Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-31

New YuRK. March % = . r.
Co. IN their weekly r,,lw.of ,roia
Duiiness Is the featurg.r bD.,o.,.
dulluess with hopeful tgIir, IN Al,
every quarter The mol,,ry me-.
which has almost inyariah,. comm.
about this time does not apr,,r aud
dangers which wrrr by cNpr,.-,rsd h
trs spprehended, seem to ha,, ,,r;s
There is now 80 little au4iu. ,h,ut
money market that little /, .s;d
the delay Of the hand pUrrh-e bl
amendments ~ the Senate. Nt,b
possibly defeat il
The possibility q. gold rNpr.,. 5nes
seem visibly nearer than .t seemed ~
ago, and considerable purchases .. 81,
ties on foreign account are Reported
Money on call al New Nor- ...-.l,
to ,. per cent, and foreign q, n,nr.
yItErd from ! - to 81 =. r..r
pacific adrIces from Europg urf,r
outlook mort satisfactory. Hu' .r
NhlIlng dullness Is everywhere lr.,
,Al~E ul HE puIINI-.
Many attribute 1t 10 recent ~,u.... and
uuiaNorahlr weather. which ar.rIg.s
affect some trades materially Ny .rrl
the influence OF existing or rUurr .,rnr-
The railroad difficulty - tha We, does
rot abate Rut the feature mu,r widely
Observed go ia" disposition OF Customers Ia
a,t With great conservation, buy. only
a' they are compelled to buy, a.I ta.s ap
pears IN many ol many III Che leading
branches of trade. II is in pl., the fruit
Of tie expectation that prizes NAV gu
lower, ana IN part due 10 Tie perception
that the demand for coa,Umptlon has
elaCkcned and may dimiu..a stIll more
The failures OF banks or bankers IN North
Carolina, Mobile ami Nrvlurg mas caused
10 dl'iurhancr, though 10 IA recugn' ii
that many weak spa;- must always br
found after u period ot cNtranrdinar, ,pr,.
G,atIvc activity. yet, On the aggregate
failures are NOT more uum,Ious nor more
important than those al the la-t or a.,
previous year, which clearly lndlyat,
greater ,uundners in legitimate commerce
.Inrr the number OF iuI.GryS "f speculative
oug,u has increased Prizes ary .uaIn
tanned with remarkable srrd llnrSs Tor
many yrars II has not happened that
the level OF prices has changed - lrrtlr a-
It has during the first quarter Of l--~
IEuN TRADE
l.ui pan seems to have been reached IN
the sua business, in the Judgment OF ON,
"t the most successful concerns, for IN,
Thomas company At la, announces so "a,
It's contract pIlCr Tor the yelI 'ur the h.ai
anthracite. Rates for lake ore are not vel
announced, but are expected 1,
he about 81 p or Na.
Be-semer. The complete collapse O
The coke pool, with reduction or ia,
pIIce 10 IN at ovens, and lowering o
raj rates uIv, producer, better ,hanc,
IN Western Pennsylvania bat rail rate
are also reduced from Alabama. and !, q,
calculated that thg price ~ the furnace ioi
the best mill iron averages NlG.Gj at Rr
mIngham. Bar iron is unsettled. and sal
Of hest refined ai 81 - are reported. Wil
uu Eastern sai,s or rails, al Weston mIir
siI ~ is quoted. The mthTacltr comp.
nics, it is reported, have mo legal agrr,
ment, hut will maintain rates iEr,ugl
the year.
The dry goods tr,ic reports fairly -atrs
factory sales. Hri the Nrlinrtou auction
received iaIr pri,r~ iur c"ttuus, hu' loss.
10 wooIcn- The lohbIug trade r. lrr,gu
.I5, hut storm, .Td unreasonable wrlih,r
wI:h difficulties both a., in deliveries IHH
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