair demand, but trade In heavy weight
woolons aud In lanncla and blankets Ia
light and knit goods AFRO quiet ~ tho
outlook depends largely upon C%ongrcriou,
al action regarding tho classification VI
goods imported ~ worBtoda, tho hwAta-
ton In this department In likoly
10 continue, No advance Ia tho price Of
boots or shoes 10 o expected aud tho trade
looks promising, The broadatula mako.
after sharp depression, has recovered q Nv
loi but with ualoN Of 10000 900 bushels,
wheat clones az eons lower, corn g9G eonn
lowor, andhoah have decllnod a quarter.
Cotton Ia an eighth lower, and while Texas
estimates VI yield aro reduced 10 Loo, 900
bales, the prevalent o%pinion Ia still that tho
crop will be nearly, though not quito, m
large "a last years OIL has changed little,
eoileo has been marked up half u cent
while pork Ia 20 cents per barrel lower,
Lard II aud hogs 10 cents lower poe 100
pounds
The uncertainty la tho iron buaInou Ia.
Oroases, More furnaces are going Into
blast; eyory furnace in the Pltbburg dia.
lriot IN In operation, and tho output larger
than ever. Buyers naturally look for low.
NJ prices. and Thomas Iron company 10.
cordlng 10 reports has lntimatod that iA
contract prices for noSt year will not DO
rnised. but the rail amrkct IA duh and NJ.
ter n sharp competition between pIlts.
burg aud Chicago. an order for 5000
tons was taken at lcsy than 90
al mill, II u stated, which would DO
tho lowest prices IN record, contrasting
with $751; 70 a year ago The combination
has agreed that any mill may soil The whole
or pnrt Of is products 10 any othsa, but
tho prospect for a large demand hereafter
does notimproVo. Pig and bar iron aro
both loas irm In tone. 1in anthracite coal
trade suffers from recent over Productions.
and II ~ proposed To work only three quar-.
lcrs time. Mouongnbuh mining ceases DO.
sember lat, on account Of large stocks and
low prices, putEngG 0OO persons out Of work.
But the coke production Is the largest ON
record Lead ~ u ~ $'B% u c0pporis
weaner ~ sl''oo lor N~uVVUuoor, ma .l AZ
|~@ uho uoasury mas aVoiuou Any
OF luuuH' Without making