The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-04-04
REVIEW OF TRADE
THE GENERAL TENDENCY or REPORTS
INDICATE a HOPEFUL OUTLOOK,

Though Complaints NJ Duilness Are SIN
Common from Some Quarters-An In
creased Demand for woolens-Tin 10
Weaherr-Dooliae IN Wheat
NEw YoRR March 80,-R q, Dun 4
Co.'s weekly review OF trade will say
The general tendency Of reports indicates
that trade iR both improving and hope
ful though complaints Of dullnesa are
still common, Exceptions may be noted
az Omaha business Ia very good al Kan
aas city and Chicago fair, and n cleYe
land larger than last year, though profits
are smaller But rapid growth n lribu
tary regions accounts for improvement al
far western points, and al most eastern
oenters ahrlnkage Ia demand foI many
products Is distinctly felt All the In
terlor money markets are well supplied
the demand being generally moderate OF
light, but preparation for April settle
menis has advanced rates here 10 Z pei
cent, on call and O "a 900, 900 subserlpS
tlon 10 new bonds, payable Aprll |, Ia
possible cause ot temporary pressure Al
Philadelphia, No material change ap'
pears Ia collections, which seem es'
peeially slow In the boot and shoe ana tho
drygoola trades, and two considerable
failures NJ Milwaukee are attributed 10
bad collections, This difficulty, q result
OF the open winter and deficient sales Of
reasonable goods, cannot be expected 10
cease Immediately,
In the woOen trade there ", never
theless, some increase IN demand, and
wool IL more firmly held, possibly he
cause OF the recent treasury decision
waste and tho hearing on Thuaday 10
gardIng duties on woOlpna and wOlhlcda,
The llnnueaH Ia cotton goods Nlmlcs with
termination Of thogroal Fall River strike,
the weaYem having yielded but print
cloths are quoted NJ cOnin apot, The
iron trade N weaker aud llurlR are
offered through cOmmlnli0n houses nt
very low prices, whilo two blail furnaces
near Philadelphia have stopped produc-
ton, Alabama grey forge 10 offered at
1923 aud No, | foundry NJ Si1 More
business " seen In bar Iron, here and NJ
Pittaburg, but the rail market continues
unsatisfactory, The coal market IA pro,
nOunoed the dulleat for ten years, and
vet weekly output, In aDlte OF oil efforts
AZ restriction, rises above last years.
averaging Ble,0OO tons, Al plltsburg
closing OF tho MOnOngahGla mines for 4
fortnight h contemplated, and the trade
has boon bad and grows worse. The
giass business ~ also depressed buyers
looking Tor great increase In production
from tho new worlm now building, Cop.
pOr sinks NJ London with no bigus Of
agreement; tin ig weaker ut 81 l'a here,
and lead NJ $8,06,
Another decline In wheat, Q l-9 cents
for the week, with sales Of over 10000.
000 blhhcls hero, IN spite OF some orders
for export, comes because q large Increase
In tho acreage Of gprlng wheat 10 fore
ahadOwed, A heavy failure NJ Antwerp
on tho long side helped the depression,
Corn and oats are unchanged, and pork
products q shade stronger.
Sugar 10 In active demand, and has
risOn 8-Bo for raw aud l-2o for crushed,
Coffee N unchanged, with mlca Of 220,.
900 bnga, and cotton has risen q shade.
with sales Of 244 900 bales, the exports
for March having been about iSO 900 |
bales, against qO5 900 last yonr, with an
Increase Of $4,000 bales In port receipts,
Once more the week shows q decrease In
the average price OF all commodities,
which ore u thlrdo Of | por cent lower than
q wcck ago, and l-9 per cent lower than
March 1, Since January | the average
decline hna been i.9 per cent,
Those faro best who realize that this Ia
an ern OF low prices and very narrow
profits. In the grain business The North
western Miller concludes an exhaustive
investigation with the statement that no
revival or demand " 10 bo expected until
prices como down 30 ln export basis In
Iron, Mcsma, Carnegie and Hewitt have
recently protested that the r0lrondg, by
continuing present chargca Tor freight on
material and products, will make u i'm.
possible for eastern 10 compare with
southern works,
Thu Shoe and Leather Reporter says.
"rhO difference between what people |
paid for shocs during tho past decade |
and the preceding, would suffice 20 pay |
of what remains Of the National debt
and yet warns traders not TO looklor old
time proilt, AZ tho same timo, the ora |
Of chC0pncs makc0 II possible 10 extend |
manufacturer In countless directions |
Thus, tho North Chicago rolling mill
consolidation will commence the pro.
duction OF the plates, Scores OF inyon'
tions aro developing now demands for |
materials. Exports arc expanding In |
unexpected directions; q British railway, |
being built near the northern frontier OF |
India, ia using timber exclusively from |
Washington territory
The supply Of money IL ample aud the
treasury has paid out 5000 600 moro than |
10 has taken in Foreign trade In Fobru-
nry showed an increase OF nearly U per |
cent. In exports, tho excess OF imports |
being only S2,9l0,B05, In March, the |
blizzard month lust year, exports from
this city have increased over 1000, 900, |
or 30 per cent, whlo imports hnvo in |
creased 81 per cent, which scems 70 In
dlcato an EXCESS OF over l0,OQ9WO In
imports for Tho month, Tho weakest |
point OF late has been tho Htock market,
which has declined aboutI pei share for |
the week, with rumoB OF reCCivcHhips |
and large selling by investors on accounts |
of past mismanngCmon and losses. The |
ceiling ON foreign account II long con
tinucd, would affect the monetary pros
pect, and u IL growing clearer that the |
Interstate law ns amended has not in
oreased tho confidence Of security |
holders.
Tho business failures occurring |
throughout the country during tho last |
soven days, ~ reported by telegraph 10
r.. G., Dun q Co., the mercantile Ngenoy, |
Friday, number for the United States 2Od |
and for Canada 10, or total Of 2iO, ae
compared with q total " 2i0 last week |
and 2Ol the week previous TO the last,
For the corresponding week OF last year
tho figures were 228, made up Of 1906 In
tbe United States and e7 In the Dominion
80 Canndu