The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-01


Commercial Standpoints Throughout N.
Country as Reported 10 u. q. Dun
Co.. and Consolidated In Their W..kly
Review.
New YORK. April % Il. q. Dun /
Co. 5 weekly review Of trade says
hut for speculation. this would have been
a comparatively dull week. Bnt saie. Il
ii2.ool.0Do bushels Of wheat ia this market
and g.. 900 bales Of cotton and 7.gi2 vop shares
az stock have supplied certain ACTIVITY.
though not Of the most whoIcsot taa
In the interior business has been ~, Il
improved with more favorable weat AZ
many causes combine 20 prevent Efa.4f a
tlvity. Prominent among these An f.ii NJ
action from excessive real estate syet
tion and building. which have preYA.,N
years in some quarters thus AT PhNtdelf Z.
depression Is explained by the f4ct lad
6o.no0 new houses have been Ra4eA Ill
eight years. The strikes in buildlng trade 4
tend to cause dullness where actss Nv had
been expected. and the threatened strike u
coal miners In several states also relay
operations. Hut on the whole, tpe vol1 n
81 business Is large for the season in amo% n
Of bank exchanges, close up To that for c..
responding weeks last year, and eass|
bound shipments from Chicago for thr
weeks have been 20o.U7l tons. agalnt 1isll|
are those OF waiting rather than Of reaction
The merchandise movement nc Boston ~
been fair; in wool slightly larger " mo III
much change In goods. Trade In ufniiFr
very fair and prices firm. AZ Philadelphia
the coal and iron trades are more active
worsted mills are running full tinf Ai rpo
prices. AZ Hartford is noted that x'h,is "
not justify the higher prices said q IN asked
for the increased clip OF wool. A. lialtireis
trads Il only fair, and az Cleveland refief
weather brings some Improvement sfe
unusual activity In manufactured Iron. t|n
cinnati also notes Improvement. ana b4tf9i
finds better trade with better country roads.
At Chicago wool receipts gain third over
last year and wheat receipts are larger. pas
decrease appears In Hour. corr. meats. lara
and hides. Dry goods sales equal last year
for the same week. and sales ~ ciothin< ana
shoes show Increase. The grip retard- trade
at Milwaukee, but further Improvement .
seen at g. Louis. Trade IL fair al kansas
city and Omaha and better at Denver GOT.
ton Is quiet and lower nt New Orleans ana
sugar active and lower. general trade beng
fair. Al savannah trade siackcncd slightly
and is rather duh at Jacksonville lhe
money markets are generally undisturpei
ana comparatively easy with fair 70 brss
demand az many points. and a little ~trn'
gcncy at one or two. Collections appeMe
improve. through rather slowly. Prices
have changed scarcely nc all IN the great IN
duefricr. hut the tone OF the iron trade
better. Unso.d stocks appear 70 be innen
reduced. and even nj the south are now $40
20 be unusually small. There il also seen
more life in the demand f~r structural ana
plate iron and the larger rail mills are sag
10 have orders TO occupy them beyond hs
end Of May.
The business failures occurring through
ont the country during the past seven days
number. for the United states. 2oi. and 10Y
Canada q. or total 81 2s5; as compared ~'h
total 81 15i last week. and 2ss the w'fs
previous 70 the last. For the corresponding
week ~ last year the figurcsswere III. frp'
resenting i.g failures In the United states
and 70 in the Dominion Of Canada.