The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-01-23
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NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT IN aUsl-
NESS SINCE THE GOLD WEATHER.


NOTICEABLE IMPROVEMENT IN HUsl-
NESS SINCE THE GOLD WEATHER.
Shipments from Chicago the largest
Ever Rnown--The Market for La,
IroA somewhat unsettlad-Hsavy In
ports Of Provisions aud Iard-De.
mAnd for Cotton slightly nettor--Hs'
psrts from Various business Center
More Favorable.
NEW YORK, Jan, i0,-R, q. Dun 4
Co.'s Weekly Review Of Trade says
Important improvement In business h
noted wherever the recent change ID
colder weather has been felt Elsewhere
unreasonable weather Is still the ohiel
complaint, but everywhere interruption
Of business aud manufacturing by the
prevailing sickness ID observed and many
factories have been forced 10 close be'
cause 80 many Of their employees were
unable 10 work, Az one or two eastern
points this interruption appears 10 be
passing away, but II 10 still widespread
and serious, 10 nearly all kinds Of
trade u means not only delay In produo'
ton or dealings, but some ahrlnkage In
the ability Of great numbers 10 purchase
products, hut in spite Of this the vol
ume Of trade ls large, Eaatbound ship
ments from Chicago last week were
1871, ,7Oa tons, much tho largest eyel
known, Tho exports OF provisions are
heavy, the lard movement last weeh
reaching 1859, s09 pounds,
The olenringa OF tho banks last week
were not only tho largest on record fol
that part of the year, bat showed
An Increase over Lnst Year
Of ~ per cent outside Of New York,
Tho weekly output OF pig iron Jan,
was i7A,OBs IONS against 1921 toni
Dec, aud l6i 1893 q year ago This i'm
plies slight increase In production laaI
year over previous estimated The sur
priaing Increase In output has led many
10 wonder IN what way the onormoui
quantity now made can be consumed
and inquiries indicate that there Ia In
the aggregate some accumulation Of
stocks, IL also appears that the market
for bar Iron IL somewhat unsettled, with
tendency toward concessions, aud
plate iron ia less firm. Structural and
sheet Iron and nails are steady, hut some
uneaalnosg Ia noticed In tho market foi
steel rails. Unless consumption OF fin
iahed products IL not only sustained but
expanded the output OF pig iron can
hardly continue NJ tho present rate.
The Htagnation In anthracite oonl II
aggravated, but although the trade II
narrow and limited numbers are report
cd idle, the weekly output exceeds the
output a pear ago by 10000 toms
Prlcoo are domoralIzed, and bituminoul
coal, though very active, Is easier,
The Cotton Industry,
The cotton industry is disturbed ouiy
by alolnelsi demand for good has olightly
improved. The heavier woolcn goods
are sorlously depressed by the unscason-
able weather. But there Ia marked re-
vlyal IN the trade for domestic woNtcds
and light goods, believed 10 hp due 10
the changes last year In treasury rulings,
now for Che first time felt,
Tho boot and shoe industry Ia largely
and the two textile manufacture some.
what disturbed by labor controversies In
eastern stnlns,
Reports from various quarters are on
the whole more favorable. Mid weather
hOscnutcd much depression, but wherever
colder weather has appeared thoro Is
clear and quick recovery,
Collections are quito generally slow,
because Of retarded distribution, but un.
oasiness ia reported no only a few points.
All southern reports note active trade.
The money markets hero and else.
whore show ON the whole rather more
pressure, which tho heavy business In
progress and the tardy collections OK
plain,
NH..NI.