Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-14
TRADE AND COMMERCE.

The Country's Condition Agrlcuiturany
and Commercially, Seen Through R'
G. Dun y Co.'S Weekly Review-Less
Favorable Crop Prospects and Closer
Money Markets the Fe ttures-Too -hcc"
Rain in the South and Not Enough In
the North.
NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-R. G. Dun q
Co. 5 weekly review of trade says:
Less favorable crop prospects. closer
money markets and further delay In ac-
ton on the Tariff bill in the Senate nave
increased the uncertainty when retarus
business In spite OF sharp advance IN
wheat corn oats, oil and coffee, the gen
-ral average of prices for commodities IS q
shade lower than week ago, ana the STOCK
market has been dull and depressed. Ioiu
exports hay. continued, about s.. DOW nav
ing gone out this week, it Is thouSnt tho
closer and higher mo:i"v market mere aio
The brighter pros poets In the Arseht'he "
pubic will prevent further shipments ZOE
the present. The decline in silver ouiiioh'
since the Treasury issued its notice Oh COZ"
ditions which offers would De reeei'ou'
indicates appreciation of inability 10 iorce
upon the Treasury fictitious price anu
therefore renders full deliveries OF siiner
and issues of notes more probable inc
present state of trade throu%h"u' '"0
country appears satisfactory for the SEASON.
and reports are almost uniformly cohHuen'
In tone Boston notes little present chanSe,
but belief in great activity in the fall WOOL
is more freely bought, sales reaching H,fil'
600 pounds, and further decline Is not eA
pected. Cotton goods move faVoraoiy, anu
the uspenSion in print cloth WORKS IS nav
ing the desired effect. The market lot
hides. leather, and boots and sho'S ~ puoy
ant, and further advance in prices IS eN-
pected. Chicago reports smaller receip's
than last year of wheat, flour ana corn;
heavy decrease in cheese, but much larger
movement of cattle and of hogs because or
fp9r 90 70 hp
off a third, and hides a quarter, WINE safes
of dry goods and clothing are larger than
last year, with prompt collections st. Louis
notes strong trade in nearly all lines, Nan
sas CITY a fair trade for the season; Omaha
and St Paul, a good trade, and Milwaukee
Improvement. At Minneapolis the lumber
demand is good, and flour stronger,
at Detroit trade is equal 10 last
years, and at Cleveland satisfactory.
Glass and coal are inactive at Pittsburgh, but
iron stronger The crop outlook is, on the
whole, less promising. Chicago reports
tn at hot and dry weather is cutting down
the yield, though complaint is not general.
In other reports there is evidence of the IT.
regularity in conditions; st. Plnl ana De-
troit note excellent prospects; st Louis re-
ports suffering in the southeast, ana
Milwaukee great need of rain. In tn" SOUTH
Valley States too much rain threatens cotton
heat has risen 334 cents, with safes or
rs, 90, 900 bushels; corn one-thrd cent with
sales of $50 90 bushels. and oats cents,
while pork, hos and cotton are UNCHANGED.
Iron ore and pig iron inactive and weak at
Cleveland but in rather better demand at
Pittsburgh, where the demand for finished
iron is excellent for the season. Tae same
is true at Philad elphia; plate and structural
mills are crowded and prices tend to rise,
while there and at New York actual quota
tons for pig iron seem weaker rather than
stronger and Southern No. is quoted ut SIT
and delivered in New England ut
$3.50. The copper market, Is
slow with some makes held a. II cents; tin
and lead are dull The outlook depends
largely upon the extent of the injury to
crops, the action of Congress regardin"
duties, and the foreign complicat ions
which affect the demand for gold. Resigna-
ton of Celman and the formation OF a new
Argentine Government may stop demands
for gold from that quarter, and the banks of
England and France both gained in gold
last week. But domestic exports of prod
uctS continue small and imports very
large, and it is still uncertain how far for
eign selling of American securities will go.
Better prices came in the stock exchange
on Friday, but the trouble between shippers
and trunk lines to eaSt-bounu bills OF
lading is not yet settled.
Failures during the last seven days For tho
United States, 119; for Canada 20: total, POS,
compared with 1879 last week. For the cor
responding week of last year the figures
We're: 201-164 in the United States 81 in Cam