St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-19

oil and sugar have advanced, the latter
in spite OF the proposal to remove the
entire duty, and spruce lumber also, in
spite of the rapidly increasing Interrupt
ton of building by eight-hour strikes.
The general average of prices for COM
modities has advanced s. per cent
in a week, and IL per cent in three
weeks. Stocks have also:been stronger,
and reports Of trade, which are inf1u-
eneed rather by prices at which goods
are sold than by the volume of buSi-
ness transacted, are uniformly more
cheerful. At the same time there
is continued evidence of an actual in
crease over last year in the volume of
business transacted. Wheat was started
upward by reports Of injury in winter
wheat states. At New York the sales
have been 124,000,000 bu, probably the
largest weeks transactions OH record.
Corn has advanced, Sin. sympathy" 21ac,
and oats 1%c. Oil has advanced 419c
without known occasion. Pork has
risen So pei bbl. There is not CORE
spending improvement in the industrial
Boston without change in price, and
very dull and inactive at New York
and Philadelphia. In the goods market
no improvement is seen. Cotton manu-
facture does not thrive the better for the
advance in the material, with goods un
changed in price. and print cloths only
3.3c for Gas. The boot and shoe indus
try is clearly thriving, and leather and
hides are both shade firmer and in
more active demand. But the eight
hour strikes in many cities have already
arrested building operations, and are
expected to extend, SO that the market
for glass is already affected unfaVOra-
bly,. and also the demand for structural
iron. The iron business shows no inn
provement. In steel rails large orders
are pending, and it is thought they can
be placed at $33. Bar iron is dull and
depressed. Substantially all the re-
ports from olher cities give encouraging
record of the state of business. At Bos-
ton improvement continues; retail dry
goods trade is large and causes better
jobbing trade. and domestic hides are
higher. At Philadelphia there is espe-
cial activity in drugs and chemicals, land
the past week was the best for a long
time in groceries. Chicago reports the
grain and dressed beef, lake shipments
of grain being double last years, and
dry goods sales fully equal to last years,
while clothing falls behind, but is fairly
satisfactory. Collections there are gen
orally good. st. Louis also notes i'm
provement, fairly prompt collections,
and expectations of good spring trade.
At nearly all other Western points SIM
liar favorable reports are made, and st.
Paul notes thatrecentrains helped farm
ers, and seeding is going on rapidly.
1t is especially noteworthy that there is
no serious monetary depression any
where. Money is quiet and easy at
Boston, easier at Philadelphia, and
steady, with plenty of supplies, at Chi
cagO, st. Louis, Milwaukee, and Omaha,
Cleveland and Detroit only reporting
some closeness. Exports of products in
March appear to have increased fully
5 per cent over last year, and probably
exceeded imports by S5,0O0,0OO, but thus
far in April exports have fallen about
10 per cent below last years at New
York. while imports show an increase
of 1919 per cent. The business failures
occurring throughout the country dur
ing the past seven days number 214, as
compared with 209 last week. For the
corresponding week of last year the
figures were 246.