Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-12-03
DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW .


out the country during the last week,
as reported to r. G. Dun & Co., num-
Der for the United States, 2,s7; Cana
da, So; total, 295, against 2S5 last
week.
The week broken by holiday has
shown the usual characteristics, weak
speculation, active retail trade and
moderate Who'll esale business, but the
great factors which 60 to make ma
tional prosperity are unaltered.
Money is in ample supply with no
sign of loss. Industries are fairly
employed with some Improvement.
Crops are moving with freedom and
in wonderful quantities, and exports
are remarkably heavy. No failures
occur of character to cause appre-
hension and the feeling of confidence
at all commercial centres is strong;
even the approaching session of con-
gress gives rise to little apprehension,
as it is felt that both parties will have
to act cautiously in view of the COM
ing general election.
There are signs that distribution of
products 10 consumers is improving.
Southern cities report things better.
Savannah alone reports present trade
light and money no easier, but pros
poets bright. Speculation during the
past week has not been active, but the
corner at Chicago has put up corn for
immediate delivery six points and
pork is rs cents higher, oats ! 1-S and
wheat So cents per bushel, while cot
ton and sugar are heavy.
Receipts of cotton exceed those OF
the same week last year by 10000
bales, and exports by 50, 900 bales, but
stocks in this country are 521, 200
bales larger. Wheat receipts at the
west continue at the rate of more than
5000, 900 bushels for the full week,
and reports have been 1,S00,000 BUSH
els of wheat alone from the Atlantic
ports for three days of the present
week. Corn is coming forward fairly
and after November a sharp decline
in price Is expected. Oil and coffee
show no considerable change. The
volume of speculation in most lines is
fortunately 50 restricted that legiti-
mate business and the movement Of
products are not at present embar-
raised.
In the great industries the outlook
is improved. There is better demand
for iron and sales Of pig are met with
astonishing steadiness in prices consid-
ering the enormous output. Some
Virginia iron is offered very low and
sic at Providence for No. is quoted.
Bar is in better demand, orders having
been placed for many thousand cars,
requiring each six to eight tons Of
manufactured iron. Plates are in fair
demand, but structural iron is little
weaker and steel billets are the lowest
price ever recorded, 500. On the
whole there are evidences Of enormous
consumption, already nearly equal to
the production, with prospects Of an
increase next year. The Erie has just
placed 10000 tons of steel rails.
The market for woollen goods dis
tinctly improves with colder weather,
though some holders make slight con-
cessions on old stocks. Cotton goods,
are fairly active, though print cloths
accumulate. Money is comparatively
elsy, and collections generally fair,
The treasury has taken in but $780,
900 more than it has disbursed,'
against an issue of 100000 new
treasury notes.
The exports of products, in four
weeks, at New York have exceeded
asst years by 81 46I, 4S2 in value, in
Heating an aggregate for the month
exceeding S95,ooo,oo0, and
It the same time, there is decrease Of !,
10 per cent. in the value -
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