The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-02-19
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

The Husiness Situation Throughout the
Country - Reflected Through X q.
Dun = Co.'S Weekly RevieW-The Great
Coal Combination and Speculation on
it, Effects business Failures. Etc
New York. Feb. l3.-R- G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review Of trade says:
The great combination Of coal carriers. ana
the Wild excitement and unprecedented trans
actions in the stock market have nonopoli- d
attention IN Wall street. Outside Of specula-
tive circles there i some doubt whether the e.
fects will he beneficial Many apprehend
that the price u coal may be advanced 10 man.
ufacturing esfabli shmenfz and other consum-
crs On the other hand. tn. consolidated com
p~nies VIII have no more = wer - control the
price Of coal than they have had through ID .ir
combination. and the market continues unnsu-
ally dull. the nominal price being not often oh
tanned For ths trsf time in many month"; the
EXPORTS Of products from New York fall little
below those ~ the same week last year but the
shipments from other ports continue very
large. The production Of pig Iron il about
stationary. The stocks Of charcoal iron arr sub
stanfialiy unchanged hut stocks OF coke iron are
considerably larger. 50 that On the whole tn,
consumption does not appear quite up 10 the
enormous supply. No change appears in the
market for rig iron and rails are in small de-
mand at the fixed price Bar iron does rot i'm
vas expected. Larger sales d copper are re-
ported a 10 s5c~nts and fair distribution OF tin.
while lead i tribe lower. Reports from other
CITIES indicate x,nerAl improvement IN trade
At Boston trade i on the whole satisfactory. in
dry goods equal 20 last years the cotton mills
are busy and steady Increase appears in orders
for woolens and shoes Sales q wool for the
year are thus far 30OaD pounds less than lat
years 20 the same date. Trade in dry goods Is
Improving q Hartford and At Bridgeport sales
are larger than tn previous pears. though the
hardware trade il slack. At Philadelphia the
dry goods trade il quite encouraging. and bust
ness tn groceries generally satisfactory. but
very little il doing in woods and other lines arc
quiet and without change. Prospects At Balti-
more are much brighter. With DECIDED improve
ment In leather. shoes and harness. Jobbinx
trade y active II Cincinnati. especially IN pro-
visions. and ~ Cleveland business compares
favorsbly with that Of last year. though reac-
ton and = hight demand appear IN iron ore At
Chicago the volume q merchaniise sales
are greater than year ago. and diminished r.
ceipts appear in cured meat only. ONLY = fnir
increase in lard. butter ana cns~.e: I MINI ~
Hour. corn. oats. barley and hides. and nifty per
cent tn wool: while receipts Of rye are double
last years and wheat and dressed beef four
times last years. Trade ~ Milwaukee Il good.
A. 81 Paul. prospects are brighter. and Il Min
neapolis buSin IS has Increased - also AZ Kan
- IVY Wnlir trA1c = falr Tor the season 1t
Omaha and Denver Al Sc Louis Il 4 also
stronger. and there Il much confidence q to the
future although the depression in cotton regions
= still felt. Better accounts also come from
the south. At Louisville trade has improved
and ~ Nashville Il very fair: Memphis slight.
bnt improving. and ~ Montgomery increasing.
A. New Orleans business in all lines 4 only
fair. but there l. slight improvement in cotton.
and sugar i arm and active. with light receipts
Nearly all southern points report an easier
money market and more hopeful prospects,
Money = only boo abundant and has been quoted
on call this week a. "a and per cent
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days number,
Tor the United States. rs. and for Canada sl OF
, total Of 80: a. compared with 40 last
week and ~ the week previous 70 the last
For the corresponding wreck 81 last year
the figures verr 80. representing 81 failures in
the United States. and . in che Dominion of
Canada.