Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-02-07

country indicate fair volume of trade for
the season, easy money, and collections gen.
erally fair, though at a few Western points,
and in the grocery trade at Philadelphia,
rather slow. The South has the embarrass-
ment of further decline in the price of
cotton, but receipts are large, and general
trade is somewhat better at New Orleans,
though receipts of sugar are light. Trade is
improved at Atlanta, fair In volume, but
quite cautious at Memphis, and dull at
present, but with bright prospects at Savan-
nah. Business at St Louis is of FAIR
volume, but not so we'll sustained as before;
at Kansas CITY fair average for the season.;
at Denver improving, anG at Omaha and
Milwaukee quiet.
Chicago notes slight increase over la st
year in all grain, and good increase in
cured meats, hides and oil, heavy decrease
in dressed beef, lard and butter, larger sales
of drygoods, clothing and shoes, and an
enormous cattle trade, 10 per cent greater
than wear ago, and the largest ever re-
corded in any month.
Trade in the Eastern Interior.
Detroit notes fair trade and orders, while
Cleveland has good trade in hardware and
drygoods, though country merchants are
unusually conservative. AT Cincinnati
general trade is quiet, but in tropical fruits
there is much activity.
AT Pittsburg iron is quieter, though a
better demand for rails is seeu, but a great
strike of Connellsville coke workers is e1-
pected Tuesday. Philadelphia notes a
prosperous spring business in shoes and
leather and in drygoods, with the clothing
trade healthier than for years, and fairly
satisfactory trade in groceries and chemicals,
with liquors and tobacco quiet. At Boston
Al = +l,n oo1 1a in
ceeding last years, and leather and hides
are firm, but many shoe factories are on
short time, spring business being backward
and buyers cautious.
No Change in Iron and Steel.
No especial change is seen in iron and
steel, but the resumption of work by some
Alabama furnaces increases the excess of
production over present consumption. At
many bar mills scarcity Of orders is felt, and
structural and plate iron are irregular.
Heavy exports of copper are reported, S,0O0,-
600 pounds of lake and 2,000,0 900 Montana,
but domestic consumers hold off. Tin is
lower at pol cents; lead steady. The
coal trade is still congested, the January
output having been 2,525, 600 tons, a quarter
more than last year, and some mines are
stopping.
The cotton manufacture shows no material
change, though the trade in goods continues
fair lor the season. In the wooden manu-
facture signs of improvement multiply, and
while trade in goods is cautious it is steady
and large. The demand for wool of all
kinds lifts the price little, but especially
for the coarser and worsred grades.
Wheat has advanced 15s cents, and corn
and oats nearly cent on moderate sales,
lard and hogs being also 10 cents q LOG
pounds stronger, and oil 27s cents, but cot
ton is sixteenth lower. The exports from
New York are now falling below last years,
especially in breaGstuffs. But there is no
present reason to apprehend any unfavorable
from foreign trade, and the treas
ury has in no way disturbed finances.