Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-31
The COUNTRY'S TRADE.

Business Reported Unusually Light In
New York. But Large at Most Other
Points. with Money Fairly Easy-Busi-
mess Failures for the Week, Etc.
NEW York. Dec. 25.-R. G. Dun Sc
Co s weekly review of trade says:
Trade tais season is unusually light, mer-
chants being engaged in taking stock but at
many points 1t is reported larger. than usual,
and even larger than last year. Reports from
'other cities show less complaint as to collec-
zsions ami large trade in PROCESS Boston
ports Q1iet wholesale trade in dry goods. but
retailers are doing a big business, and shoe
manufacturers still have orders to keep them
0usy. Leather is steady and hides quiet. Iron
manufacturers talk more encouragingly and
the money markets frmer At Hartford
most branches of trade quiet and cOllec-
lions duh. but at Baltimore trade in clothing.
dry goods and boots and shoes is good for the
season At Philadelphia the iewelry trade is
unusually active; the grocery trade light
but equal to last years trade;
IN tea, coffee and sugar fairly
active. and in chemicals quiet and steady;
while tobacco. liquors and wool are quiet. AT
Pittsburgh trade is unusually good in all lines
with iron and steel manufacturers more hope
full. and the glass trade fairly good. AT Cleve-
land Wholesale trade is good. although the shoe
trade Is dull. General trade is good at Cincin-
anh and prospects very fair. cigar makers ex-
seeding last year s work. At Chicago sales and
collections OF merchandise exceed last years
IN spite of soft country roads, and the holiday
trade is phenomenal; receipts of wheat, corn
and rye are double last years; of dressed beef
Ehree times last years; the increase in -four is
third in cured meats a quarter. and in oats,
barley and cattle large, notwithstanding the
complaints of car famine throughout the west.
Money is easy and the demand good. At
&ilv-lusee open weather and bad
raass SHtard trade, but the holiday
business exceeds last years. though
traders in country towns suffering. At st.
Isrzris mild weather also checks trade but trade
. IN clothing, shoes and other seasonable goods is
SzseTe the average, and money is easier. At
lAxssas City holiday trade is brisk though the
DlocKse affects receipts of cattle and grain, and
other trade is fairly healthy. AT st. Paul. in
1agHIe of Gnseasonable weather. the jobbing trade
Ix good aud the retail trade very active, and at
Minneapolis the cut Of lumber for the year is
as1tspo 100 feet, the output of flour POI 900 bar
-ceas, against 1S9 900 last year and the general
tsesling confident At Omaha trade is good
s-kssugh money is close. Southern cities report
hess cheerfully, the low price of cotton causing
SzVaapsa. But at New Orleans business is
n1ore active and larger in volume, though cot
ton receipts are heavy and sugar is fairly active,
with money in strong demand The great in
iustT7eS close the year with more than
usual activity. Speculation continues mod
crate, wheat having risen Iii cents with
saies of $1,000 600 bushels, corn having declined
ssne cent and oats a fraction Coffee is I'M
changed, oil half cent higher and pork un-
changed Cotton has dropped sixteenth be-
low cents, with receipts from plantations ex
-oeeding last years to-date by $4,000 bales
The very large output of coal leads operators t.
expect lower prices.
The business failures occurring Throughout
tie country during the last six days, numbe,
for the United States. PSI, and for Canada 35. OF
- total of 2a2; compared with 355 last week
-zad so the week previous to the last For thu
corresponding week of last year the failures
were S3. representing SOB failures in the Unitet
States and 80 in the Dominion of Canada.