The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-05-06
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

B. G. Dun Co.'S Weekly Reyiew-Busf-
mss Improving UIfder More Favorable
Weather-The supply of Money Album
dant with Not Over Active Demand
Immense and Unprecedented Trade In
Dry G0Ods--Exports of Iron Exceeding
Imports--8usiness Failures, Etc.
New YORK, April S0.-R. G. Dun &;
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
More favorable weather i'm many parts of tho
country during the week has brought better re-
ports of business Undoubtedly distribution
has been much retarded by the backward sea-
SON and the condition of the country roads, and
In some quarters collections have been slow on
that account But this week the Improvement
In such quarters has been general. and mean
pass all previous records Gaining but little,
and yet gaining at the east over last year, and
falling behind only about / per cent. at the
south In the aggregate, notwithstanding the
great depression in the price of cotton the vol
ume OF trade has been over 10 per cent greater
than in any other year at the west, though on
the Pacific slope some decrease appears. That
collections are on the whole satisfactory, the
condition of the money markets and
reports from other cities clearly show. In all
parts of the country the supply of money is
abundant, but the demand is not especially ac
tive. Boston reports trade fairly active. Cot
ton mills are doing well and closely sold up;
woolen mills are fairly well employed, and
while buyers of boots and shoes are cautious,
western advices are encouraging. At Phila-
delphia wool is quiet and firm, and trade in
other branches fair. At Baltimore nearby
trade improves, though southern trade is
smaller and the city supplies a wider territory.
Jobbers show a good gain over last years,
though with low profits, and the boot and shoe
trade is increased. At Pittsburgh no improve
ment is seen in iron, and pig sells
fairly. but at low prices, while fin
ished iron Is produced in large quan-
titles, though makers complain of Improbable
rates. At Cleveland trade is good in nearly all
lines, but IN iron inactive. At Cincinnati sales
OF leaf tobacco exceed last years 10 per cent,
and whisky is active and firm. AT Detroit
trade is very fair and freights slightly i'm
proved. AT Chicago merchandise sales much
exceed last years, and improvement Is seen in
all lines, and in manufactures. Receipts of
nearly all products show fair increase over
last year, though in cured meats lard and -four
some decrease Is noted. Cattle receipts on
Monday were the largest ever known in one day.
At st. Louis trade is strong in all lines. At st.
Paul the jobbing trade is brisk, and the,weather
has been favorable for seeding; Minneapolis re.
ports fair trade. Business at Kansas City Is
healthy, though cattle receipts are light and
prices higher. At Denver slight improvement
Is seen, and at Salt Lake trade Is quiet. The
south still reports unsatisfactory trade at many
points, though prospects considered
brighter at Savannah, and collections are good
at Nashville. Trade at New Orleans is quiet,
the demand for cotton being moderate; sugar
quiet but firm and rice steady with moderate
demand.
The striking feature of the past week has
been the immense and unprecedented trade in
dress goods. Flannels have been active, the
demand being earlier than usual but agents
still lack their usual orders for mems weolens.
Sales of wool at Boston, Philadelphia and New
York have been S8,548,776 pounds this year,
against 50, ,O50 056 last year. gain of per cent.
Orders for boots and shoes are many and press
ing, shipments gaining rapidly on last years,
being for the year thus far only II per
cent. behind. better feeling is seen
in iron, and the Thomas Co. Is now
reducing stocks. The western demand for
structural iron, barbed wire and pipe is very
heavy, and large structural orders are expected
here. For the first time in the history of the
country exports of iron products have ex-
ceeded imports in value for eight months of the
current fiscal year. Speculation in breadstuffs
has advanced wheat cent. Corn is 1l2 cents
stronger, but oats cent lower, and pork prod
ucts are lower. Both receipts and exports of
cotton fall behind last years and sales of 928,oOO
bales here have resulted in no change in the
price for sheet. Oil is 2 cents lower and coffee
unchanged.
Seeding at tho west has progressed rapidly,
and within short time new crop prospects
will control the situation. The money market
has been undisturbed and easy. Though rail-
road earnings continue large, stocks arc dull
and rather lower than a week ago.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days, number,
for the United States, 1876, and for Canada q, or
week and ZIG the week previous to the last,
and 255 for the corresponding week OF last year