Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-03-07
THE BEST COUNTY PAPER
TRADE OF THE week.
The General Volume of Business Less
Than in January.
The Leading DOnaestle Markets Easy
wheat Advances slightly Dulness In
Canada Owing 90 the Camnnirn.

The Leading Domestic Markets Easy
wheat Advances slightly Duiness In
Canada Owing 60 the Campaign.
Special kilograms to Bradstrest's indicate
that the total volume Of general business,
transacted during February has not equalled
that duriag an equal number Of DAYS in
January last The only elite, which report
anything like genuine activity in the move
ment Of staples from hands Of wholesale
merchants are Cincinnati. where high water
hss interrupted the move ncnt Of late, and
boots aud shoes are only in iar demand; ST.
Louis where cotton is weaker and live stock
lower in price; At Kansas CITY, where there
has been heavlnes4 in the cattle and hog
market, and Chicago
The cheek OF business, owing to floods or
impending overflows has been quite notice.
able through the Central Western and
Southern States. Sugar at New Orleans 4
affected by the approach OF the date when the
new law respecting Imported sugar goes into
effect, Refined is lilo. higher NJ the East
Rehners are changing from a duly-paid 10
bonded sugarlbasis Coffee is in fair demand
Rio being &c higher, but teas and other staplc
groceries are in less active demand.
Dry goods are in only fair demand East
owing 10 stormy weather, but Spring trade In
ginghams and in brown aud hlcached cotton
has been good. Prtnts ARE weaker and dull
Woeleu dress goods are Ia fair demand as ara
mems wear wOolens. Domestic wool Il moi
active, and stocks are only moderate. Cotton
Is dull and unchanged. Coal prices continue
demoralized at the East and late industrial
disturbances of consequence show no signs Of
disappearing ia the near future,
BUSINESS FAILURES
D...t..... f..t..... l.. a.. fr..,.4 a. a,
week number 2ls, against 2i3 last week, and
100 this week last year Tue total January
/ to date is 2522, against 25ls last year
Leading domestic markets generally are
easy with time and sall rates low. An excep-
ton is noted In Boston, where demand has
remained quite active. aud rates are trife
higher. Al New York call loans have aver.
aged about q per cent. nnA time a. Mercan.
tile collections have improved slightly al
various points hut early aud vofable Spring
weather is awaited to stimulate collections.
Bank clearingS Al iiiy.six cities Tor tho
week are SS2l ,iS26l2, an decrease from this
week last year Of ~ per cent New York
city's clesrings, are % per cent less than for
the like period last year AZ 6ity.6ye other
cities. the loss is $40 Of per cent,
SLIGHT ADVANCE IN wmEAE
Wheat has advanced slightly on continued
demand lot cash wheat the reported shortage
in and renewed demand from France, belief
that the United Kingdom will have TO buy
more freely soon. aud the evidently small
supplies available for export from the Atlantic
Coast IL Is now evident that official data as
TO consumption - wheat per capita and re-
serves A. well as the size OF the last crop will
have to be remodeled. We are sill shipping
xheat from Atlantic ports. while II Is demon.
Htrable, with official data, that we have no
wheat ut the East TO export As reported 10
Bradstreet's this week, exports Of wheat land
hour,) both coasts. amounted 10 i,654,2f
bushels, against 2.50J72j bushels IN the like
week last year, ana 2O50,sl9 bushels last
week. la the iorm Of gheat Atlantic ports
shipped 325,OO0 bushels this week, against
6OO000 bushels from the Pacific coast Hut
Of -four, reduced 70 equivalent bushels Of
wheat 666O00 bushels went from the East
and 10000 from the West.
Dullnesspervader auiost all lines Of general
trade throughout the Canadian Dominion,
and is likely 10 do so until alter the elections