The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-05-17
TRADE REVIEW.
Little Revival from the Dull
ness Caused by the Gen.
tennial.
ooncctfons Generally Unsatisractorv
naIlish hTemperament I'm the Stock
market, out n Bcarish Ten
dcncy In Grain.
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me unprecedented interruption of bust
aess oy Centennial preparations and cele
mas made tho week nearly blanl
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New York accumulated orders p.va J. :, :,
Isce appearance OF greater activity. hut N :,
ygS yn 700 soon to judge which way the tide
VIII turn and the reports from other citiee
tnongh nearly oil hopeful in tone, do NOT
ie sit,,ss;e tne expected Improvement. The
sieuaGon seems better at M,lwaukee ft 10
satisfactory at Omaha, good at Cleveland
as 70 most branches, but questionable m En-
IRON; rather dull ut Kausas City md Ss
, aau,, ana less encouraging at the chief
trades. So"' ""' 'ea'"er
collections are "iar from satisfactory 4
Nnwaukee, not improved at detroit and
rather slow In groceries, tobacco and wooden
ware at fniladeiphia. but in other lines there.
and at other cities, generally, they seem
iairiy satisfactory, and in New York some
ury goods dealers complain thnt collections
means. '"' "i'"ih
reports about the wool trade ar. contra
dtctory. Prices arc low, but PbiIadeinhio
reports more sales and prospects OF adj vance
"A "A report that the Treasury NAV NOT decida
Ine .a wooien wors.ed question for months
..,',I a,s.ar1s Importers who have quantities of
soo9s iocked mp because collectors whit for
q decision Otherwise the woolen trada
SHOWS little better movement. but mills
are not working at nearly their capacitv
ciOsSo Os,oh mas advanced an eighth and print
S.osos ohe-sixteenth, ouf there Ia n mora
aotlve Jo6bing trade, but in some lines at
u Ie9ucSion In prices, and many mills are
working short time. Silks are Quiet hnt
ilIea mnens are quiteactive In the leather trade
tSa ,,raS mH,scouragement is by some thought
sue precursor OF better things ai,,, a "a
business In boots and shoes continues helnod
" tne recent declines in prices of soma
sraues. Inc paper trade is active, and con-
traS MaEts ior delivery in England and Aus
continues in drugs and chemicles.
C9al is duti the reported increase i'm stocks
~. p:c Marcn Is 6O,OOO tons and a strike at
bu. b.StSSsg tSs r.rs Is expected Copper still waits
Az Az ,ha .ae repore that bankers will try and
nA tne price at twelve cents is. thought to i
loreshadow another disastrous attem5t and
suosequent collapse. Tin is lower abroad
and ana ~ 4O for prompt delivery here, and
Sosa aeaa ,nw Is very much demoralizsd Wheat
soes iower, 1t having sold at S21[c, and corn
has declined three quarters and oats ona
cent since last week. Dreams of successrni
corners prior to July are still cherished, bnt
an the facts OF the present situation make
tue ateempt appear hazardous.
Fork Is unchanse,, with lard and hoo. !.
snaae higher. coffee aud sugar are unchaneed
out OIL an eighth hiGher. ~sszAs,-l. Ss-s
pected, while . quick advance might follow I
q revival OF demand or speculative conferene.
Stocks have been neglected and duii but . \
Il
to believe that the next considerable move
ment must be upward. Yet, In spite of some
excellent reports, the earnings do not gem
orally compare with last years as we'll as
they did in January or February, to say
nothing Of March, and the outcome OF con-
troversies at the West seems really as doubt
full as ever
The future Of the market probably depends
much upon the movements Of money and
the feeling OF foreign investors, and for the
moment both favor holders. but bankers
look upon considerable outgo Of specie as
not improbable, and the policy Of Secretary
Window, as far as it has reen made known.
does not seem likely to cause large disburse-
ments before July The one favorable fea-
ture is that merchandise exports are still
large, for four weeks Of April at New York
exceeding last years by $4,3JO. 900 or IS per
cent the increase in imports here having
been only 3 per cent. But the Treasury has
taken in during the week, 81 800. 600 more
than 1t has paid out, and there are many
reasons for expecting that the exports of
merchandise may presently decline.
Tim hsAcissacA
the country during the lNxz,iss aud fos
YsIuus ~ or total OF 2l4. az corlepasss0o-
Ponding week Of last year the figures were
pa, made up Of 2J9 in the United States, and
25 in the Dominion OF Canada.