The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-12-23
The couNTRY's TRADE.


out the United States as Reflected
Through X. @. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Re.
view-A- Healthy Tone I'm Business
Noticeable with Money a Little Tighter
business Failures for the Week, Etc.
New YORK, Dec. 17.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
The shipments of mora than 5000 O00 in gold
10 Europe early this week las caused some ma =
tural apprehension Is speculative markets. II
Is true that the gold Is demanded by Austria
under such circumstances that an exceptional
premium Is paid for it. but neither Austria nor
any other country could draw gold from the
United States at present unless there were
heavy sales of American securities By foreign /.
eTs.
Tho exports Of breadstuffs, cotton, provi-
s'ons, cattle and petroleum in November
amounted to s72. .e69, ,392. indicating aggregate
exports of about sos. 100000 per year and an
excess or merchandise exports over imports of
not less than $50 900 600. At the same time sill
yer has been going abroad in large amounts.
IL is clear that unless securities had been
moved this way In unusual amounts gold could
not be taken abroad in the settlement of inter-
national exchanges. But the conditions of
domestic trade are decidedly healthy. and tha
approaching close OF tho year will find larger
volume of business, both foreign and domestic,
than has ever been known before.
At Boston general business is steady, cotton
HiAiS HeTc never DobIeF employed ana trade IN
Woolens Is heavy, whilc in boots and shoes
business In enninently prosperous At Phila-
deiphia groceries arc active and trade in jew
elry glass aud paints is fairly satisfactory, but
but In dry goods somewhat dull. Holiday
trade at Baltimore is encouraging and there IS
q growing demand from the south for all
classes OF products. At Pittsburgh the de-
mand for manufactured iron Is somewhat less
urgent, but the output OF pig iron increases
ana trade In glass Is fairly active. The shoe
trade at Cincinnati is satisfactVly and colec-
tions are fair. At Cleveland trade Is active in
dry goods, gro ceries, croekery and holiday
articles, and fairly good other lines, and
general business exceeds last years Is per
cent, but in rolled iron business is quiet and
prices have fallen 10 per cant. At Indianapolis
business is comparatively quiet. and at De-
troit dull. Iron products are In fair demand.
Trade at Chicago Is especially active in holiday
lines and collections ars good, with not as
much need as usual for loans In ordinary bust.
ness. Receipts OF pork, lard, dressed beef, rye
and hogs are less than year ago, and alse OF
hides. corn, wool aud flour, while some increase
appears In cheese. oats barley, wheat, cat
tie and sheep. At st. Louis holiday trade
is remarkably large, and general business
Ia active. The great improvement here in
railway facilities Is felt in tho growing shoe,
dry goods. saddlery and tobacco business Of
the city. At Milwaukee business Is larger th1n
year ago, AID at st. Paul and Minneapolis
fairly good. though collections are backward
owing to the opsn weather. The lumber trade
is very active. and wheat receipts at Afinneapo-
lis are a million bushels larger than last year.
Trade at Omaha Is very active, and at Kansas
City decidedly greater than a year ago. AT
Sioux City business is especially active in dry
goods, groceries and hardware, with a good de :
mand for money. Trade at Dsnvcr Is fair, at
Louisville full average, and at Little Rock
improving because of the rise in cotton. Busi-
ness at Memphis is duh, but yer good In holi
dov lfw1ae ok Fr-flt aud .f nrlao Ro4w
with monsy in good demand; and general trade
is helped b. the Improvement In prices of cot
ton.
The output of pig iron. according to thu Iron
Age. was 1921 tons weekly. December J..
against III 0S2 tons weekly November l, and
yet the stocks of pig iron unsold were but 720,-
165 tons against 764, 232 tons a month ago. The
increasing demand for iron products appears
to be mainly in plates and structural iron, al
though prices in those departments are re-
mnrkably low. while bar iron Is very dull. and
the combination finds but little demand for
rails.
Coal is exceedingly quiet, though the de-
liveries are continuously larger than IN any
previous year.
The trust has advanced the prices OF whisky
again. apparently hoping that the governments
will Increase the tax.
The movement OF boots and shoes continues
remarkably large, last weeks shipments being
e5 900 cases against 1000 last year, and it is
noticed that orders from tn, south are unusu-
ally free.
In the dry goods business increased strength
rs seen ia cottons and sales of wool for the year
at the two largest markets have been 2s6. .Ol6 $40
pounds, against 236, ,53l, ,296 for the same weeks
last year, an increase OF more than 5l,0O0,0oo
pounds.
The trade in overcoatings has been far in ex-
coss OF any previous year, and in kers0ys the
business has boon phenomenal and many mills
unable to meet their orders for spring
goods while in clothing stocks are compare
lively low, and conditions highly satisfactory.
It is noted that ths freight movement both
eastward and westward Is unusually heavy,
and there are again signs Of a car famine at the
west.
The movement of gold does not for the pres
ent cause especial stringency in the money
market here. because currency is coming this
way from the interior. Nevertheless. it is felt
that any considerable outgo at this season must
affect prices of products, and wheat is nearly
cent lower than week ago, with but moderate
sales, though corn is about cent higher. ana
osts substantially unchanged. In the cotton
market extraordinary speculation continues
with sales of more than 100000 bales for the
week and slight advances in pricss.
Money has been a little dear, the rate on call
rising from to per cant, and foreign ex-
change has advanced from 81 So to 81. S8l9. Tho
treasury has made no important change in the
supply of money during the week, the main
diff erence having been the result of the exports
OF gold
The business failures during the past seven
days number, for the United States, 279; for
2o7 last week, 269 the week previous to the
last, and 335 for tho corresponding week of last
year.