The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-13
THE TREND OF TRADE,
IL. q, Dun Il Co.'s WSSkiy Review Of the
(,on,lIiIuu ,,f lsusincha .#'"

S'HlltiuH VI i.uNtuVuh'
NEW YoEK, Dec. Err q. bun Co. K weekly
review Of trade says; Tho business outlook Is
more hopeful, but tho past disturbance aud cot .
tIulns uncertainty arc felt IN reduced volume
oil bushes. throughout tho country, which
thongh slightly larger than II year neo, 10 longer
shows the material Increase until recently main.
tnihed. Tho South reports fair business In spite
OF thH continuing Decline IN cotton.
AZ me west colder weather has helped trade NJ
Cincinnati, Detroit aud some other points,
GhicAEo business continues mitch larger Than
hsl YEAR bcing little affected by eastern troubles,
and Inc rcCelpt,O oil most ptoAucts show Increase
~ flitsDuFEh tho worst lS thought 10 be over,
hnd money and COLLECTIONS arc easier, though
iron has uotcined AMI there II less demand Tor
manufactured products.
Philadelphia notes little Improvement. B0s.
ION observes Improved demand i0r leather NJ
lower prices, aud Wholesale trades generally
quiet, Iron production increased IN November.
Reaching lS,si6 tons December ], II gain Of
nearly 1000 for the month. and over li,6OO com.
pared with last year. Several new AMI large fur.
nAccs laycgone luio blast, but later dispatches
snow That within the week IL humber have stop
ped Productions and onesnu lhGrn establishment
mas ialed. Quotations are lower, SIS for North.
eFn AMI sl79I for southern No. with rails life.
less, aud deeiecdly less demand for bar iron md
pIhlch IL seems clcAI nlSo that stocks OF llnSuld
IRON At furnaces are increasing, 40 that curIall.
melit OK production heeinS TO b0 unavoidable.
Tho WOODEN manufacture N dong decidedly
better than II year or six months ngO, but heavy
wo0iens open 1T last years prices. iome over
coatllEs have advanced 10 g per cent, but
0thcN ate lower. some grades OF union Cassi,
mere arc Z per cent higher, but the great major
ny realize no advance, and there Is waiting
market for knit goods, Hnd n shrinking demand
f0r ditsS goods, though plains OF tho wool fab.
riGs command 10 "a pr cent above The lowest
prices OF last year.
lhehpeculatlye markets have not been very
active, but wheat has risen Nc, corn y and
oats cent Fork products ArD unchanged. on
24c lower. Co!cc &c lower. The rise III bread
stun not sustained by iotelgn demand, ex-
ports falling fur below those OF Inst year.
lfeaSury payments for bonds do not vel ap- |
pear In Statements Of cash, which show ,io loss
Tor the week. The most significant fact Is that
very large proportion Ot money was taken In |
gold BY tho sellers Of bonds. presumably for
withdrawal until uncertainties about silver
legislation have passed. The commercial |
troubles outside OF monetary stringency are |
mainly duo 10 excessive purchases, nadc III nn.
lIglpnlion OF a great rise IN prices. Those who |
made such purchases In the belief that In spite
81 the expected prices. and the short crops con.
sumption would be as gfeat sever, iidd tteut |
'elves embarrassed by the distinct shtlnkasc In |
me distribution OF products to consumers
The business failures occurring throughout
he country during tho last seven days number |
-, us coiupated with total OF 3l2 inst week. |
For the corresponding week OF last year the |
istrcs were S9J. .