Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-04-18
TRADE OF THE week.
A Moderate Increase in the Volume
Of General Business.
An Excellent Crop Outlook Money Mar.
hets Irregular Business Failures
this Week-AvRIlnble stocks.


hets Business Failures
this Weck-AvaIlnbIe stocks.
Special kilograms to Brads,rests report
moderate increase in the volume Of general
business at Philadelphia, Baltimore, ST. Louis
Kansas City, and Omaha.
The greatest activity with almost an ap.
preach to buoyanoy generally, is at San
Francisco, where the excellent crop outlook.
higher and advancing price Of wheat and
steady demand for all products, notably, bar
ley for export to South America, stimulate
business generally. The significant report ia
made from Memphis hattributary country is
bare Of corn and hay with the demand brisk
for both. oyeraows have ceased to effect
trade in the lower Mississippi Valley, but
business there has not equalled expectations
and activity is shown only in the movement
ofsugar. Bad weather still fingers in the
central West, aud heavy country roads con.
tinue a check on the interior movement.
Leather and hides are weaker, and incline TO
lower figures Wool is about steady, vilh
shading at Boston, and fractional advance
at Philadelphia. Cattle and hogs are gener-
ally 5al0c. higher az Western markets. An
increasing amount Of work is being done in
Conceivable coke regions, but whether the
strike is practically ended has not been made
clear. In other directions labor disturbances
have increased within the week. Business
failures in the United States number i7S
against ZIG last week, and i57 this week Inst
year. The total, January ], to date, is S726
against 5000 last year.
The gross railway earnings for March are
larger and more satisfactory than those tol
February, there being fewer decreases aud
the tendency toward increases being more
widespread Every group Of companies
shows a gain, both for March and for three
months over last year. Tho Eastern Pacific
and Southern companies make tho best show
ings the Changers reporting the smallest
gain.
Money markets have been somewhat irregu.
lar, the increased demand for funds BY specu.
lative Interests in cereals, provisions and
transportation aud industrial securities tend.
ing TO harden rates at some centres. Bank
clearinRs at % cities for the week, amount 10
Sl050992,o93, an increase over this week last
year of4 per cent. Az So cities New Works
total excluded) thegain is l.3 per cent Wheat
scored another advance this week and II is
not unlikely TO go higher, with invisible
stocks small exports relatively heavy from
both coasts, and foreign demand active.
Available stocks show signs of decreasing
more rapidly. Exports, both coasts, this week
Including flour as wheai,) equal 2e34614
bushels against S,i6i,lSs bushels last week,
and 2,0S3,7lg bushels in the second week Of
April, 1890, Exports, July 10 date equal
1887, l4i bushels, from the United States
only against Si,24t,00 bushels IN like por-
ton Of issa-90 and 6q, 259Ol0 bushels 10 1855
So Last weeks wheat exports have only
been exceeded In one week within the cur.
rent cereal year. Available stocks OF wheat
in Europe, ahoat there for and Ia America
consolidating Beerbohms aud Bradstrests
totals tcqualled 20 SOS las bushels April !,
1891; $4,000 bushels more than on March 1,
1891; Ill ,6i5,795 bushels less than on January
T. 1891; 9,0l9700 bushels more than one year
ago aud $4,000 bushels more than two years
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