The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-05-02
THE RETAIL TRADE FLAT
BUSINESS INTERRUPTED M THE
elNfEHNlAL PREPARATIONS,

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LovrI uunw FpnIlnE co. Wool mt
@op rrppo0ts Brighter rbm mf
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COS Wp''ly rHyI8w OF trad viii MVi
lilhluHh iu ihii region ilBI iuWrWpiHd
ny cenNnuHl prrmmtlua aui tho
approAohmf hOIidaya dat the daurrHa
III volume rs not hurpriiinH Hume dis
appointment 10 ieli however, bHoaua
retail trd' Ia8n flat except lu dpualiOn
go0dHI lHp1riS from other d1lrlHn
Indicate u continued improvement, and
ayen IN tho lWu and wlhlen branches tho
signs for iie pramnt are moro favorable
Money ia aGoumuIating here, and plenty
~ nearly all iulerlnf points, collections
are generally betler, though no improve
mont u bniu ~ Milwaukee, and while
the general complaint " chat uib present
demand ilf money IA hut moderate, tho
confidence That business viii soon eEpand
" ~ strong ~ over Perhaps II Il in-
ilumce1 u ltlln TOO much by the lelief
thai tho crops this year are ~ bG unr
usually large, but after all reasonable
allowances thHr6 N more ground than
uanal td look loo yoar Of good trade,
The iron market continues unAatiaiAe-
ialacLory here, and Southern No I h
sold N flD1l, and sale OI BtnHl rails at
lnaa chan W N mill h reported. but tho
f60ling AZ Philadelphia u clearly imr
proved, tho demand for plato and tank
iron aud HNrut iron bHing fair whiN
there W decided Improvement IN HtFurt
ural iron and In nnih, The market Tor
bar iron q moro steady, several mills
near Philadelphia having closed, reiuG-
Ing tho supply With all uho indioa-
ti0na 0i Improvement, II h not yet Clrir
uiat The consumption will sustain tho
present large output OF pig iron, AMI
prioed do not strungthon. In tho wool
market, also, hotter feeling n noted
and prices seem iiHner though buying A
strictly limited and thu milla arc work
ing NJ only pirt Of their capacity, Ia
drugs aud chemicals, also another trade
which hw boon worry dull, dhiinet im-
prOyemCn' d U'H1fycd at Philadelphia,
with collections In botlor shape and
prospects brighter
In most ~ llo speculative markets,
prices are luwrr. aud that la0t also givd
promise Of lurgur and iroor tGldn, Wheat
10 . cents loves ut ~ COnta, with lalel Of |
10 l's million bushels for tho wocly corn |
h 1 l'i cent luwcr NJ l-sc, and Onl7 10 |
lowW COIiv hlJ not changed, but |
speculation Ia sugar has turnud down
wmd, aud fair refining u over lre cont
lower NJ o B.N cents, Th0rO h no change |
OF consequence In pork pfoduolg aud oil |
IN fraction HtrOng0r, but leather |
" agnin halt cent lower, butter |
. cent, and ChoGsG half % cont |
lower, and -four hA dOclinod |
for aomo nnda 10 10 oonld por barred. |
Speculation In cotton N still strong, aud |
the price " mn eighth higher, with RhlOa |
here OF iid, 900 bales, and exports continue |
very lnrRo, lu consequence mainly Of
tho enormous cotton movement the |
value Of 0Kp0flg iu March exceeded tho
value Of merchandise imports by t2 ,bii,. |
DeO, The net eSporla Of gold, 6il2,95 |
for tho month, and about 81 100000
silver made about $1,000, 900 paid abroad
ngainat intOrWt due and undcrWlutiOna,
For thro0 months tho net exports OF NOR
and HpGciO represented about |
half the estimated interest and und0r.
valuations Those lgurca show that, la !
spite Of much weakness In speculative !
stocks, tho foreign investments still OK. |
coed with dfnwla OF foreign capital, and |
OF late tho demand for railroad and other |
bonds has Con exceptionally strong AZ !
Now York the mercantile exports for
April thus far exceed lWt years. by 81
por cont, whilo In the impOrla hero there
~ an apparent decline Of por cent, due
Ia parl, no doubt, " tho iuCt that tho
market a already supplied, but also In
part W the decline In prices Of most co4n-
hero, whilo In European mar
kctS tho general tendency Of priCW IA
upward. SinoO April tho fall In tho
average prices of all commodities horo
has beon fully half OF per cent Tho
w goods businos Is VOL maintained.
Tho grocery trildO hAs bOeR more active.
No sle Of lake copper are 10
ported here, but London prices
iro latil lower, while Tin IN
'irunger Tho demand seems 10 bO sup
Piled for the present, and S3,Gb Ia tho
Atest quotation. IL ba fact worthy OF
notice that Bomo considerable failures Of
ato haVo produced no disturbance or
feeling of apprehension, and whil0 the
number Of failures has been very largo
hus far this year, thcrc is not the sense
" uneaBins.s which would usually at
ond such record Of disasters, Failures
Turing the last eovon days, United States
1855, Canada "a; total gl3, compared
With 2iG last wcolS, and 9g3 same wOok
nat ycNr.
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