Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1892-01-15
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

Tho General Condition of business
Throughout the Country as shown by
IL a. Dan G Cos Weekly Revicw-Heavy
Exports of Breadstuns the Feature
business in the South sim Contracted
by the Low Price OF Cotton-Business
Failures. Etc,
NEW YORK. Jan. 16.-R. G. Dun &
Go. 5 weekly review of trade says:
The exports in December were probably the
SrEest ever known. and overShadow all other
scatures in the commercial situation. They in
sure large supplies Of money If ever needed. but
at present the markets are everywhere well
supplied excen: al southern points. and better
supplied than a week ago. The treasury dis
Scrsments have been large and there is no
son - expect lack in the supply Of money.
Another fact of large importance is that the
2run output was not diminished in December "a
II usual owing 10 the stoppage of furnaces dur
srS the holidays. but was lSs.GSs tons weekly
against iSsl.Sa December / ami i6sigl year
sgn. The market is fairly active. though the
enormous output give, buyers an advantage,
and Alsha,na and Virginia iron arc offered at
low prices. There is fair inquiry for rails and
good business in plates, while structural mills
sre wellemployed. though with comparatively
nsw orders. Copper is fiat and in tin there is
Sittie change. but lead il weak at I - cents and
The marSe; for coal worry dull o. account 81 tiss
extraordinary output The wool production
last rear is estimated rs considerably larger
i;a Il thst of the year before but the stocks on
hand are somewhat larger. indicating that the
consumption in 1881 has been about the same as
1n lSN. The market shows no important
changes. Bad weather checks business at Bos-
ton. and dry goods quiet. Wool sales
amount 20 S,0a5yaJ0 pounds and boot and
shoe manufacturers are fairly busy. The trade
in leather is moderate, IN hides dull. and in lum-
Der the movement Is steady. AT Hartford wool
Is less active. the grocery trade fair. and trade
n dry goods and hardware quiet. At Philadel
psia no change appears in the important
branches OF trade. AT Baltimore exports OF
Hreadstg:tfs for the last six months of lSal
WIRE II value sl55,2Sa, la3, a gain of
more than SlD.W10e1 over last
scar. Pittsburgh reports no change in
She iron market, though prices for finished iron
are growing stronger. At Cincinnati tobacco IS
N active demand. and free orders are noticed
FOR ,-5cis and shoes. AT Cleveland trade is
larger than year ago, though m soma lines in
active and the tide seems 10 have turned in pig
inn and ore, At Chicago sales of dry goods
clothing and shoes are larger thSa year ago,
some iacrcase is seen IN barley; - per cent. in
cattle third in flour. corn. oats and hides,
while receipts of wheat and dressed beef are
soluble last years: bat decrease appears Il cured
meals lard and cheese. and in wool receipts ara
only half as large year ago. Trade at St
Louis Is helped 10y colder weather. and also at
Milwaukee and ST. Pali; at Minneapolis the
Sour output is l7Sca) barrels for the week.
against 10000 4 year ago and at Duluth sales in
lEal amounted 70 S20g00O. At Nashville trade
< quiet and money easier, and at Little Rock
Sl.G montgomery trade is dali, while at
New Orleans cotton shows no improve
Eneat Snd sugar is steady, with money
Il NOR active demand Derres-
sion os bush IS at the south % account of thu
soS prices Of cotton still continues. Cotton
{ssal to 81 cents during the week. the lowest
price for - years, but has since recovered to
10 cents. though receipts and stocks are re-
ErsarSabiy large. The depression at the south IS
not relieved by talk at the cotton convention.
md probably cannot be IL any way except by
free sales of cotton. which Is held for higher
prices.
The business failures occurring throughout
Ehe COY during the last seven days, number
10y the United States. Isl, and fer Canada -. OF
UIal Of 81: Is compared with 49, last week
1ei shJ days, and 529 the week previous to the
ias;. For the corresponding week of last year
zae figures were I'll, represe nting so failures in
the Cnited States, and 81 in the Dominion Of