New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-08

80 per cent and Indicating an aggregate Oh ABOUT
S94, 900, 900 for the month. Imports in January
were but slightly larger than last year. lndlcat-
ing an aggregate Of about $4,000, 600 lor 'he
month. 4 large amount of silver was shipped a'
New-YorI Sl,500,0OO more than all specie I'M
ports, and more went last week. AS the net eN-
ports of merchandise and specie in five months
ending with December were about SIS, O0o,ooo'
and no estimate of undervaluations ana Interest,"
due abroad exceeds S1O,000,000 per month"; there
would seem to be balance of at least Sioo'-
900, 900 in six months to be settled by shipments
of securities or else by purchases Of foreign eA-
change.
Wheat and -four exports from tac Atlantic
coast in four weeks equal ASSESSES Dnshels'
and from both coasts about 20,OOO,OOO Ousheis.
although exports Of corn have also eXceedeu
IA, OOO, 900 bushels. Wheat closed shade lower
for the week, having fallen below 81, but risen
again to 81 OF IA. Corn has advanced Z cents
and oats thrce-quarters of Il cent. Pork prouuc'S
are unchanged and moving freely AMI OIL is IL
cents lower for the week. Cotton has dechheu
from 80 to ,.3l cents for spot. and FEBRUARY
TO go cents. the lowest prices since lo4o. ne
cepts from plantations last month were 2oo,ooo
bales less than in January. 1891, and exports
ONLY 81 OOG bales less but in February thus lar
receipts have been larger than last year, and
exports about the same
Almost every city at the South and on the
Pacific Coast shows decrease in volume OF
business compared with last year, 10 l-2 per
cent at the South in January, and per cent
on the Pacific Coast. Scarcely any Western city
failed to show n large increase the average being
1871 per cent for the month. Five New-England
cities. Rochester and Wilmington show smaller
clearngs than last year, but all other Eastern
cities larger in January, the Eastern aggregate
outside Of New-lorli being per cent larger while
at New-York the increase is 20 per cent. Though
the increase at all clearing houses outside New
York is but A. per cent, il is very general ana
satisfactory throughout the North. For the first
week Of February returns indicate gain OF IL
per cent outside New-York As the average or
all prices is per cent lower than year ago. the
gain in quantities Of products transferred must
have been large aud yet the movement In Feb
ruary of last year was greater than in the came
month of any previous year
Trade journals contain many notices Of new iron
furnaces or works. engagements and improve
mcnts. though, the output is already the greatest
ever known, and the prices have yielded little
during the past week. Selling BY Southern CON
Germs and the restricted demand for iessemer
iron, the chlef causes. Inc Suttl ''iit
combination has been smashed, and the price so
long held above cents in spite of large imports,
has dropped 10 ~ cents or lower already. with
every prospect that imports will be entirely eX-
cludcd If the steel rail combination should he
broken also, there would no longer be trouble
about the great decrease in demand for rails
An advance in prices of some cotton goods -
singular in view Of the low price OF cotton. frlnt
cloths are already higher than they were two
weeks ago and higher than year ago, when
cotton was almost cents higher Such advances
with Southern trade conspicuouSy light. means
large improvement in other demand. Wool has
also been rather largely sold, and the demand
FOR goods improves, though buyers of mems goods
still hesitate to purchase in anticipation OF pop-
lar fancics ClothcrS are doing more. and orders
for knit goods are better More orders for boots
and shoes are reported, and none Of the factories
j. out Of work. but increased sales have been
effected in some cases by reductions in the price,
and Boston shipments yet fall behind those
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