The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-04-11
PRIOES STILL SINKING,
n. G, DUN a CO.'S WEEKLY REVIEW
oF TRADE,

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Inwor, Trade pun n iniorioT Foinla,
wsoi On tho Deeiipe, the ooai market
stagnaat While Oss end Provisions
ara la Healthy, hat ouiei State
Nw YoRK, April Or q, Dun q
Co.'S weekly review Of trade VIII say
Tho COURSE 0f events has not changed
Prices continue 10 sink, through tho
volume Of nde, both domeallc and for
elgn, continues large Railroad earnings
show an Increase OF about 10 per cent
over last year Tor March, 10 ir 40 reporta
have been received, and yet stocks arc
lower, and some have been sharply do
pressed, though AT later quotations par
tA recovery is seen, Trade al interior
points IA pronounced duh or quiet IN
nearly all cnsea, though NJ Cleveland II
~ fairly mtldaotory and clearly larger
than last year, at Atlanta u Ia aalHiae'
tory, with spring buRinoa well HlatAinedi
az Omaha II Ia considered good NJ Kan
6aa city improving, and ut 81 Paul trade
Ia dry goods and clothing IN very active
'rhoro IN alao some improvement noted NJ
Detroit, particularly In nshlp building, and
lumber Il iimu. Philadelphia contracts
larger building operations than ever,
and real estate transactions Of N,0ODiOO0
Zoe March, with dullneaa Ia tho drug,
llquor, tobacco, onttlo Iron and coal
trades, though 6omo activity u seen in
structural iron, and a better feeling ~
dry goods Themuney mArkehhf eAyi
with light demand No nearly all points,
and cOllcctionB, though generally rather
backward, have improved somewhat ~
Kansas CITY and Detroit, but have fallen
OIL NJ Atlanta,
Wool has deolnod for nearly all quali'
tios except now Mexican and Texas,
which nfd shade htpngori tho ay0rngo
OF l0i quotations In "a, u oeniA against 2ol
canla March I. Hut II h thought that
the outlo0I N favorable for good do
mand when tho new clip appeam,
unless manufacturing should continue
nnproAablO, Dopfeaing influences aro
felt la tho several branches OF tho dry
goods aud clothing trado, not the least
being the accumulation Of stocks which
tho Opm winter left una0d. Tho dc,
mand fOr wOOlena ia very moderate aud
orders for importation aro restricted,
ColtOna are dullOr, and print goods weak
At 8,81 cents for 0i'a, But raw cotton NJ
an eighth stronger, tho export demand
continuing Ia oyccla Of last years. Ia
the iron market moro pressure 70 rIgil.
lac N SON here and nj Philadelphia, and
southern iron h offered ut 90 cona
10 81 below tho corresponding northern
grades, bar iron romans very duh, aud
rails have sold moderately without lifting
of prices Tho allotment for thc year
hn6 huCn increased 200 900 tons,
In tho coal market no improvement
appears, md between tho ELECTS Of an
opan wmlnr aud "a war bctwOCn tho COM
paniCs aud tho individual operators WIN
acll no plcnWrc, Lh0 situation 10 dEcour.
pWug TO those who arc trying 10 main
tain prices, The Oalcgol copper abroad at
about Eli per ton, with no nOws Of bOt
ilomont between the ByndCalc and pro,
duc1H, causes Nagnaton horc, pnd
whilo Lake iB sold hero M 10 Ia crula for
April, the quotation FOR a. M u, lOrJuly
is only 1908 cunA
OlmBhnnD comparatively iupni'vpnnd
rhndn higher but pork 10 conH lowu,
prnugv ,ogcll abroad aud fear Of mon
omry traublW growing out OF tho Paris
di0lcutg hnvo reduced Che prico Of
coirco half % cent, lhoughn stronger feet
Ing waa al,orWard 85gn, Tho nyOrpgo
prices Of All Commodili03 haVu nguin de-
clincd over half OF ono per cent for tho
wcol, making tho fall since March lat
fully . por cent, and mncO January lgt
Oyar b pur cent, Tho most important
change Il the iall Of 9 90 Cgntl IN whCnt
which naturally wOakuns AZ Che drOmB
Of expected famine give place 10 Che
realization Of largo uneold stocks ON
hand.
Reports from growing and sowing
regions continue 10 fou.hndow q largo
yiold thi8 year, and lho dCmnud from
abroad, though bcilOr since prices fell, i5
not largo enough 20 promise clearing Of
tho surplus stock on hnnd, Corn has ad-
wlnCc1 l.2 CCub, export demand con-
tinuing, and oats fraction. Tho favor
able crop prospects, though atshOnflCn'
ing 10 BpOCulnt0r3, lond strongly 10 mtg
tnin the conf GnCo Of those who look for
improvement IN all branches Of lcgiti-
mute business, The export buaincs dts-
tinctly improves already, and for the
past wccka tho valuo shipped from this
port aggregates SW,Oi0,OOO, against
625,0Oi coo for tho samo wcrlA last year,
Meanwhile, IN part, because changes IN
treasury rulings nro expected, imports
have Of late been q little smaller than lnet
year,
The apprehension Of atringcncy In tho
money markets about April has now
passed, md the heavy liqmdalions IN
securities on foreign account CAUSES Oa
yet nOsuCh withdrawal Of foreign capital
on has boon feared. DiBlrugt ng 10 some
American securities does not yot seem 10
have prevented continued Investment OF
foreign money in other securities, in
loans Of many kinds, and IN industrial
enterprises, Tho generally prevailing
belief Ihnt in spite Of present low pricoa
The business OF the country is 10 be on
the whole prosperous this year, and that
large crops will revive trldo oi'all kinds,
has It's natural effect upon tho iainde OF
those wio find no mWro promising field
for Investment abroad, Secretary Win
dom hns made 10 clear that hO will not M
present pay l08 for 4 1.e per cents or
purchase per oonts. IN prefOronco, and
during the past week The Treasury hns
.oken In about A,5OO,00O more money
thap II las paid out
BuSincss failures during tho last soven
duys number for tho United biates 1877,
Canada %: total 922, M compared with a
total Of ei0 last week 20 The wook
previous 20 the last and 2H for tho cvr-
f0sgonding week Of ligh year.
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10 IOfnc Ohio on
TOLEDO. o., April Git ie reported