Fair play., 1892-01-30
THE COUNTRY'S COMMERCE.

hHC tt tue
/ of tn" United states as Reflected
| Through L. q. Dun i Co.'S Weekly Re-
view-Iniustrirs Well Employed an'i
the Crop Movement still Inrgc-ThS
| Markets tudisturbed by Speculation
business Failures, Etc.
NEW loRK, Jan. 2S.-R. G. DUN *
( 20. : weekly review of trade says:
| No news at this season Is good news. Open
/ .ny of goods an! preparation for year Of az
.lv' trade Ill thu time. and It Is yet too early I"
! report material chrIEc IN the distribution. In
| fnstri's are remarkably wci employed for thu
| season. AMI thr movement of crops Is stu
iarSr. and reports from cyC-y part Of thu ccun-
| try express even greater confidence than bcf"ro
| IN the prospects for trade while Ia some lines
| iei!nIte. Though gradual tuaroveuru: il al
rra1y seen kurnorS ct coming war have movet
| the stock market to some extent during tho
| past week. bu. had not substance enough to af
feet money markets OF trade i'll the least. Tho
heavy buying Of coal stocks o: late leads 10 tho
belief that settlements beneficial t. one impo--
sant industry will soon BE- effected The mar
kctS cor st&pla products hive been unii>turlsI
hy Speculation. whch i held in check by
the enormous supplies. Wheat advanced IL
'ent|. and receipts at he west have been
iUhter owing to severe weather. but exports
coatinue large. Corn i coming forward very
freely AMI has declined Il, cents. and exports
for the week will probably he very heavy.
Oats arc one- quarter cent lower, hut PORK
products arc shade stronger. oil has
declined half cent and cofIcr
| advanced n quarter. N other markets import
ant changes IN prices are noticed. Reports from
other cities indicate some rcai increase In trade,
as wei great confidence /. the future. AT
Philadelphia increasing sales seen I'm dry
goods, The northwest leading in purchases.
Larger orders are reported for nail, and srn-
eral Improvement in hardware. and better or
dcrs for iron have CAUSED adiitit nai furnaces to
begin blast In wool ticr. arc few transactions.
AMI plato and jewelry quiet. Cincinnati
reports Seneral business up ming hrisaly At
Cleveland rolled iron Is in active demand AMI
some al, ,nrNe i seen in ore with large sales
Lake irci-h.s are contracted for at some ad-
vance over last year. AT Detroit country or
ders arc iuorr free and son,e manufacturers
working 'ertime. At Chicago general trade
is larger tn IN year ago. AMI collections cas-
ier: an iaci ease of third ia sen in flour and
corn receipts. but receipts OF wheat and lari
are double. IF rye three times and Of dressed
beef four times last years, while decrease II
noted only In oats, barley and cured meats AT
Milwaukee C III weather had u good effect AMI
the dernan1 I, r money in the lumber and live
stock trades ia active. Al Minneapolis extreme
Geld causes slight deere asr in trade. but flour
is in demand. the output bcins: l'30o barrels,
against ll5.tD last year. for the week. At 81.
Paul prospects of trade are excellent
and money tasy. and at Omaha very
easy. with tra lie improving. At st. Louis
severe snow storms since January l
have interferel With the retail trade. hut whole-
sal" Il, alnrs find 10 complaint, collections arc
fairly prompt and settlements of freight rates
are expected to restore the trade with Me1icO.
At Denver business Is very good for the scaspn.
At Galveston extreme cold rct.,rds business and
losses Of cattl, the ranges heavy. at
New Orleans lighter cotton receipts help tho
price AMI encourage. business: sugar il acti5s
and strong. an better feeling prevails though
trade as yet improves but little. At Charleston
some improvement Is seen. though large sup
plies Of cotton still on hand. The output Of
precious metals in 1891 has been surpassed IN
only two years, and according 10 Wells Fargo y
settlement amounted to 81 .3.5S Sli gold and SD
GliGo silver. sI3-s5l ,663 copper, and ST.. .5s57 7D
lead The Mexican output Of silver was Sf3.-
m00G. Annual reports Of many other indus
tries show that the production in 1891 has rarely
IL ever been equaied, and the new year begins
with no prospect Of decrease in any industry.
Even the wool manufacturers appears to have
used more wool last year than in any previous
year. imports having been the largest on rec
ord. In woOiens there is n considerable return
demand for spring goods and the opening Of
many styles Of mems wear for the following
season is met thus far hy good orders. An ex-
c.llent business Is done by lobbers in cotton
goods. which in the medium and cheaper grades
IL unprecedented. while knit goods are fairly
strong. The reduction of rate by the Bank nf
England from 81: to per cent. shows the con-
fldence that prevails in foreign money markets.
actual loans are made in London at threc-
foyIrths of a cent on call. and here have de-
cinai from 81, to per cent. The treasury has
.,1id ou. S1tGtHD than it has taken in during
the week, ani reports from all monetary cen
ters show ample supply, an easier market and.
except at the south. comparatively light de-
mand with fair good collections. Merchan-
disc exports from New York IN three weeks
have been 4is per cent greater in value than
for the same weeks >1st year while in imports
there has been a slight decrease. The enor-
nous excess of exports. still continuing leads
many 20 believe tina. mere gold must soon bo
imported. but foreign exchange has risen half
a cent during the week. notwithstanding re-
ports of purchasing by LonGon in the stock
n arsct
The business fail tres occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days. number
fer the United States. "a. and for Canada -. or
total Of 32S: compared with I'D last
week and AZ the week previous to the last.
For the corresponding week OF last year
tho nguras were al representing ssl failures in
the United States. and 81 in the Dominion OF
Canada