The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-18
.tDESHOWS UP BETTER
> OUTLOOK FOR TIE FUTURE
ENCOUR GING.

:, Prospects Excellent, Less None
PRESSURE aud an Improvement
re Demand for the Product Of the
f-,,sf Ipdustries-Wheat Higher and
Cotton Lower.
- YORK, April 17.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
/ ,-lc review of trade, issued to-day. says:
T. bstter weather there is a visible i'm
..nsgt IN trade and collections, and,
-ssiti is but slight as yet, the outlook for
1 fpture is generally regarded as en-
.-,ring. The crop prospects continue
liant there is less monetary
sure at points where ONE stringency
visited. and in the chief Industries
"a Enforcement in demand appears. The
e. Of trade continues nearly as large
| sgyregate value as a year ago, some de
.sss IN the quantity of important pro-
~. being balanced by az advance in the
| al Of prices, which was nearly Is per
T.. higher than a year ago April I, and is
| n more than II per cent. higher.
THE IRON TRADE.
1.-THE iron trade shows greater shrinkage
a. a1v other, the decrease in charcoal iron
Emotion in March having been 1885
!. and in all iron, with the contraction
ne coke output. 81, 363 tons. The output
h 81l tons, or Sc. 6 per cent. lower than a
f. ago. There is seen a better demand
4, finished products, especially for
L,c-Iral iron and rails, and $4,000 tons Of
h have been sold during the week, max
The orders for the year thus far about
90 tons.
.Spinners' takings of cotton continue
ghtlv greater than a year ago, with ex~
bis much larger.
WOOL DULL.
oWool is dull, and until the new clip
,mes forward much activity is not ex-
seed. The demand is remarkably strong
y dress goods, but still disappointing for
EMS wear woolens.
The grocery trade at Philadelphia is
lly fair. the glass trade quiet, and the de-
and for dry goods medium; but the out
Ok for paints is better, and the hardware
ade is larger than at this season for two
ars. though at low prices. In nearly all
AIDES there collections are slow.
''Some kinds of finished iron at Pittsburg
e weaker, but glass is unchanged.
Business is improved at New Orleans
ID Atlanta.
an the speculative markets there has
zen a general advance in breadstuffs, hogs
I'd lard, decline in oil, and no change in
)tton aud coffee.
wHEAT's JUMP.
"a larger export demand, and reports of
scarcity abroad have lifted wheat 2 cents
, 2ll9l4, with sales of 100000 bushels
ere, aud oats have risen 2 cents to
Ia, and corn 81 cents to S2I on
mall sales The actual scarcity of
orn and oats make an advance easy, but
wheat the receipts at western ports con-
aue larger than a year ago, and the ex-
m,; until very lately have been much
asler. 1t is noteworthy that in all the
inter wheat sections the prospect is con-
dered exceptionally good and the acreage
reported as largely increased. Raw
gar has yielded shade this week, but all
fined above granulated is a shade higher.
COTTON LOWER.
With Dreadstuffs and vegetables unu-
ally high and wool about the same as a
ar ago, cotton is much lower, drugs and
emicals lower, iron and its products and
range of manufactured products gener-
Y rather lower, Notwithstanding an
the circulation during the year.
ports of merchandise are increasing,
1 for two weeks at New York exceed
t year by IS per cent. In March the ex-
rs of cotton, breadstuffs, provisions. cat
and petroleum from all the chief ports
re in value S52, 499, 637, against $50, 766, 1862
year, indicating no increase in the
,regate of the exports; while heavy inn
Is Of Supar raiSed the aporepate about
100 900 at New York alone above that
the same month last year.
,bably the imports began to exceed the
orts in that month, and an outward
vement of specie may be expected until
new crops come. But securities are
/ sustained in spite Of the apparent
ure of the Western Traffic Association,
unless depression in these and heavy
aign realizing occur the outgo of gold
d cause no distur hance.
The failures of the week number PIT.
the corresponding week of last year the
Ire was 1S1.n