Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-12
MONEY AND BUSINESS,

Reflex of the Com .nercial and Financial
Conditions Throughout the Country
Shown by r.. q. Dun ~ Co.'S Weekly Re-
view-The General Volume of Business
Continues Good and tiiu L.oney Markets
Generally Well Supplied.
NEW YORK. March 7.-R e.. Dun &
Co. S weekly review of trade SAYS:
Reports of trade from all parts IF the coun-
try show little change since last week, though
there is, perhaps, a little less activity on the
whole. The south feels the continued de-
cline i'll cotton, but trade in this relation is
moderate. The business at Louisville is only
fair, and rather quiet at Kansas City. At
Denver business is fair; at st. Paul good
conditions continue, and at Milwaukee and
Cincinnati trade is rather quiet. Detroit re-
ports larger trade than last year, and at
Cleveland general business good
usual. Chicago reports an extraordinary
decrease in dressed beef receipts, and
heavy fall in receipts of grain, lard and
hides, but heavy gain in cured meats and
wool Dry goods sales are above last years,
with collections easy; in clothing and shoes
sales also larger than year ago.
Trade is generally good at Boston, but bet
ter in materials than in manufactured prod
ucts. At Philadelphia iron is frmer and
coal more active, chemicals in fair demand,
but tobacco quiet and wool rather scarce.
The only speculative market that has de-
clined during the week is the cotton market.
The fall of eighth puts the price close to
the lowest ever recorded in this market
since 1854. But wheat has risen over cent,
oats IA and corn nearly cents, coffee an
eighth, oil 2Ii cents, butter 5 cents and pork
products Il shade. In the iron industry
temporary stiffness in prices does
not hide the fact that the general
consumption has sharply declined. appar-
entity not far from one fifth. No movement
is seen in rails, while offerings of pig iron
by southern mills are comparatively light;
the bar mills all hungry for orders; the
prices of plate and structural iron cut to
secure business, and the trade is actually
forced to regard with satisfaction the con-
tinuance of the coke strike and the Maho-
ming and Shenango shut down. The wooden
industry is in a far better condition, the out
put of knit goods, worsteds and dress goods,
and the medium and lower grades of mems
cloth being larger than at any other time
for five years but the most costly grades of
cloth are not yet in strong demand. Cotton
manufacture is doing little better of late,
though embarrassed by unsatisfactory
prices. The treasury output silver notes in
cluded, was only 100000 more cur
rency than it has taken in dur
ing the past week, but the money markets
are generally well supplied for legitimate
business, though at some points stringent or
more active. The exports of products from
New York were larger last week, but for the
past month show decrease of about per
cent, and the imports meanwhile show IA
marked increase. The railroad earnings
continue heavy, and the clearing house eX-
changes exceed last years, but decidedly
less than the advance in price, indicating
4 material decrease in quantities trans
fCrrcd.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the past seven days,
number. for the United States. 80, and for
Canada 80, a total of 265, compared with
a total of 24O last week, and 295 the week
previous to the last. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 260, repre-
srnting 223 failures III the United states and
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