St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-21
AFFECTED BY FLOODS.
Trade Suffering According to
Dun's Reports.

NEW YORK, May COR. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review of trade says; The great hoous
at the West unprecedented at some points,
and prolonged rains extending over lhe
whole Mississippi valley seriously interfere
with trade Yet there is nothing to warrant
Apprehension that the wears crops VII! De ue-
ficient or that trade for the year Will fall De-
low expectations. In all quarters conf
dent spirit prevails, and even at the South
business seems to be relatively less embar-
rassed than of late. Money is everywhere in
large supply ana light demand.
At Boston trade is r.ore active, partlcu-
larly in boots and shoes and rubber goods;
and in dry goods is excellent At Hartford
groceries are especially active ana hardware
trade good while wool and dry goods are
dull. Philadelphia notes fair trade In dry
goods. excellent except with the Sonth, more
activity III wool. especially i'll worsted grades
and larger trade in iron though at low prices
More announcement is seen in glass, and
slight improvement in some groceries. The
carpenters strike at Baltimore has lost force
and retail trade is good. Iron is weaker III
Pittsburg, but there is fair demand for fin
ished products especially for hardware, and
improving trade in glass.
>Trade is fairly good in Cleveland. equal to
last years at Detroit with orders months
ahead for ears and railroad supplies. Cigar
makers ut Cincinnati are busy. doing more
than last year, while pork packing is heavy,
demand exceeding supply. Trade at Chi
cago equals last years and prospects are con-
wheat cured meats and lard are somewhat
larger than year ago; of hogs, - per
cent larger; of dressed beef - per cent: of
cattle and flour 80 per cent, and of barley,
three fold. while receipts of cheese butter:
rye. oats and wool decreased little, and OF
hides and corn one-half. Milwaukee reports
low land crops suffering
Business at Minneapolis and st. Paul is
greatly retarded by bad weather, and at st.
Louis depressed by the floods in the great
riVprS fnOmOh OfhprWiSp Kansas
City trade is likewise depressed, but cattle
receipts are heavy, and at Omaha trade is
very good In groceries and hardware, I'M
proving i'll dry goods and shoes. Improve
ment is also seen at Denver i'll spite of the
weather. At Little Rock trade is paralyzed
by floods at Louisville fair despite the wealh-
er, at Memphis not improved and at
Nashville dun. At New Orleans trade is
fair, with cotton in better demand and firm
er; and at Savannah though trade is falling,
prospects are favorable.
Breadstuffs advanced storms giving spec
ulatoys for a rise their chance. Wheat re-
ceipts have been checked, and exports con-
tinue heavy, and the price has advanced ll2c
for May Corn receipts are also reduced.
but exports as well, and the price mas ad-
yanced Isc. while oats have risen 1l3c with
out visible cause. Pork is SOC higher. but
lard and hogs shade lower Coffee has ad-
vanced I.c, with sales of l33, 900 bags, The
injury 10 cotton in Southern Valleys has less
to do with the advance of sixteenth in
price than the covering of speculative sales;
with dealings of AIS, ,C01 bales fluctuations
have been small
The great industries are fully as active as
usual at this season of the year. Cation
perhaps, fares Lest. New wool begins to
come forward and is promptly taken, with
slight advances Sales at the three chief
markets aggregate 5,3JJ,00O pounds for the
week and since Jan. are 9,010,0W pounds
or 10 per cent more than last year.
The iron business is distinctly more active.
with larger transactions in all grades. though
prices do not improve at all. Rubber goods
are in large demand and the work is well
employed. The demand for boots and shoes
has much increased since the tanners re-
solved to lessen their output, and leather is
stronger. while hides dull.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days num-
ber for the United States 192, as ompared
with totals of 175 last week, and 200 the week
previous. For the corresponding week OF
last year the figures were 2)4