Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-24
State OF TRADE.
Business Reported Seasonably Good
Throughout the Country.
The Industrial Troubles Falling or
Failures THIS Week The Reaction
I'm RrrnHSfufTs

In BreaustuHs.
Special telegrams to Bradssreet's indicate a
reasonably active trade movement through
out the country with improvement over the
preceding week in Louisiana and elsewhere
in the recently flooded district, which it is re.
ported will he from water in time for crop
this season. Elsewhere in the South crop pros
poets are excellent
The weather has been favorable for trade
throughout the West, but at st. Paul the gen
eTal merchandise movement for May has not
equslled that fora like period last year. Only
a moderate activity is reported from Phila-
delphis, the auction offerings ~ New York
have drawn off attention considerably.
The industrial situation is rather less dis
turbed this week, there having been reported
only thirty-seyen strikes, involving 1870 en-
ployees. The strike OF 5000 tube workers was
the largest single disturbance reported For
the past fortnight our record of strikes exceeds
all records for any single month. these includ-
ing ls2 strikes involving 57-ei6 strikers.
Raw sugar is of le with refined shaded.
There is no material change in coffee which
Unsupported mainly by active speculation Lard
and cut meats are irregular in price and weak.
err. Live cattle areoh l0a20c per ewt. on heavy
receipts
Reports to Bradsfreefs Of net railway earn.
increase of 9.S percent in excess of the record
of the same companies in March 1882 as COM
pared with an increase Of only per cent in
February's net earnincsthis year as compared
with last For the frstquarter Of 1890 the net
earnings Of l29rairoad companies show gain
of liz per cent. over the corresponding period
last year.
The trade sales of fannels at New York
(2s000 cases, valued at S5,500,0e0) havf mo-
nopolized the attention of the dry goods trade
in the eurtailment of rugular business in this
line. Results of the sale are as q whole unsat-
sfactory, the late mild Winter and heavy
stocks in dealers hands depressing prices 5 to
20 per cent below last year and ON colored
tIannels generally below actual cost Of pro-
duction. Wool is very firm and in fairly nc.
tive demand on depleted stocks. The strong
demand on Eastern manufacturing account at
Philadelphia advanced slightly. Cotton is
dull and Lice lower
The week has been one of reaction in prices
of breadstufls on a varying Interpretation Of
the government crop reports, checked ATTAIN
tic coast sales for exports and weaker cables.
wheat and Indian corn each losing e, and
flour feeling thc eiect. Export ofwheat land
flour as wheat, both coasts this week, aggrc-
gate l,7S5,066 bushels, against ,95l i69 bushels
in the like week last year and ,S73, go bushcls
last week. The total shipped July to date is
"a, ll095i bushels against II 800, 213 bushelsin
a like portion of $3.50
business failures reported TO Br0dstrect's
number l5l in the United States this week,
against l52 last week, 1879 this week last year
Canada had 10 this week, against 20 last week.
the total number of failures in the United
States January to date, is 1921, against 4759
In a like portion of 1859.