The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-05-27
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

Money In Good Supply, But Business Gem
orally Hampered by the Great Floods
The General Situation Rs Shown by *.
G. Dun a. Co.'S Weekly Review-Business
Failures for the Week, Etc.
New YORK, May 21.-R- g. Dun &c
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
The great floods seriously interrupt trade.
Money is everywhere In large supply and light
demand. Collections are only unsatisfactory
where the bad weather delays distribution and
settlements. At Boston trade is more active,
particularly In boots and shoes and rubber
goods Philadelphia notes fair trade in dry
goods, excellent except with the south; more
activity IN wool, especially in worsted grades,
and larger trade In iron, though at low prices.
More encouragement is seen In glass.
Iron is weaker in Pittsburgh, but there
is q fair demand for finished pro-
ducts, especially for hardware and
improving trade in glass Trade is fair in
Cleveland; equal to last years at Detroit, with
orders months ahead for cars and railroad sup
plies. and cigar makers at Cincinnati busy,
doing more than last year, while pork packing
is heavy, demand exceeding supply. Trade at
Chicago equals last years, and prospects are
considered bright In spite of floods Business
at Minneapolis and st. Paul is greatly retarded
by bad weather, and at st. Louis much de-
pressed by the floods in the great rivers, though
otherwise strong. Kansas City trade Is like
wise depressed, but cattle receipts are
heavy, and at Omaha trade is very good
in groceries and hardware and improving
In dry goods and shoes. Improvement is also
seen at Denver in spite OF the weather. At Lit
tie Rock trade is paralyzed by the floods; at
Louisville fair In spite of the weather; at Mem
phis not improved and at Nashville duh. At
New Orleans trade is fair with cotton in better
demand and frmer, and at Savannah. though
trade Is falling, prospects are favorable. Bread
stufs have advanced, storms giving specula-
tors for a rise their chance. Coffee has ad-
vanced half cent. The injury to cotton in
southern valleys has less to do with the rise of
sixteenth in price than the covering of specu-
lative sales
The great industries are fully as active as
usual at this season, though prices are remark
ably low. The iron business is distinctly more
active, with larger transactions in all grades,
though prices do not improve at all There is
still some pressure to sell inferior grades Of
pig, but the better brands are strong, con-
sumption gaining upon the supply and stocks
diminishing. No Improvement Is seen in bar
or plate iron, but there is more life in struc-
tural iron, and many considerable orders have
been placed Rails are stagnant, buyers be-
ing In no hurry to pay the combination price.
The differences in building trades alone seem
to prevent really unprecedented demand
for structural iron and other materials. Rub
Der goods are in large demand. The demand
for boots and shoes has much increased since
the tanners resolved to lessen their output, and
leather is stronger while hides are dull
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days, number,
for the United States, 169, and for Canada %, or
total or 1872; as compared with US last
week and 100 the week previous to the last,
and 254 for the corresponding week Of last year.