Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-11-26
THE COMMERCIAL STATUS.

The Condition Of Trade Throughout the
Country as shown by r. G, Dun & Co.'S
weekly hevfeW-The Volume of Business
Continues Heavy, Notwithstanding De-
pressing Infiuences-The Grain Move
ment Blockaded by q Car Famine
Failures for the Week. Etc.
NEW YORK, Nov. CIR. G. Dun s,
20. S weekly review of trade says:
Much mas happened of late to depress
business and shake confidence, yet confd.
dence Is not shaken and the volume of busi-
ness is still closc to the greatest ever at
tanned. The bank failure at Boston caused
scarcely ripple of excitement. The fail
ure or speculative banks at Berlin has been
lndustriousfY used to depress stocks during
the past week, but the average of shares is
higher than week ago. Prices are set.
Ting downward with enormous production,
out the fact that the production continues
shows that the low prices are not ruinous.
Industries are on the whole well employed,
ana it Is especially noteworthy this week
that there 10 better tone in branches of
trade whlch have been most embarrassed.
AZ BOSTON, Improvement is seen in many
ines anu amore active demand The boot
ana shoe factories are well supplied with
orders; dry goods are more active, and
heavy goods selling well on account of
colder weather. At Philadelphia bet
and clothing, and other important
trades are fairly active. At Pitts
burg the iron market is weaker, glass
WORKS are all in operation, and at Cleveland
trade in leading branches is good and man
ufactured iron in active demand. At Gin
cinnati general business is active, but heavy
lumber failures cause some uneasiness in
that line. Chicago reports merchandise
sales much increased, the cold weather hay-
ing Helped many branches. At Milwaukee,
st. Paul, Kansas City and st. Louis trade has
distinctly improved with cold weather, and
Is fairly brisk at Omaha, and strong in all
lines at st. Louis, but the car famine there
grows worse, with grain blockade north
Ward and Gotten and coal blockade south
ward At Nashville trade is fair and money
close. At Memphis business Is rather slug
gish, but at New Orleans good in groceries
and provisions with better prospects.
cetpts OF cotton being heavy, of sugar fair,
andtrade IN rice steady. At Savannah and
Charleston trade is som ewhat depressed,
apparently by the very low price of cotton,
and money is rather tight dis tnctly bet
ter tone in woollen goods is due to the
appearance of spot demand. cloth
iers having worked off old stocks to a great
extent. The demand for overcoatings and
heaVy goods is stimulated by the cold
weather. Wool sales continue of good VOL
une, though western feeces are rather
weaker. The most stubborn iron market
ever known gives surprise to many, for in
spite of unprecedented production, the
prospect of some accumulation tot stocks
Goes not disturb strong makers, who reckon
that it may be well for the country to lay i'll
and hold much larger stocks than hereto
fore, so that sudden and violent fuctua-
lions may not be so readily produced Re-
cefpts of wheat at western centers continue
at the rate of more than /, 600, 900 bushels
daily, and exports are also large, but the
price has declined 2ss cents on sales of U.s.
100000 bushels. The speculation in corn is
yielding. the price being cents lower for
spot, while pork products substantially
unchanged, and oats half a cent higher.
Oil has declined cent, but sugar is shade
stronger, and coffee has risen three
Fights, account of Brazilian trou-
bles, which render commerce with
that country peculiarly uncertain. Ex-
ports of merchandise from New York in
three weeks of November, has been s25, 251,-
719 in value against SIS. 54s, 237 last year. an
increase of 30 per GENT. while imports for
November thus far about IS per cent.
smaller than a year ago, which points to an
enormous balance to be sold by other coun-
tries in specie. One danger is that a great
quantity of wheat is now carried abroad, as
loans, and there is possibility that a sharp
decline might cause some trouble.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days,
number, for the United States, 252, and for
Canada 80, total of 2S5; as compared
with total of POI last week, and PEG for the
week previous to the last. For the CORE
spending week of last year the figures were
ga. representing PAT failures in the United
States and q in the Dominion of Canada.