Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-08
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.

WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE. The state of Huslness UnaIsered-Coal Trade in the BuyeKs' Eavor-Wheat
 L0Wer-A DfoP In Oi1-An Upward
 Course in the Prices of Commod ditles
 Failures for the Weak.
 NKw YORK, March 7.-The weekly review of trade of R. G. Dun 6 Co.'s merchantile agency says: The state of trade has not ma terially altered during the past week though the change of weather has produced much temporary improvement in some lines and other trade is rather less satisfactory than a week ago. The aspect of foreign trade does not change as, exports at New York still exceed thoss of last year a little while the imports have not of late shown an in- crease.
 The volume of domestic trade appears we'll sustained with general encouragement noted at Boston and St. Paul; satisfactory dis tribution in all seasonable lines at St. Louis; good jobbing trade at Omaha and build- ing operations more than double those of last year, though storms check retail trade; quiet at Milwaukee and Kansas City and at Chicago improvement over last year in grain and meats with drygoods trade about equal to last years and clothing trade fair in vol ume.
 In the iron trade the situation has not ma terially improved, and at Pittsburg prices are again lower. At Philadelphia mill irons are weaker, but foundry steady, and while stocks are not supposed to be large, the buy- ing is light and orders in sight are rapidly decreasing. In bar there is a little more in- quiry, but prices of plates are shaded. The demand for sheet iron is unusually good and for nails trifle better. The window glass trade is active and fourth advance in prices within three months has been ordered, but flint glass works at Pittsburg are curtailinR production.
 The coal trade is not better and entirely in buyers favor, while copper and tin have been rather weaker, and lead in scanty supply and stronger.
 Little can be said of the market for bread stuffs, for notwithstanding spasm of aetiv- fly one day in wheat, raising sales here for the week to 50.000, GOO bushels, the price is but quarter of cent lower than a week age. Corn is unchanged, but oats one and ne-eights cents higher.
 Oil has fallen nearly 6 cents per barrel on small transactions, and pork products are substantially unchanged, except lard, which Is an eighth higher.
 The market for raw sugar is sixteenth and for crushed an eighth higher, the combi. nation of wholesale dsalers being expected to prevent the underselline which has threat. ened the trust.
 The general course of prices for commodi- ties has been upward and the average advance for the week has been nearly half of one pc, cent, but the range is so low that further movement in the same direction before the coming of spring would not be surprising.
 The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days as re. ported to R. G. Dun 6 Go. and E. Russell & %. of the mercantile agency number for the United 228 and for Canada 37, or total ol 260 as against a total of 301 last week anG 271 the week previous to the last. For ths corresponding week of last year the fgurel United States and 40 in tho Dominion O Nanado