New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-03

which II may be inferred that the aggregate Oh
exports was at least S75,000,000. 1he decrease
In imuorts at New-YorS has been ABOUT S6,4oV,ooo'
so that ali imports may have been about So4'oo"'-
200 for the month, and the excess OF exports ao
east 81 / 900. 900. This state OF trace "ouiu ho'
consist with the rapid rise In the rate OF exchange
vere there not also unknown payments OH ac-
count of securities returned. The whcat move
ment has been about $500, 900 bushels from Az
lantic ports against 100000 last year III 'an"-
ary. -four included, but in corn there mas oeen ~
decrease of 500 900 bushels. Prices have iaVoreu
exports, wheat falling cent, corn over IL an"
oats "a of a cent, pork, lard and hogs a shade'
and also crude oil, while even cotton, after safes
nearly reaching 9OO, 900 bales in single week.
fell of 1-s. Sugar and iron were also weaker,
and the general average of prices has fallen ABOUT
2 I-2 per cent since January /.
The disagreement between sugar monopolists
and sugar spectators. which renders Sugar Trust
stock uncertain is probably the best explanation
of the fall of lie in raw and l-8 in refined
sugar The decline in iron warrants from Sly
carly In January TO SIS % last week corresponds
with Philadelphia advices that large lots OF iron,
which had been hypothecated have now been
pressed upon the market at some concession.
weekly production larger by about 10 per cent
than last years Unprecedented consumption be-
gins to have it's natural effect. In the wool mar
ket, quantities of Territory and other clothing
wool are sold at some concessions, but combing
and delaine woods are strong. At Boston IL Is
observed that duplicate orders for boots and shoes
do not come forward according to the expectation
Of manufacturers, and sales Of dry-goods appear
to have slackened at Chicago and other cities
These are symptoms that the extraordinary acuv-
ity of the last three months cannot be sustained
without some reaction. But the clearings oil
banks outside New-York for the month Of January
show an increase Of GA per cent at Boston, Phila-
dephia and Chicago, taken together, and an IN
crease Of 12.1 per cent at all other cities, in the
aggregate making gain of S.S per cent.
Failures in the month of January have but
slightly exceeded those Of the same month last
year in number, and the results now published
show that out of all the failures last year &C
per cent had liabilities less than $4,000 each,
81 per cent less than 81 900 each and 02 1-2
per cent less than $4,000 each The extension
of ne commercial reports, to include multitude
of small concerns which were formerly unnoticed,
swells the number of failures, even when the
general average of commercial health is good.
Indeed, it is one of the most satisfactory signs
of the time that numerous disasters and mis-
fortunes, speculations and crimes during the
last year or two, have brought little disturb
ance to general business and have so little
affected commercial confidence. The general
prosperity of the country is too we'll known, and
when nearly all labor is employed at the best
wages ever paid, and nearly all mills are at work
at their full capacity, and nearly all the artisans
more busy than usual in midwinter, it is not
easy to produce serious commercial apprehension.