Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-22

The General State of Finance and Trade
Throughout the Country shown by
r. q. Dun & Cos Weekly Review-A
General Improvements in the Volume of
Business and Money Getting Easier
Commercial Failures. Etc.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11.-R. G. Dun &
Co 5 weekly review of trade says:
Reports of the state of trade at different
points show general Improvement in the
volume OF business. easier money markets
ana a more cheering outlook. At New ! ork,
however, the rise in sterling exchange to
1919 against +-+ia week ago is believed to
indicate 4 desire on the part OF some to have
their funds in form not affected by financial
legislation. For the past week. with wheat
cent higher, corn and oats practically I'M
changed and cotton three-sixteenths higher,
exports Of wheat have been only about one
half of last years. of -four less than quarter
ana OF corn only one eighth, while
the exports of cotton show de-
crease for the week in spite OF
a considerable increase in receipts.
The reports from other cities show that un-
til Friday the situation and outlook had
improved and feeling OF greater conn-
dencc prevailed Boston notes greater ac-
tiVlty in wool. sales reaching .52z-51p pounds
Philadelphia reports cas- Ter money Il better
trade in canned goods and wool, fair trade
IN groceries generally and n iewelrE and
paints Chicago sees increasing sales of dry
goods and clothing, with better collections,
some decrease n receipts OF gram, dressed
beef and butter. but increase in lard, cheese,
hides and wool. At Cincinnati there il an Iv-
erige trade, 4 favorable outlook at IT. Louis,
Inactivity IN retail clothing owing TO mild
weather at Kansas City. and depression in
lumber interest at Milwaukee ing to lack
of snow, but quiet trade az It. Paul and
Cleveland. Trade i improving at Louis
vile. Memphis and Jacksonville; only fair
At New Orleans. and increasingly active at
Baltimore, where the v.t.a- OF manufactured
product in I-4J was aDpI.t <I51, 10000. The
money markets have grown easier and banks
are able to help customers more literally,
but at the East the difficulty OF making
commercial! loans has increased, though
money call i very abundant. In other
words those who have money want their
funds at Immediate comm and in case of any
emergency. The market for wooden goods
: broader and more hopeful and the de-
mand from clothierS is distinctly bet
ter, while the boot and shoe trade
cont -nue> highly satisfactory. The weekly
output of Dig iron January was but l67 ,599
tons aSai--st $3.50 December I. and I7i,O3- a
year ago. Since January ! there have been
many fUI aces stopped further reducing the
output L puly about 10000 tons weekly. In
general. lie course of prices for manufact-
urrd pro -.IctS in not helpful to producers.
white I'll cost of living and production IS
eHchanc by speculative advances IN the
prices Of .lany farm products.
The OU ness failures occurring through
out the e. .untry during the past seven days,
number for the United States SO and for
Canada {, or 4 total of Al. as pared with
i total 80 last week. and Is the week
previOU- 10 the last. For the corresponding
week OF st year the figures were 336. repre-
senting > failures in the United states and
Il il c. Ida.