St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-24
BUSINESS Is ACTIVE.
Dun's Review Is Encouraging
OH Trade Matters.

New YORK Oct 23.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of trade says: General bust
ness is remarkably active and increasing in
volume at the West, improving at the South, .
and distinctly less dull than ii was week
ago at Eastern cities. Collections are i'm
proving IN nearly all directions. as the liberal
movement of crops enables the farmers 10
settle their accounts and to make purchases
for the coming season. The money markets
are nowhere stringent.a at nearly all important
points being quite easy though with notice
able Improvement in the demand. These
signs plainly promise strong trade for the
fall and winter, unless disturbances which
cannot be foreseen should interrupt.
The reports from cities are Oh the whole
more favorable. At Boston the improve
ment in trade is SLOW AT Philadelphia grOc-
cries are active, with decline in sugar. At
Cincinnati retail trade Is Drisk,and clothing
active. At cleveland business is good and tone
confident, though iron is inactive. At Detroit
trade and manufactures are not up 10 last
years mark. AT Chicago increase appears
of third III receipts of hides dressed beef,
flour and corn. though new corn moves
slowly, and receipts of rye are three tim es
last years, but some decrease appears TO be
visible in cured meats butter, cheese and
wool. The dry goods trade is much larger
than year ago, the receipts OF cattle larger ,
by $4,000 head for the week, the shoe ana
clothing trade large, and business gradually
increasing in all lines.
At Minnea polls the lumber trade is good,
rising III prices and shipments for the week
100000 feet more than last year. The flour
mills again beat the record with 1g6, 600 bar
rels. and general trade is good there and at
ST. Paul. At Omaha and Kansas City busi-
ness is satisfactory, grain and cattle receipts
being above the average, and trade IN agri-
cultural implements active. At St. Louis
trade shows encouraging strength, grain
coming in faster, and at New Orleans a bet
ter feeling is seen with large receipts OF cot
ton and sugar. and money in active demand.
Wheat has fallen 4S4c, with receipts at the
West of $500. 600 bu in four days and exports
of ), $4,000 bu. Corn is scarce and 3l2c high
er for spot. and oats lac higher. Cotton re-
ceipts even surpass those of the same week
last year ~ $4,000 bales and the price falls
1-16c, with sales of 9i4, 900 bales here Coffee
is lac lower; lard lac lower, and hogs have
fallen gee per 100 lbs. There is no change in
pork. Both raw and granulated sugar is
somewhat lower with quite active market.
In general, the speculative market appears
to tend toward lower prices for products, the
supplies being unusually large. The iron in
duStry looks stronger, structural bar-plate
mills are fairly employed, but prices
shows signs of more activity, and shlpnentS
are close TO last years. The wool manufac-
ture shows more demand for dress goods,
| and stocks of these are relatively lower,
| while for mems spring goods the orders OF
| clothiers are far behind. The merchandise
| exports for the past two weeks have ex-
| ceeded those of the corresponding weeks Of
| last year, while imports fall far below those
| OF year ago, liz that the balance of trade in
| products strongly favors continued imports
| of gold.
The business failures occurring throughout
! the country during the last seven days num-
| Der 249, as compared with totals Of $50 last
| week. For the corresponding week Of lasR
1 year the totals were %.