Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-10-29
puN,s REVIEW OF TRADE.
And Still the Outlook Grows Brigh.
ter Constantly.

Dun's weekly review of trade says:
Business failures occurring Throughout
the country for the past week number
for the United States 207, Canada AZ,
total of 240, against 259 last week.
When important elections arc close at
hand speculation generally waits and
business is apt to be dull. This years
speculation in stocks is hesitating, but
in wheat and cotton the pressure of
enormous supplies causes lower prices,
with much speculative activity.
General business is remarkably &C
tive and increasing in volume at the
west, improving at the south and dis
tinctly less dull than it was week ago
at eastern cities. Collections are iul
proving in nearly all directions as the
liberal movement of crops enables
farmers to settle their accounts and to
make purchases for the coming
seasons.
Money markets are nowhere string
ent. AT nearly all important points
being quite easy, though with a notice
able improvement in demand. These
signs plainly promise good trade for
the fall and winter unless disturb
ances which cannot now be foreseen
should Interrupt. and while there is q
furry OF monetary excitement abroad
it is not likely at this season 10 disturb
American trade or finances. This
country on account of its heavy ex-
ports is largely the creditor of other
nations and far less than usual depend
ent upon them.
Reports from other cities are Oh the
whole more favorable. AT New Or
leans better feeling is seen with large
receipts of cotton and fair of rice and
sugar and money in active demand.
AT Savannah, trade holds well, the
cotton receipts reaching $4,000 bales
i'll one day, and at Jacksonville trade
is steady with bright prospects. Wheat
has fallen 3-4c, corn is scarce and
1-2c higher for spot and oats Sac
higher.
Cotton receipts even surpass those
OF the same week last year by 523, 900
bales and the price falls 1-16th, with
sales of GA, 200 bales here.
Coffee 1-S lower. Oil is / cent
lower. Lord is 1-8 lower, and hogs
have fallen so cents per 100 pounds,
with no change in pork. Sugar, both
raw and granulated, is somewhat
lower, with quite active market. In
general the speculative movement APP
pearsto tend towards lower prices for
products, supplies being unusually
large.
The iron industry looks stronger.
al plate and structural mills are fair
y employed but prices are low. % ooi
and shoe manufactures show signs of
more active demand, and shipments
are close to last years. Wooden manu-
features show more demand for
dress goods, and the stocks of these
goods are relatively low, while for
men, spring goods are low. Orders of
clothiers are in fair demand, sudden
changes of popular fancy in late years
having induced extraordinary caution;
but large auction sale here was so
satisfactory as to indicate that paices
will be well maintained.
The stock market is hesitating with
little change for the week, though de-
pressed on Thursday by sales from
Paais and the continent, The Paris
bourse is disturbed by heavy selling of
copper shares, but the Band of Eng
land does not change its rates, though
losing this weeks $1,93O,000 gold
Here the treasury has put out. includ-
ing new treasury notes, $1,500,000
more than it has taken in during the
week. Merchandise exports for the
past two weeks have exceeded those
of the corresponding weeks last year,
while the imports fall far below those
OF year ago, SO that the balance Of
trade in products strongly favors con-
tinued imports of gold. Foreign ex-
change has declined IL cent during
the week, and money at New York has
been oasv and chaan