Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-12-22
TRADE NOTES,
THE EFFECTS OF MILD
WEATHER ON BUSINESS.
DEPRESSION IN THE COAL TRADE.
The Philadelphia Clothing Trade In.
crease in Railroad Earnings.
The Iron Business Less
Promising.

NEW YORK, December 2l,-Dun's
Trade Review, issued to-day, for the
week says:
Mild weather causes increasing
trouble. Perhaps the coal trade suf-
fers most; many collieries in Penn
sylvania have stopped, throwing over
1000 men out Of employment, and
great suffering results. The dry
goods and boot and shoe trades are
much affected, especially in articles
for winter wear, and in some quarters
even the holidays trade is restricted
by the unreasonable weather. Is &.
bad state of country roads cutGass
much trading and renders niarSyf
tail dealers unable to meet their OBJ
legations. Collections are slow from
retailers in some trades at Philadel-
phla, only fair at many Western
points, and small failures have become
alarmingly frequent. AT Philadel-
phia unfortunate embarrassments in
the clothing trade are feared unless
the winter weather comes.
"One other unfavorable feature ap-
peared. In some Southern States
trade is seriously affected for the
time by the operation of the Farmers
Alliances, which enlist farmers in CO.
operative trading, and absorb money!
which might otherwise 90 to settle in
debtedness with merchants. The re-
suits in some localities almost paraly-
zed trade But the general tenor OF
reports as to the condition Of bust
ness, excepting rs temporarily affect
ed by the weather, is by-nO meaEl ne
favorable. The volume of trade con-
tinues larger than year ago. Clear
ings outside Of New York are still
about 10 per cent. larger than last
handsome increase, Notwithstanding
the inability of many roads to furnish
cars for all the freight offered.
THE iron business seems for the
moment a shade less promjsilS
Dealings are now small, most of tlsc-
heavy consumers having supple Z;
themselves at lower prices than thoSY
now asked. Recent sales Of 10000 tGFay
of Bessemer pig at :S21. so are supPost ~
to have supplied needs of lafge CO.. .
Germs, and with additional furna =
turned to production of this kind. p ".
iron, the future of prices is less eSJ,.E
Rails are quiet, and it is believes
orders have been booked alreA g
100000 tons, deliverable nex9FIxEYs
The actual outpont syear,0 e.
ing light rails, is believed 2H III,
900 tons against 1894, 4419'A Ell.
Bar iron has been aEaiH
cents by the association9ul
plate and structural ir9 ai -
As surprising reversaEf M
order of things, it is EpteoEf
English order for loop t1 =. :.
iron has been received viii
of 81 per to<- Ses;;Osred, I'd
fish house has asked pricl
feet of wrought iron pipe
said to be selling at eleven
against S.63 cents net in tls 49, ~
THE exports in Ncvemy 81 S: S3
to have exceeded those of.bZs .ss a.
nearly or quite 100000, tho incl
in value of cotton, breadstuffss
visions, cattle, and petroleum.
been over $4,000, 600. But ~
cember 1st the export tradY E b
little smaller, showing KS
weeks a decrease Of III pei,
comparison with last year, x w
the imports show an increaseMsS
per cent.
Money is still close heraes.
cent. on call; tight az
unchanged, but with ettas ca NJ
at chicago, an insufficient suppf
legitimate business at western sqs8
southern points generally. gX
1.-THE speculative markets have ~
rather dull. Only $1,000 900 of brig "a
of wheat having been sold heref M
price advancing about one cent? III
the change thus far has been les& 81 Z
would naturally follow the cl'E
navigation. Sales of corn hI4 ssSs ~
$4,000 bushels, with'a.- fracJIaths' az
cline, but oats are g shade strons, saz
Pork has dropped twentyslanI
cents per barrel, and lard q shade; o..
is a half cent lower, with sales or
only a million barrels for the week,
and coffee three eighths lover with
sales of 33l, 900 bags. Though receipts
and exports of cotton both fall little
below those of the corresponding
week last year, the price is unchanged
In the stock market dizziness and def
preston have been followed BYE.
stronger tone. (S|@
"The business failures duriRs yche
last seven days were 342; for thefcor
responding week of last year ths fali-
ures were 311."