Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-05-24
State OF TRADE.
Business Reported Seasonably Good
Throughout the Country.
The Industrial Troubles Falling on
Failures This Vcrk-The Reaction
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Special kilograms to Bradstreet's indicate q
reasonably active trade movement through
out the country with improvement over the
preceding week in Louisiana and elsewhere
in the recently flooded district which it is re-
ported will be from water in time for q crop
this season. Elsewhere in the South crop pros
poets are excellent.
The weather hns been favorable for trade
throughout the West, but at st. Paul the gen.
eral merchandise movement for May has not
cqualled that fora like period last year. Only
moderate activity is reported from Phila-
dclphia, the auction offerings Mt New York
have drawn OF attention considerably.
The industrial situation is rather less dis
turbed this week, there having been reported
only thirty-seven strikes, involving 1900 en-
ployecs. The strike OF 5000 tube workers was
the largest single disturbance reported. For
the past fortnigh our record Of strikes exceeds
all records for any single month, these inclId-
ing 1S2 strikes involving 57-9lG strikers.
Raw sugar is OF &c with refined shaded.
There is no material change in coffee, which
issupportcd mainly by active speculation. Lard
and cut meats arc irregular i'll price and weak
err Livccat are Oh l0a20c per cwt. on heavy
receipts.
Reports to Brddstrcet'S of net railway earn
ings in March, from los companies, show an
increase of 9.3 per cent. in excess of the record
of the same companies in March, 1889, as COM
pared with an increase of only per cent. in
Fcbruary's nctcarnings this year as compared
with last. For the firstq quarter of 1890 the net
earnings Of 129railroad companies show Il gain
of III per cent. over the corresponding period
last year.
The trade sales of nanncls ut New York
(2S,000 cases, valued ut S5,500000,) have mo-
nopolizcd the attention of the dry goods trade
in the curtailment of rugular business in this
line Results of the sale are as whole unsat-
isfuctory the late mild Winter and heavy
stocks in dealers hands depressing prices ito
90 per cent. below last year and OH colored
flannels generally below actual cost of pro-
duction. Wool is very firm and in fairly ac-
tive demand on depleted stocks. The strong
demand OIL Eastern manufacturing account at
Philadelphia advanced slightly. Cotton is
dull and l-1Gc lower.
The week has been one of reaction in prices
Of brcadstuils on q varying Interpretation of
the government crop reports, checked Attain
tic coast sales for exports and weaker cables,
wheat and Indian corn each losing &c, and
flour feeling the effect. Export ofwheat land
flour as wheat both coasts this week, aggrc-
gate ,7S5,GG bushels, against ,95l, 469 bushels
in the like week last year and $50, 20 bushels
last week. The total shipped July to date is
9I,l10,954 bushels, against77 ,3G9, 213 Gushcsi in
like portion of 1850
business failures reported 10 BrddStycct's
number l51 in the United States this week,
against 152 last week, 100 this week last year.
Canada had IL this week, against % Inst week.,
The total number of failures in the United
States January TO date is 442l, against 4I69.
i'll like portion of 1850.