The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-01
MONEY AND BUSINESS.


Condition ~ business Throughout 49,
s'onnfry - shown ~ q. q. pun = s"s
Weekly kssisw-on the Nh"lr There y
Not Mach 10 Complain or business taii-
nres. Etc.
Nfw Y"nk. March a6-R. q. Dun z
Co : weekly review ~ trade says:
with unusually conflicting signs. IN. coma
dence which preyaiist IN business c;rc'cs ~
s<ilf on. Commoilti-> a . Who'll. have declined
thrrr quarters ~ one pr cent. during IN.
week and are now one-eighth per cent lower
than = year AGO a. this time. AT Boston hal
weather affects the dry goods trade. which Il
Yet quite satisfactory. Cotton machinery -
well employed thu hsof and shoe fact n~irs arr
busy with 4 large number % huyer- IN tho
market. rubber gods very active wish work :
cmpiorrd overtime. AMI sales Of wool fair In
amount. though the market favor> buyers Az
Bridgeport hariwarc n fouri~hine. thu output
81 rubber goods light. and building material ar-
f:ve. AZ Hartford n. wool trade l. fair.
hardware quiet. and there i no Improvement
in sroccrics or dry goods At Philadelphia
sales 81 dry gods Are smaller than % late.
though equal 20 last years. wool qnist. trai, In
I chemicals steady. snd in oils fairly active. hut
other trades are quiet. with plate glass ex-
trrincly low in price. AZ Baltimore man1fsr-
turers 81 cotton duck and architectural iron ar
busy with abundance ~ orders AZ Cincinnati
machinery 4 brisk. surprising tn trad, %
former years. and retail business brighter At
Cleveland rolling mills are full ~ work al
though n prices 10 20 Is Per cent. lower than
ever before. hlSin-ss in dry goods and harl-
ware II good. ami IN other branches fair. AZ
Detroit trade Il equal 90 last years. hut has M
snap. AZ Ch;csroincrelse Is seen in receipts ~
hreaistuns. dressed beef. cheese and batter.
hut decrease In provisions. cattle. hides. and
wool Ncrchandi<e sales are equaito Last years
Tnfavorhle weather al cts ~pring trade az
Niiwark =. and Scriou .ly hampers trails
nj 81. Louis. though ths feeling i hos>e-
fui A. MINI sapoiis tralc j. good. though -four
- very dnil and N 81. Paul business j. brisk. AZ
Omaha very active. AMI az Kansas City. i'm
proving IN retail business. although receipts o:
cattle and hogs are light. Improvement Is seen
NJ Denver AMI also nj Lnni sviIlr. hut Memphis
reports no Improvement. Montgomery amcter-
ate trade. and savannah some decline At New
Orleans business = Qui. Z. though there i a bet
ter movement ~ cotton and sugar i active.
The iroa trade shows = better tone. in srits
~ very low prices. Larger sales ~ pig are r.
ported since the rcc,nt decline. and there Il
less pressure 20 sell. Bcs~emcr iron being
-. aly AZ $50 at Pittsburgh. structural iron
j. fairly arfiyc n better prospects. har iron J.
more active. and there \ improved demand fo'
plates. Tn : longer market for correr hsrs
AMI abroad counted pruof thar . comb
nation has focl formed. Tin II stronger nnt
lead fairly active AZ ti5 cents. Ih'
coal market i he~itating. much affected n
doubt whether shr New Jersey bill l~cgslizin.
the combination viii - -iguri hy the govern y
Tn wooden manufacturer arr doing unusually
well Cor the season thou IN very low prices an
sharp foreign competition in some brAnrhe
are seriously felt. Tho chearnesS os cotto;
helps the manufacturer more because the DE-
mani fairly su~.ain> the price 81 goods Blu
for the uncertainty how far fcrcixn relation
viii AFFECT money AMI business here. tn grn
erai confidence IN the future Of trade woul
seem - h. justified.
The business failures occurring thronghou
the country during the last seven days. numbcl
for the United states. IN. and for Cansia ~. o
. total Of ri: a. compared with 30 las
week and e6 the week previous 20 the last
For the corresponding week N Inst yea
the figures vere -. representing - failures \
The United States. and - in the Dominion Q
Canada