The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-02-26
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.

The Tsnsinesa Situation Hardly as Salts
factory as it Has Been-The Speculative
Mania Threatening to Result in Further
Depressfon-The Continued Weakness IN
Cotton n Cause of Dizziness Ihrousnous
the SOUTH business Failures for the
Week, Etc.
New YoRK, Feb. 20.-R. @. Dun &
Co. weekly review of trade says:
The business situation Is not quite so satis-
factory or encouraging as it has BEEN While
the gradual increase I'm distribution or many
lines OF merchandise contintes, there Is shrink
ing demand and much depression in iron A
further decline in cotton blights hopes OF re-
vival in southern tSade, and the speculative
mania stimulated by cheap money and by the
great success of the coal speculation, now ex-
tends to wheat and threatens to restrict ex-
ports. Meanwhile more talk of free silver in
congress tends to cause distrust of the future al
though the well informed know that any serious
change at this session of congress is impossi-
| bie From all parts of the country the re-
| turns regarding the money markets are
| satisfactory, Indicating ample supply,
and ON the whole better collec-
/ tions than usually seen at this season.
| Notwithstanding the fact that exports OF wheat
have been diminishing while western receipts
| continue large speculation at Chlcago mas
| lifted the price Gle cents during the week, ana
1 eales here have. been 81, 900 bushels. Corn
has declined half a cent with large exports. but
| very large receipts Pork receipts and conee
are substantially unchanged and oil is only lie
| cents higher on small transactions. Cotton is Q
shade lower with sales of 5S7 900 bales here, re-
ceipts being "a per cent. greater for the weeR
than last year, but exports 30 per cent greater
AT Boston trade is reported satisfactory Al
Baltimore the lumber trade Is more active
The movement in dry goods at Phbadelpn1i
promises an active spring trade, though th'
south is still behind, but in liquors, tobacco
4 z1-Y~. kw-oNn DC
! in groceries dull. The wool market IS dun, Tn
worsted mills lacking orders. At Pittsburgi
| trade in iron and steel has grown dulleI
and prices weakening. at CleVe
| land improvement Is seen in most lines
| and trade is' larger than last year, and manu-
featuring at Detroit also exceeds last years rec
ord. while vesselTates are better. At Ch1cag
sales of merchandise continue fair increas
| over last year. Trade is good at Milwaukee an
collections are satisfactory. At Mlnneapol
and St. Paul business is fair and the outlook
promising AT Omaha and Kansas City, Dot
trade and collections are fair and money
| plenty. ST. Louis business begins to sho'
signs of revival the outlook for the spring trad
| is encouraging and the corn crop Is IN III
| movement, much of it going to the river Trac
| also improves at Denver. Throughout u
| south the continued depression OF cotton
noted as q cause of dullness The week ha
| been gloomy in the iron trade, from pressure
| realize on qualities of iron not well known, {
| produced in excess of requirements. The col
| per market has been steadier and tin and lei
are stronger. The coal market Is very dull wal
ing the results of the combination. Boot and sh'
trade is steady and growing. In wool there
distinct improvement in the demand Tor carp
"a use. since the slight advance in products
\ \ some makers and also in one-fourth or thre
n | eights blood woods because of the strong
q mand for cheviot goods. The spring DENIAL
n for mems woolens is large, and many tar
clothiers find their orders long delayed or
fused Trade in dress goods is also improvin
though at this city there is much cutting IN I
4 | tail prices. Cotton goods are more active tn
II In any previous week, and few other grad
| have slightly advanced. Domestic makes
over supplied with money, and if nothing e!
can check the tendency to excessive specul
| ton, some exports ofsgold might be good 1
value of all exports from New York for t.
weeks of February has been 27 per cent lare
n than for the same weeks last year.
" The business failures occurring througno
the country during the last seven days, numb
for the United States, 251, and for Canada AZ,
n total of 299; as compared with 27o
week and 3l9 the week previous to the Ia
- For the corresponding week OF last "
the figures were go