The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-04
TRADE NOT LIVELY YET.
BAD WEATHER AND SLOW COL,
LECTIONS FELT.

Honey Expected TO be Easier Afts
the April Settlements-Ihs Pric
Eof Iron Very Low and tbs ire
Demoralized-speculation In Bred-
stuffs Not Abated.
NEW YORK, April 3.--R. g. Dun sos
weekly review of trade issued to-da+ays:
"The actual condit ion Of business rs not
improve, however the hopeful anticAtions
warranted. Unfavorable weather as pre-.
vailed over a wide area, affectE local
trade aud making country roads 81 more
difficult. Labor troubles are bedning an
important factor, strikes havin begun at
many localities in the buildingrades, and
e great strike having resulted riots and
the calling out Of troops. Il Massachu-
sets notices are posted in mar mills pro-
posing wages per hour in the iture on &C.
count Of the bill pending in te legislature
restricting working hours tfifty-two per
week.
MONEY TEMPORARILY TIGHT.
"Thus the interests OF prosrty in many
forns are for the time atfecsd, and NEAL
while b. usual demand foFnoney in April
settlements ndS Hhuo Iue AAdlAoS IdOueE
closer, though speedy rexatiou is ex-
pected. The volume of allkinds of money
in circulat on Is $l1 ,641, IA greater than
month ago. and Sl2.5S6,41i greater than
year ago. Practically tb entire increase
in March has been in slve certificates and
new silver notes, and the amouUt of gold
ce tifcates out has beer reduced by Che
exports f coin. MonF is temporarily
closer at some points n account OF TIE
April settlements, but atlearly al interior
markets quiet and comp satively easy.
REPORTS FROM HE CITIES.
philadelphia notes low collections in
most lines, wool Quie, with liquors, to-
bacco and jewelry duh md trade In chem
icals fair, but in paints light, and in shoes
troubled by slow collections, though the
prospects are CONSIDERED good. Pittsburg
notes no important DANCE. and Cleve-
land only fair trae, with Cincinnati,
Louisville, st. Louis and Kansas City
in the same condition. Chicago observes an
increase over last yea in the receipts Of
grain ndsscheese andb0 per cent. in wool,
no change in cured meats and hides, and
decrease in flour, lard, butter, and so per
cent. III dressed beef. Merchandise
moves more slowly than few
weeks ago on account of bad roads Mem
phis finds trade not ret near the normal, but
1T Atlanta it is improving, and at New
Orleans sugar is active at lower prices, rice
scarce and cotton quiet. Bad weather
affects trade at Montgomery, and at Jacks
sonville there are fears Of a disastrous spring
and summer trade
IRoS VERY LOW.
"Iron does not mend at all, for, in the
confidence that the strikes will soon end,
consumers are waiting. The lowest prices
on rec -rd are made by some works for bar
iron, and structural moves slowly, while
wrought pipe IS terribly demoralized. Pig
iron is duller than for years, and buyers
generally hold off as to rails, dlsliking to
help the combination.
Coal is fiat, the official prices being
about Is cents above last year, but with
some cutting.
'Woolen manufacture is doing fairly,
but reports from the west are that growers
look for high prices on the new clip of wool,
which the present market for goods does not
warrant.
SPECULATION IN BREADSTUFFS.
Speculation in breadstuffs does not
abate, and with sales Of $4,000, 600 bushels
here, wheat is ~ cents higher than a week
ago Cotton has not changed, and trading
Is light. The new tariff has taken effect as
to raw sugar, and the price is now 3.12
cents against $40 a week ago, while grant,
lated is selling at AZ cents, against 81
last week. The average Of all
prices is shade lower than
week ago, and in the stock market
there has been some weakness on account of
the total indifference of the public and the
prospect that the new Nebraska law will cut
down the earnings of many railroads seri-
ously.
THE business failures throughout the
country during the last week number for
the United States 2l1 and for Canada 81.
For tie corresponding week last year the
hglres were 1879 in the United States end Is
in Canada"