The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-02-02
While It Is Decidedly Good Lower
Prices Seem to Be the
Rule.
AT Chicago Trade Ia Equal to Inst
Years, With Increased
Receipts,
Meney Markets Unusually We'll Supplied
-Imn,ense Deposits In New York
Activity In Bond Securities.

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r. IL nnaoniable that there exists q con-
siderable feeling OF disappointment. More
business, but at lower prices, seems to be
the rule. That the volume OF TRACE IS
gradually increasing, even IN branches
which have been dullest, there seems TO %
no doubt. But in an unusual numoer OF
cases increased sales appear to be the fesoi'
of some yielding in prices, 80 snas tao ave1-
age decline in prices In all commooas'es
dnrinp the last week has been more than
half Of ono Per cent.
trhere ia moro business done in iron, bus
the increaso in weekly output since she IN
~preoedcnted report OF Dec. ] has weakensa
III. nrice. Bar iron is dull ut philadelphia
and weak At Chicago. and the market TOT
plates is dcmorMliZsd by large produeslon,
while some structural mills are snors OF
work. Copper is lower, at lo.S CENTS Win
moderate exports and q great output. I'm
ia one-eichth of a cent lower, st 1876 cents.
but lead 10 stronger, at four and two-tenths
cents. Coal ia unsettled.
REPORTS from other cities generally indi-
cate q gradual increase in the volume OF
trade. AT Boston there Is NOT much change
and trade is rather disappointing, but there
are more orders for boots and shoes. and
the iobbing trade in dry goods is good with
large western orders. At Hartford the dry
goods trade improves some, while hardware
and groceries are quiet. At Philadelphia
iron in quiet and coal damoralihsd. but dry
goods moro active, and the grocery trade
larger than last year. At baltimore the
iobbins trade is quiet, but manufacturing
brisk. Pittsburg reports finished iron
weaker. and many flint elass-works closed
~ dull trade. AT Clovsland trade is on the
whole equal to last years. with large sales
of iron ore and rolled products In good
demand and Arm and collections improving.
At Cincinnati the carriage trade hnds pct
tar prospects. and at Detroit better business
10 noted with good roads. -
At Chicago trade in general mercEano!ss
ia suualt to last years, and receipts have IN
ereased in most products, but doubled IN
wheat. hcrr and corn; collections are sat
isfsc,ory. money plenty, and prospeots
bripht. At st. Louis the retail trade Is
strong and wholesale average, and gram
recsipts large. t Milwaukee trade pros
psots are good. but there ID little speoula-
ton. At st. Paul jobbing trade and col
lsotions are better, and at MINNEAPOLIS
trade ia GOOD for the season and collections
satisfactory. Az Kansas City an increase
in trade is noted, and at Denver business
is fair. Al Memphis and Nashville trads
ia quiet, and at New Orleans cotton IL
lower with heavy receipts, sugar steady,
and rics is quiet; at Savannah trade is
fairly good.
activity as to cotton goods, and IN KIM,
goods sonao dullnoss. Clothiers are CON
ssrvativs and waiting fos indlcatlops OF the
popular fancy, and hence the men's-wea'
WOODEN trade is perplexinR. There 10 a
better feeling in the wool market, however
At New York than at Boston, and the con
Timing sales prove that manufacturing has
by no means ceased. Cotton ia pne-e1RhtE
Of a cent lower. While both receipts ano
exports fall somewhat behind those OF las'
wear for the same week the Indications stll
point to q very large crop. Corn Is one-hal1
cent higher with heavy receipts at the vest
and pork products q little stronger. But
wheat ID one-quarter csnt and oats three
ouartsrs of a cent lower than a week age
Wheat receipts have been quite large, Will
the exports for the last week or two hav.
sonevhat declined. Oil is nearly one cen
lower and coffee ~one-quarter cent stronger
The money markets throughout the coun
trv are unusually we'll supplied. but in par
because the demand is only moderate: Col
~lsctions are generally improving or deold
eddy good. The course or foreign trad
what noteworthy. Exports from New Yor
for the four weeks of January have bee:
Sl1.l93, 900, or 42.9 per cen larger than TO
the same wssks last year, while in import
thsrs has been a slight decrease, whlc
would point to an excess OF exports owe
imports, amounting TO about $3s,ooo,o
for the month, against $50. O00, 900 for las
January. Tho business failures through
out the country during the last seven day
number go, as compared With q total 6
32os for the last week. For The correspond
ing week of last year the figures were 32o.