The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-04
THE A REVIEW.
Business Picking Up and the Outlook In
the Big Industries Improved.

Business Picking Up and the Outlook Ii
the Big Industries Improved.
New York. Doc. 3.--[Special. l-R. q.
Dun & Co.'s trade review says: At Chicag
some decrease is seen in cured meats, lard
butter and cheese, but a slight increase in
barley, 20 per cent. in flour, the week.
trade being the largest of the year, an in
crease of a third in cattle aud oats, of hall
in hides, and receipts of dressed beef and
corn are double last years, and of rye aud
wheat three times last years. Merchau-
disc sales largely exceed those of last year,
and prospects are very favorable. There Is
weather stimulates trade, and Minne-
apolis saw mills hays closed the
largest season on record, while flour
mills, though troubled by ice, turn out D.
900 barrels Tally. At Kansas City thare is
healthy activity, aud cattle and grain re-
good, but at Salt Lake dull with slow COL
l%ections. The southern cities report better;
at Nashville and Montgomery trade is very
fair, at Charleston good with improving
exports. at New Orleans receipts OF cotton
and sugar are large and both In good de-
mand. and Savannah alone reports present.
trade light and money no easier. but pros
poets bright.
Speculation during the past week has not
been active here. but a corner at Chicago
has put up corn for immediate dolivary at
SIX cents, and pork is % cents higher, oats
one and a half cents, and wheas tive"eighths
cent per bushel. while cotton and sugar are
heavy. The receipts Of cotton exceed
those of the same week last year by 5000
bales. and thu exports by $1,000 bales, but
the stocks in this country are 52l.Wo bales
larger. Wheat receipts at The west CON
tinuate at the rate of mo'e thnn S,090,ooo
bushels for she full week, and exports have
haoy I ana lh1 brShnla Of rvhlof alma from
Atlantic ports for three days of the present
week. Corn is coming forward fairly, and
after November q sharp decline in price ls
expected. Oil and coffee show no consider
able change. Iha volume of speculation III
most lines is fortunately SO restricted that
legitimate business and the movement OF
products are not at present embarrassed.
In ths great industries the outlook is I'M
proved. There is a better demand for iron.
and SALES OF pig are liberal with astonishing
steadiness III the prices. considering the
enormous output. Some Virginia iron Is
offered very low, and SIG at Providence for
No. l is quoted. Bar is in better demand,
orders having been placed Tor many thou
sand oais requiring each six to eight tons of
manufactured iron. Plates are in full de-
mand but structural iron a little weaker,
and steel bullets are at the lowess prlcs ever
recorded, S26. on the whole there arc evil
dences of enormous consumption already,
"a olNhA W. SAS ptSaASphoht Wv k"'
poets of an increase next year.. The Erie
has Just placed 10000 tons of steel rails.
The market for copper IL unsettled, tin IS
slightly higher. lead unchanged and coal
dull. with 8, $3.50, 900 allotted for December.
The market for woolen goods distinctly i'm
proves With colder weather, though some
holders make slight concessions on Old
stocks. Cotton goods are fairly active,
though print cloths accumulate.
Money is com garatively easy, and coliec-
lions generally fair. The treasury has
butsed, against nu Issue Of $500. 900 new
treasury notes. The exports of products in
four weeks at New York have exceeded last
years by $1,47l. 1872 in value, indicating an
aggregate for the month, probably excsed-
ing 800, 900, 900. and ct the sama time there
is q decrease of 10 per cant. in value of i'm
ports. Thore is certain to BIO very large
balance payable on Merchandise account by
Europe, and much anxiety appears in some
quarters as to how the strain abroad will
be met, but thus far there are no signs of
real trouble except in speculative quarters.
1t is to be remembered, also, that this
country is at present unusually %indepen-
dent Of foreign disasters OR disturbances.
Stocks are IN better demand the average
of prices having risen about rs cents per
share within the week.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the past seven days
as reported to e. G.. Dun d Co., the mel
camille agency, by telegraph. number, Tor
tie United States. 237, and for Canada, 5S,
or a total of 295, as compared with totals of
285 last week. and 291 the week previous to
the last. For the corresponding week OF
last year the figures were 239. representing
211 failures i'll the United States and IS il
the Dominion Of Canada.