The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1891-11-19
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
DETAILS OF THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
PRACTICALLY DEALT WITH.

The Movement so Good as TO Leave No
Cause for Complaint-No Disturbing
Influences in sight--The Iron Output
the Greatest on Record.
NEW York, Nov. 14.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review Of Trade says:
Business has entirely recovered from the
slight disturbance caused by the Mayer-
ick bank failure. Trade is large IN vol
ume FOR the season. and in many lines,
especially at the west the largest ever
known. But margins Cor profits are
narrow and the tendency of prices is not
toward Improvement in that respect, for
while bruadstuffs advance most manu-
facturel products tend TO decline. The
iron output Nov. I was the greatest ever
known, lS763j tons weekly, against
ISL ,Gij oct I, and 1S3,SlG Dec. / last
year, hitherto the maximum Coal is
duh, lake copper is offered at ll3 cents,
holdings Of tin are heavy at 1880, and
lead is low at 41O, Reports from other
cities show great hopefulness. At BO-.
ton trade is large in volume. boots and
shoes more active, with manufacturers
quite busy; a littlem doing in leather.
and domestic hides easy. DrygOOds are
quite active and wool sales fair. 2,2ID,-
900 pounds, with good trade in groceries
and furniture. AT Hartford trade in
drygOods is very fair, and in groceries,
but wool and hardware are quiet. AT
Philadelphia trade in dress goods is more
active, but mild weather retards sales Of
heavy woolens, blankets and hannels.
The jewelry trade is fair, glass and
paints improving, oil in good demand,
the carriage trade dull, wool more aC.
tive, and chemicals and groceries uu-
changed.
The Features of Trade in Othor Cities.
At Cincinnati retail trade improves in
all lines and jobbing trade for shoes.
AT Detroit manufacturers are busy, and
at Cleveland the drygoods and shoe
trades surpass last years and hardware
and groceries are active. At Milwau-
kee sales in all trades are far in excess
of last year. AT Chicago receipts Of
wheat and rye are three times last years,
of oats and dressed beef n third larger,
of hides and wool a quarter larger, of
-four fifth larger and Of barley some
what larger, but in cheese, butter and
corn decrease appears, and large de-
crease in cured meats and lard. Sales Of
merchandise greatly exceed last years
and clearings are the largest ever
known. At st. Paul trade is active,
Mt Minneapolis lumber is strong and
high and the output of flour POI 600
barrels, against 10000 last year. At
Duluth the lumber cut is the largest
ever known and shipments heavy. At
st. Louis trade is strong in shoes, cloth
ing, drugs and oil and money in large
demand for cattle and cotton regions.
and at Kansas City the movement of
live stock and grain is heavy. At the
south cotton receipts are very large, but
much is held because of low prices; the
nee movement is heavy at New Orleans
and receipts of sugar large, with gro
ceries fairly active. Turpentine receipts
are large at Charleston. Cotton goods
are in fair demand, but print cloths ac-
cumulating. Orders for boots and shoes
are increasing, particularly from the
south, for mems split and women's light
grain boots, while the west is rather
backward.
The failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days
number for the United States 253 and
for Canada 3S, or a total of 291, as COM
pared with totals of 26G last week and
255 the week previous TO the last. For
the corresponding week of last year the
figures were 266, representing 224 fail
ures in the United States and 42 in
Canada