Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-04-25
Dun's Review Say. the Future is Bright

Dun'S review says the Future Is Brig Mt
oninS.
NEW YORK, April Or. G. Dun j. Co -
weekly review of trade says:
With better weather there is visible i'm
provement in trude and collections, and
while it is but slight as yet, the outlook for
the future is generally regarded as encour-
aging. Crop prospects continue excellent,
there Is less monetary pressure at points
where some stringency has existed, and in
the chief industries some improvement In
the demand appears. While the volume of
trade continues nearly as large in aggregate
value as 1t was year ago, some decrease in
quantities of important products being bal
anced by an advance in the level of prices,
which was nearly Is per cent. higher than a
year ago April !, and is still more than ID
per cent. higher.
The iron trade shows greater shrinkage
than any other. There is seen a somewhat
better demand for finished products, espe-
cially for structural iron and rails. The
anthracite coal trade still drags. Consump-
ton of copper is slow. and tin Is a &c weak
with lead dull. The spinners' taking of cot
ton continues slightly greater than year
ago, with exports very much greater. Wool
Is dull, and until the new crop comes for
ward much activity Is not to be expected.
At Boston the demand for merchandise gen.
orally has improved, and the retail trade has
been quite heavy. In nearly all trades col
lections are slow. Some kinds of finished
iron are weaker, but glass is unchanged.
In speculative markets there has been q
general advance in breadstutfs, hogs and
lard, decline in oil and no change in cotton
and coffee. Larger export demand and re-
ports of scarcity abroad have lifted wheat
2Ac, to $1.1914, with sales of 46, OOO, 600 bush
els here, and oats have risen &c, to 6111c and
corn 54c, to 82%c, on small sales. The
actual scarcity of corn and oats makes an
advance easy, but of wheat the receipts at
western points continue larger than year
ago and the exports until very lately have
been much smaller. 1t is noteworthy that
in all winter wheat sections the prospect is
considered exceptionally good and the acre
age is reported as largely increased. Raw
sugar has yielded a shade this week, but all
refined above granulsted is a shade higher.
With breadstuffs and vegetables unusually
higher ard wool about the same as year
ago, cotton is much lower, drugs and chem
icals lower, iron and its prodacts and the
the range of manufactured products gener-
ally lower.
Notwithstanding the expansion of more
than $50, 000, 900 in the circulation during the
year, the treasury has again paid out this
week more money than it has taken In. The
reports of merchandise are increasing, and
for two weeks at New York exceed last years
by Is per cent. Exports of cotton, bread
stuffs, provisions, cattle and petroleum from
all the chief ports were in value $50, 499, 6S7,
against $50, 766, 262 last year. indicating no
increase in the aggregate of exports, while
the heavy imports of sugar raised the aggre-
gate about Sc, 100000 at New York alone
above that of the same month last year.
Probably imports began to exceed exports IN
that month, and an outward movement of
specie may be expected until new crops
come in.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days num-
Der 251, as compared with total of 243 last
week. For the corresponding week last year
the figures were PA.