The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-11
TRADE OF THE PAST WEEK.
BradStresps Weekly Review of the Com.
maFplnl Situation,

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NRw YoRK, March lO.-Brddskeef,
says: Special kilograms, while report
ing generally improving weather, dc
not record an increasing movement in
the volume OF business except at Kan
sas City, Louisville, st. Joseph and
Chicago, where dry goods and groceries
and boots and shoes and lumber have
been In better request, The Inaugural
ton ceremonies may have had some
little influence in checking trade, Us is
reported, but probably less than the
Mardi Gras carnival at New Orleans,
The Southern country roads are almost
impossible, particularly in Texas and
Louisiana, aud mercantile collections re-
main slow and unsatisfactory except at
Chicago.
At Boston wool Is inclined toward
weakness; at New York fruits and fur.
niture are in quite active sale and West.
ern centres report an improving demand
for hardware and lumber, From most
directions word comes that general bus
iness is fair only,
Stock speculation at New York Is mar
rowed by Tears OF financial complications
arising from the copper situation aud
talk OF further rate troubles. Bear ma
nipulation has been rife aud prices tend
to weakness, Bonds are strong, and
pine Investments scarce. Money ut
New York is a shade harder In anticipa.
ton Of spring demands. Call loans 2!a9
per cent, Foreign exchange Is slightly
easier on decreased inquiry,
Reports to Brldsireel'S from Eva cor
respondents at 2,i4O towns In ten cotton
States showR total stock held on Feb.
ruary 20. 1880, at OS7 enumerated towns
Of TO-, G02 bales OF cotton, against stocks
at the same towns on February !, 1850,
OF 262,520 bales, AT l,5l2 towns no
stocks are reported. At 1923 towns on
February 20, 1889, there were lOS,OOO
bales held, against 10000 bales year
ago. Reports OF tho percentage Of the
crop marketed on February %, 1850, by
! ,26S correspondents, II per cent. OF the
whole number answering this question
are that no cotton remains on planta.
lions, while 7l2 correspondents, 81 per
cent, Of the whole number, report stocks
On plantations Of lR3 per cent.
Moderate offerings OF refined sugar,
moro urgent demand and stimulating
reports from primary sources and from
Europe advanced prices at New York |
md New Orleans ta3.l6c. Refined at
New York advanced l.lGasC, and at San |
francisco &c. The Bay State Refinery is
permanently closed. Under
hO new method OF controlling the sugar
rade tho importer Of raw is likely to |
lisappear; tho raw market has already |
practically passed to foreign dealers. |
Cuba really controls the situation now,
With prices tc above the American mar
ret.
Coffee has been in better demand ut
&c advance on more confident specula-
ion in Europe, unfavOrable weather 70.
ports, and still further reduced crop es.
Inmates from Brazil, running us low rs |
1000 bags.
Reports to Bradslrees Of stock ofwheat
IN March 2, at nearly 1000 points OF &C.
emulation In the United Suites and |
Canada. East Of the Rocky Mountains,
aggregate Al, OS9, 7lS bushels, against AZ.
ll4,Gl9 bushels February |, and 81, 49,
l03 bushels January |, 1880. Wheat |
lour stocks March 2 were 1,S23, 362 bar.
els, against 1881, 73l barrels February |,
md only l,S7S,024 barrels March !, 1883.
The decrease in wheat stocks since jan.
larry !, amounting to S,05O,000 bushels,
8 u tritle less than tho corresponding dc.
,line in 1888, but stocks March 9, 1889,
we're 30 per cent smaller than one year
Wheat has regained the loss
II the early part OF the week, Exports
II wheat land flour as wheat this week
aggregate 005,6l bushels, against 1888.
'04 bushels last week and | sos, 5S3 bush.
lis in the like week Of 1883.
Drysgoods jobbers are active at New
FORK, owing to good weather and heavy
rade in dress ginghams. Commission
men report q slight improvement in the
e.order demand for seasonable goods.
Prices are well held, the only important
weakness noted being in the direction OF
ow.grade ginghams. Wooden goods
how little new life, Buyers are con.
erVative. The movement OF goods on
riders Is OF fair proportions. Raw wool
) quiet, with prices rather in buyers
lvor, aud small stocks alone hold up
quotations. Cotton is in good demand,
With prices unchanged at New York,
tut higher at Liverpool and leading
southern cities.