The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-11
DUN'S REVIEW.
No Material Alterations Noticed
i'm the State of Trade.


& Co.'S weekly review of uade says:
The ae of ira lie has not matter.
ally altered during The plss k,
noJgh the change OF weather has
produced much temporary improve
menis in sDme lines, and in others,
trade i. rather less satisfactory than a
week ago. Tue mon" airy situation is
much more SATISFACTORY, no W thstand.
ing the fact that the cash actually
held by the treasurer is So 200, 900.
more than last week. for rates on call
here have declined from 5 10 81 per
cent, and foreign exchange has risen
from s4.S1s@4 S6s. TIE interior
money markets are senera 'ly steady,
but on the whole rather more easy.
At B ,slon there is still end is expect
ed to be, some pressure until April,
but the feeling is bei!er and CONNER
cial paper commands about 6 per
cent. At Phi,adelphia, the situation
is substantially the same, but there
appears 10 be more stringency. Mon
ley il unchanged at Chicago, fairly
active at 6@7. at St. Louis snd at
P,tisburg rather abuodant, though
the demand is large at Cleveland,
easy al St. Paul and Omaha, in good
dema nd Ut Detroit at z, and steady
at that rate ut Milwaukee, the de-
mand at Kansas City beiug only mod
crate. The decrease in actual cilcu-
lation o t side the treasury in the
month of February was so, ZIG, 963.
aud this, with the further absorption
this month by the treasury, Indicates
/ less active commercial demand.
1.-The aspect of foreiga trade does
BOT change as exports at New York
still exceed those of last var, While
the imports have no: of late shown an
Increase. The volume of d .me:tic
trade appears well sus aimed. with
general eucoura .ement noted at Bes
ION and st. Paul, a satisfactory dis
;ribut;on in all seasonable lines at
st. Louis, a good jObbing trade at
Omaha aud building operation more
thaa do1b'e those of last year, though
storms check retail trade; quiet at
Milwaukee and Kansas Cry and at
Chicago, improvement over last year
in grain and meas, with dry gods,
trade about equal to last years and
clothing trade only fair in volume.
Boston also notes improvement In
clothing on Western orders, liberal
sales OF cotton and fair demand for
leather, with improvement in boots
aud shoes and good trade in lumber.
"The wooden manufacture does not
appear t. hive changed much in con-
dition or prospects, though better
sales of heavier weig hts are noted at
BostoH, while lighter goods are quiet.
Sales Of wool are larger-2,5S 600
for the week with prices unchanged,
and it is thought the bottom has been
touched, but prices are depressed at
Philadelphia and The early expecta-
ton of new and large supplies leads
holders 10 make concessions.
sin the iron trade slso, the siiua-
ton has not materially improved, and
at Pittsburg prices are again lower.
The window glass trade is active, and
a fourth advance in prices within
three months has been ordered, but
fliut glass works at Pitisburg are cur
failing production. The coal trade
is entirely in the buyers favor, while
copper and tin have been rather
weaker, and lead in scanty supply
aud stronger.
Little can be said of the markets
for bread stuffs. for Notwithstanding
a spasmodic activity ope day in wheat,
the price is but &c lower than a week
ago. Corn is unchanged, but oats
&c higher. The general course 10
prices for commodities has been up
ward, and the average advance for the
week has been nearly ] per cent, but
the range is so low that q further
movement in the same direction be
fore the coming OF spring woald not
be surprising.
The stock market has not
changed during the past week in auy
material respect, the average beng
substantially the same, though there
was Ell onger lone on Friday. The
removal of fears concerning possible
exports of gold the rapid rise of for
eign exchanges the indications that
purchases on foreign accounts now
exceed sales of securities, all tend to
make the absorption of money by the
treasury less observed. 1t may be
added that decrease in activity in
trade throughout The country tends to
release larger amounts of money than
have been expected to return to this
center at present. But with bank
reserves remarkably narrow To- The