Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-30
the WHEELS OF TRADE.

The General Business Outlook Through
out the Country as Shown by x. u.
Dun g. Co.'S Weekly Review-The Con-
dition of Trade Improving and Money
Generally Firm-Crop Reports Enrour-
aging from Nearly All Sections-B"s'ness
Failures, Etc.
New YORK. July 26.-R. G. Dun 81
Co. S weekly review of trade says:
Reports of the condition of trade are gen.
orally more favorable than week ago At
Boston there is further improvement
more doing in boots in shoes. Wool is quite
active with sales over 3,o0o,"0) pounds, ana
drv goods i'll better demand at Hartford
Philadelphia notes improved demand TOT
wool some contracts for large blocks ana
better prices for fine clothing wool Iron IS
weak; hardware unusually dull, but leather
and hides slightly improved. inc Jeweiry
trade is fair for the summer, and paints ana
glass comparatively inactive: AT bnlalo
trade inproyes in some lines, but at PittS-
burgh and Cleveland is quiet. AT Clncih-
natl the shoe trade is busy and the demand
for leather good, and at Detroit lumber IL
firm and charcoal iron selling more 1rccly.
At the west crop prospects stimulate every
thing Chicago reports wheat receipts five
times last years, an increase of 30 to % per
cent. in dressed beef, hides and butter, put
some decrease in cured meats ana laru.
Dire goods sales are a trifle smaller at pres
emf and trade in clothing and shoes season.
ably dull At Milwaukee trade is fairly ac-'
tive at St. Paul improving and mt MIME
apolis active for lumber and better Tor Hour.
Wheat does not yet move largely at 81.
Louis, though money is going in to
Illinois towns to some extent
Trade improves at Kansas City, money
being in demand for packers ana gram
dealers. At the south little change Is noteor
and money is generally tight and trade IN
active. But crop prospects decidedly I'm
prove in Alabama; sugar Is active anu URN
at New Orleans, and trade holds It's own aI
Savannah. Suspension of a bank at faiatkn'
tn rndn
heavy purchases of tobacco at Key west
show upusual activity in cigar making.
Business in Florida is more promising IMAM
last year. Speculation in bread stuhs mas
suddenly become active. Sales OF 4S,'o',ooV
bushels of wheat here have resulted In an
advance of one half cent per bushel, though
the moderate official estimate OF TINS year
crop would leave nearly 2o0,00o0 900 bushels
in the country for export, a quantity grcater
than has ever yet been taken abroad Corn
has declined cents and oats la cents on
small trade, having been unusually high
| Pork products rise again and speculation
| in them is forcshadowed. Coffee remains
| unchanged, and oil is one eighth higher,
while cotton has fallen three eiSlrths to .
cents for spot with sales of COS, 200 bales, an
enormous trade for this season Tin Is
lower at London, copper i'm smaller demand
| with lake at 1924 cents, and lead unchanged
The reported improvement in coal Is myth
cal, for free selling continues by parties not
| named at the May prices. The great indus
| tries SHOW Improvement IN wool ana ieatner
| manufacture, but no signs of recovery
in iron or COAL The depression in
| iron is serious, though prices are, on
| the whole, but little changed. Never
| theless some shading is seen, and the New
| York reports of cutting in southern iron are
! numerous. Rails stagnant, shipments
| to July being but 454, 42s tons; little is do
| ing in bar iron and plates are very quiet,
and the market for structural iron Is disap-
pointing. Contracts are expected for six
sea going steamers and some bridge con-
| tracts are made at very low pr;ces. In the
| wool trade the larger sales at eastern cities
| and continued large receipts at the west re-
| fleet the Improvement which better de-
| mand for dry goods naturally causes. Con-
| siderable Improvement is seen in sales OF
| fall and winter wOOlens, and some activity,
| for the season. in spring goods. Leather is
| weakening and manufacturers are laying i'll
| stocks more ,liberaliy. The boot and shoe
| prospects at the sonth and west excel
! lent and Boston shipments again exceed
| last years. But the money markets at the
| west show increasing demand, and at some
points approaching stringency, and collcc
| tons are not, on the whole, good for tho.
| season
| The business failures during the past seven
| DAYS, number, for the United States, 23l
! for Canada, 49, tot H. PSI; as compared with
| total of PA last week, and 247 for the
| week previous to the last. For the CORE
| spending week of last year the figures were
| l99, representing liz failures in the United
| States and q in the Dominion of Canada.
Ecuador VIII be Represented at the
| Worlds Fair.
| WASHINGTON, July 26.-During the
visit of DR.. Willard 2. Tisdel to the
capital of the republic of Ecuador, as
the special commissioner of the Chicago
exposition, he was rendered a banquet
| by the president. The consul general
of the United States was also present,
| bn ant Off ;,lc &c 1o
| government of Ecuador and the minis
ter of foreign relations Among the
invited guests were the minister of
| Colon bia, and the representatives of
| France, Great Britain, Peru and other
countries. The utmost cordiality pre-
vailed and everything was of the most
luxurious character.
| President Flores drank to the health
| of the commissioner, the prosperity of
| the United States. and the success of
the great exposition at Chicago. to
| which Mr. Tisdel replied in a manner
| that entirely won the sympathy of all
the distinguished persons present A
strong feeling in favor of the exposition
has been excited. and it is believed the
Ecuadorian government will use every
endeavor to make fine exhibit
Internal Revenue Receipts for the Past
Fiscal Year.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-The prelimi-
| nary report of the commissioner of in
ternal revenue of the operations of the
bureau for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1891, shows that the total collections
from all sources of internal revenue for
the year were $146, O35, $50, against $l42,-
594, 696 during the preceding fiscal year.
The cost of collection for the fiscal year
just ended will aggregate 81, 1913, 900, or
about sos, 900 more than during the pre-
ccding year.
The internal revenue receipts during
the past year from the tax on whisky
amounted to $7S, 52s. go, against S75,-
1s1.6S5 during the preceding year.
Fermented liquor taxes aggregated S2s,-
sos, 1879, against $40, COS, 534 during the
preceding year. Tobacco taxes
amounted to S32, 796 27O, against $685.
95s,991 the preceding year. Receipts
from the tax on oleomargarine
amounted to $1,077,9o4, or 1921, 63o
more than during the preceding year.
Trouble Expected at Port-au-Prince.
New YORK. July &C. The steamship
Geo. w. Clyde, of the Clyde line, ar
rived at this port yesterday from Port
puiv xx-Ii nj, Oh 1oft