Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-24
THE STATE OF TRADE.

The Holiday Season shows Good Average
Business Throughout the Country,
Heavy Movement of Produce and y Well
Supplied Money Narket-The Business
Failures for tine Week. Etc.
NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-R. G. Dun &
Co. IS weekly review of trade saws:
The quantity of products marketed during
the past few months has been large beyond all
precedent, while the money markets are well
supplied in nearly all parts Of the country.
Boston reports fair trade in merchandise for
the season, with special activity in holiday
goods, boots and shoes more active, manufac--
turers having liberal spring contracts. domestic
hides firmer but foreign more active and lower:
wool steady with sales of 100000 pounds. and
little activity in dry goods. At Philadelphia re-
ports are less encouraging: dry goods are in
active though the prospect is good, the wool
trade is limited, trade in lumber and tobacco
quiet: in hardware dull, in boots and shoes only
fair with rather slow collections, and in grocer
les and chemicals steady; oils are dull and
paints at standstill, the usual holiday activity
is seen in iewelry. At Baltimore manufactures
are active, and at Pittsburgh iron seems a little
sitter, and an advance in window glass
is expected. At Cleveland retail trade is
good and the iron business shows indi-
cations of inprovemnnA- Z !. Cincinnati general
trade is very fair, especially in groceries, ana
retail trade is brisk. At Detroit trade Is equal
to last years. At Chicago general trade is a
prospects, and receipts Of wheat and rye and Of
dressed beef are three times, and Of corn double
last years; in cured meats the increase Is 80 per
cent, and in cattle 10 per cent, while . slight
decrease appears in barley, decrease Of 20 per
cent in lard, cheese and butter, and 80 per cent
in wool Collections are unusually large. and
money is in good demand At Milwaukee
heavy coal and stove failure causes some eI-
element, and rainy weather makes holiday
trade unsatisfactory, but the 1obbers report
better trade than year ago. At st. Louis
much strength is shown, particularly in grocer
les. shoes, oil and drugs, and the holiday trade
is large. At St. Paul trade is brisk. At Min
neapolis the grain and -four movement greatly
exceeds last years At Duluth, the lumber cut
for the year has been 600 feet, and the
jobbing trade is active, and at Omaha trade Isl
fair and money close. At Denver trade Is goods
famine checking the grain movement. At
Little Rock trade Is only fair. At New Orleans
receipts Of cotton and sugar are large, the,
demand for sugar good, and for rice moderate.
and money is in active demand ut full rates. At
Savannah trade is light and interior reports not
favorable, and money Is tight. but at Jackson
vile trade is fair, and the movement Of oranges
large. The iron trade shows greater strength
and larger sales Of pig iron than for q long time.
but extraordinary weakness is seen in some OF
the finished products. Crude rubber Is weaker
at 81 cents for Para fine. In dry goods very few
is steady. fleece and territorial being more
tive. Trade in cotton goods Is improving, and
print cloths are firm.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days. number
for the United States, 307, and for Canada q, or
a total of $685. as compared with $40 last week,
and $50 the week previous to the last. For the
corresponding week Of last year the failures
were 40, representing 1853 failures in the United
States and Al in the Dominion of Canada