The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-11

YDo Ceelltlrn rf Trade Is.v.. ~,...
S~~essy - tNN toceed Through n ~
pua = tc< a ~kly Review u ,,,.".,
Scsnewisst NNswer than efsoxi \, I'M
Points 49, Y usisess sseneraify s,,,."
Dry fniiI. .. t.tc.
NEw York. Dec. ar. d. M
Cos weekly eview Of trade says:
The one sign q unfavorable character 4, :.
business situation \ that collections IA ~,
points are slower and harder than t.u.i ~,
ttcuiarly where the low price q cot.,o ~ =
holders 70 defer selling - long ~ posxihl. :.
q the principal western points. Ch.c.,n y
Louis. Cincinnati and ~. Paul. coliert,sa.
very satisfactory. the larger trade cent |.
porting most favornbly in that re~t,..,
there h lcSs dificulty - eastern cities ,i.-
~ the suuth some embarrassment cont,,rs
Money Il not particularly stringent anywh-,
though rather close 1t Nashville AMI Non.rn.
cry The speculative markets have tina.
downward ON the whole. although whe., /. 4.
changed In price with sales u 2x.O8. On Inn.
here during the past week. and the receipts =,
tinue IT the rate 81 over s.OD.uO bushcl. ~ N
week. with exports undated and al The ~.
nearly 3.Ou.uD bushels for the week from
antic ports alone At the expiration ~ Mover
ber corn dropped sharply about 9 cents. In. i
market has by no means recovered its n,.n~
coalition. Receipts are increasing. now .r.1
and will soon put m end to purely sperulatir
control. Oats are half . cent better. Will. NJ,
products are . little lowrr. Cotton la. a.,
declined . sixteenth. to sm centS. NJ,
sales Of 6Sa.0p bales here. and al
present receipts still far exceed the extr
ordinary receipts Of last year. Thu so,,l
ern markets are overloaded. At Boston M
chandise IL fairly active. and tho dry eo,i, ~,
satisfactory. Woolcnr move slowly and sal.s
wool amount 10 3.sls.0O pounds for the w.
Boots and shoes are quiet. Al Philadelphia NJ
grocery trade h active. the trade In liqtiorS 4,
tobacco fair. and IN chemicals steady. but lur
her and carriages arr dull Many branches
the wooden manufacture are thriving. hut vi.
Of dry goods are hardly up to the averar..
baltimore retail trade Is quite active. ana /,
Pittsburgh some Improvement il seen
iron. while 1t Cleveland trade
ecttve with moro demand for money.
Cincinnati clothing and dry goods ar artirI
but leather and carriages are quiet. At Dctr,
general trade is fully equal r. last years.
Chicago receipt Of Hour are slightly more tia
. year ago: Of dressed beef and oats q thin
more. Of wheat three times and OF rye Ton
times as large: hut = slight decrease i sem
harley. q decrease Of = quarter in cured meat
. third In lard and wool. and one half la chee<
Sales Of dry goods. clothing. and boot An
shoes much exceed last years. and con.s
lions are unusually good. Trade At MILWAUKEE,
uniformly good: II 81. Paul larger than a veal
ago. and At Duluth sales are largs for IN -
son. At Minneapolis the output Of -four 3 IN
barrels, against lc5. tW barrels LAST yea-. 4,
receipts OF wheat in three months wer
s5!0n.pD bushels. against :ltm.0oO bn.hc
= year ago Cold weather has stimulate
at -. Louis. Congress viii com
mence its session next week. and il i en
that scarcely any apr-eh .nrio
appears Of miscellaneous legislation. The tr,a.
ury has put out during the past week S, 'me
more than Il has taken IN. besides issuing 81
su."O morr new treasury notes, making III
81 active circulation at this time full
s.sSp.ro!W. The stock market has been rom
paratively inactive during III week. and IN
change IN the average price =. all stock. IA
been Insignificant. The earnings % the ral
roads are altogether satisfactory.
The business failures occurring th-ouehou
~ country during the last seven days uml3
Tor the United States. ID. ami for Canaia. ~
p a total Of I'D. ~ compared with totals ~ "A
at week. and - the week previous 20 the LAST
For the corresponding week u last year thl
igures we're 81. represerf ting ~ failures In TIL
1nited states. and % in tine Dominion OF Can
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