The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-25
THE COMMERCIAL OUTLOOK.
X. G. Dun's Weekly Report
Shows Steady Prosperity.

OeSoNy Z IOSRGttIvs
busss'ess Large In Volume and Profitable.
NIshry Tight but Trade HeaFsAy--Thc
Irca'' business Hesitating Uresr tf.g
Pre~srre of che Tremendous Pro,lue.-
ton ef Pig-Bt.ssener Is Weak.
NEW leHt-. Oct "a Speciall-1
weekly resiew of trade of II. q. Dun, &,
20. says: business continues large in
volume sant generally profitable. En-
many branches there is a noteworthy
expansion Oh aocounS Of the new oppor-
tunities which' the revised tariff gives.
Prices of STOCKS, have been industriouslv.
assailed during the past week, but have
declined comparatively little. The vol
Wme of other business is far greater than
ever before, and the ouHlook is consid-.
cred satisfactory ut All commercial
centcrs. Boston finds the boot and shoe
trade encouraging. and prices, in that
iarFs are firm, whiloleatheris unchanged
and trade in hides rs quiet.
Sales of wool are rather large,
amounting to 4, 264. $40 pounds, but there
is'n distinct improvement in the market
for WOODEN goods. and manufacturers
are moro hopeful. Cotton goods arc
firm In price, while raw material de-
clines" At Philadelphia the liquor
trade Is good. Trade in chemicals is
falr I'M. volume, and the paint business
Is goodS while money has become easv
at 6'aNnT per cent. and collections are
on the whole satisfactory. AT Chicago
there is marked decrease in tho re-
ceiptS OF cured meats, dressed beef,
lard, butter and hides. but. in Cheese,
and wool an increase. and the volume
of business continues larger than "a year
ago, with satisfactory collections in,dry
goods and clothing.
at St. Louis the state of business is
healthy. and while money. is rather
scarce. there is no trouble about collec4
TONS 1lhe volume of business ut Cleye-
land is much above last years, espeoA
tally imdry goods and clothing, though
unfavorabls weather retards. trade to.
some extent, and ut Pittsburg the
manufacturing interests are flourish
ing, though lower prices are quoted for
Bessemer steel and blooms. Il is re-.
markable feature of the returns, this,
year that Western cities appear to pros.
per without the slightest regard to the
conditions of business on seaboard. At
Milwaukee trade is satisfactory. and.
money usually active at to per cent.
At ST.. Pau5 trade is excellent, and at
Minneapolis receipts Of wheat reach
1900 900 bushels. At Kansas Citv
trade is honlthy, and at Denver good.
There iS rather more Indication of
monetary pressure at Southern oenters..
and ut Savannah receipts of 50. 434 bales
of cotton and large receipts of rosin,and
turpentina make money light; but bust
ness Is dull at Jacksonville and only
fairly active in the Louisiana region.
phe money markets are, on the whole,
less disturbed than they were week
ago, but there is an increasing scarcity
OF funds at some of the Western and
Southern eenoers. The most important
industries are doing we'll. The demand
for boots and shoes continues enuour-
aging, and advances in prices of hides
and leather are maintained.
The iron business is hesitating be-
cause an unprecedented consumption is
apparently oyer-matched by an UMPIRE
cedented production, and Bessemer iron
Is weak III Piatsburg and Philadelphia
But tho demand for all finished pro-
ducts continues SO large that the uapac-
lty of mills seems to be strained to
their utmost, and, while no advance in
prices Is reported, the market is every
where strong. Markets for breadstuffs
continue to advance. Wheat has. risen
| q cents during the week; corn nearly
cents, and oats nearly ocents.
Foreign demand affords no support to
this speculation, and exports are far be-
low those Of the corresponding week last
year. The market for cotton has Yielded
sixteenth, and while exports are very
heavy, reports indicate the largest crop
ever grown. Hogs are steady, and pork
a shade lower, but it may be fairly said
that speculative markets. though rather
less excited than usual, are mt this time
singniarly unreliable as a measure of
value. Failures numbered aO3, as COM
pared with 1873 last year,