The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-04-01
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

The Condition of Business Throughout the
Country as Shown by r. g. Dun q Go. .
Weekly Keview-On the Whole There Is
Not Much to Complain of-Business FALL
ures. Etc.
NEW YORK, March 26.-R. g. DUN &
Co. IS weekly review of trade says:
With unusually conflicting signs, the conf
dence which prevailed in business circles is
still on. Commodities as a whole have declined
three quarters of one per cent. during the
week and are now one-eighth per cent. lower
than year ago at this time At Boston bad
weather affects the dry goods trade which Is
yet quite satisfactory CottonS machinery is
well employed. the boot and shoe factories are
busy with large number of buyers in the
market rubber goods very active with works
employed overtime, and sales of wool fair in
amount, though the market favors buyers. At
Bridgeport hardware is fourishing, the output
OF rubber goods light and building material ac-
tive. At Hartford the wool trade is fair,
hardware quiet, and there is no Improvement
In groceries on dry goods. A { Philadelphia
sales OF dry goods are smaller than of late.
though equal to last years, wool quiet, trade in
chemicals steady, and in oils fairly active, but
other trades are quiet, with plate glass ex-
tremely low in price At Baltimore manufac-
turers of cotton duck and architectural iron are
machinery is brisk, SURPRISING the trade Of
former years, and retail business brighter. AT
Cleveland rolling mills are full of work al
though at prices 10 to Is per cent. lower than
ever before, business in dry goods and hard
ware is good, and in other branches fair. At
Detroit trade Is equal to last years, but has no
snap. At Chicago increase is seen in receipts OF
breadstuffs, dressed beef, cheese and butter,
but decrease in provisions cattle, hides, and
wool. Merchandise sales are equal to last years.
Unfavorable weather affects spring trade at
Milwaukee, and seriously hampers trade
at st. Louis, though the feeling is hope.
full. At Minneapolis trade is good, though -four
is very dull and at st. Paul business is brisk at
Omaha very active and at Kansas City, i'm
proving in retail business, although receipts of
cattle and hogs are light. Improvement is seen
at Denver and also at Louisville, but Memphis
reports no improvement, Montgomery moder-
ate trade, and Savannah some decline. AT New
Orleans business is quiet, though there is bet
ter movement of cotton and sugar is active.
The iron trade shows better tone, in spite
OF very low prices. Larger sales Of pig are re-
ported since the recent decline, and there is
less pressure 10 sell, Bessemer iron being
steady at s145O at Pittsburgh. Structural iron
is fairly active at better prospects, bar iron is
more active. and there is improved demand for
plates. The stronger market for copper here
and abroad is counted proof that combi-
nation has been formed. Tin is stronger and
lead fairly active at 4I5 cents. The
coal market Is hesitating much affected by
doubt whether the New Jersey bill legalizing
the combination will be signed by the governor.
The wooden manufacturers are doing unusually
well for the season though very low prices and
sharp foreign competition in some branches
are seriously felt The cheapness of cotton
helps the manufacturer more because the de-
mand fairly sustains the price of goods. But
for the uncertainty how far foreign relations
will affect money and business here, the gen.
eral confidence In the future Of trade would
seem to be justified.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days, number,
for the United States, 200, and for Canada 81, or
total of 23l; compared with 240 last
week and 256 the week previous to the last.
For the corresponding week of last year
the figures were 258 representing 228 failures in
the United States, and % in the Dominion Of
Canada. -.