The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-04-18
sTAIE OF TRADE.

Duu's Review Of Bsiness Transactions for The
Past Week
NEW YORK, April 12.-R. G. Dun'S
weekly review of trade says:
There are distinct signs of an i'm
provement in business, and reports
from interior points almost without
exception indicate an enlargement of
trade. The rapid advances in sugar
coffee, cotton, butter and oats, are
nearly balanced by the decline in wheat
and corn, pork products, print
cloths, leather and other articles,
so that the general average
of prices is but shade higher than a
week ago but further disbursements by
the treasury have increased the already
abundant supply of money.
The market for securities has lm-
proved and exports continue to in
crease. The most significant feature
of the weeks commercial news is the
report of furnaces in blast April l.
which shows a weekly output of an
tharacite and bituminiouS iron of only
So tons less than March 1, and
nearly $1,000 tons or So per
cent larger than year ago.
The sufficient fact is that with pro-
duction close to the largest ever known
facts in connection with the narrow
demand for rails indicate that the con-
sumption of iron in other forms must
be increasing. The demand for sheet
iron is fair and rails are firm at S27 to
$3.50 though sales are but 10000 tons.
Nails are firmer, pig iron is rather
weaker and some southern is offered
below ST for number one while mill
iron ranges from Sl4.75 to $3.50.
The sharp advance of 81 cents per
hundred pounds in raw sugar with the
purchase of the San Francisco refinery
for the trust accompany a sudden rise
of cents in the trust stock.
The boot and shoe trade is said to be
| Iarge-beyond precedent. Leather is
a shade lower and hides are over album
dant. Raw cotton has risen a quarter.
Elm oil lower prices caused decrease
| of $500, 900 in value for March and the
market has been dull and weak.
| Wooden manufacturers and dealers
are excited by the news that the recent
| appointed appraiser at Philadelphia
has advanced the duty on worsteds to
correspond with that on woolens and
| some believe that a similar ruling will
soon be made here and at other ports.
The market for raw wool is stronger in
tone and an advance in price is expect
ed.
The disbursements for the week
have exceeded the receipts by 5 500 600.
No demand from abroad appears as
yet, though foreign exchange has been
strong in spite of some purchases of
securities on European account.
The stock market owing to
these purchases and an apparent
change in the plans of some
operators has been stronger with q
sharp advance in few stocks. and
sales for the week have reached $780,
900 shares. a most important symptom
is that exports of merchandise from
New York for April thus far exceeded
last year by IS per cent. and the further
: fall of II cents in wheat and cent in
corn tends TO increase the movement
The reports of increase in spring wheat
acreage continue and sowing has pro
crossed favorably, the season being
three weeks earlier than last year.
The business failures number 239 as
against total of 222 last week and 24C
the week previous; for the correspond
ing week of last year the figures were
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