The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-18
TRADE Is STILL 0


East and West.
NEW YoaK, Oct. 17.--R. u. Dun & CO., In
thor weekly review Of trade. say: 'Once
more II must be said that trado indications
arc entirely favorable. Even tho shrinkagc
IN exports has oaused an increase Of ri ,5O0.-
900 appear Ing here last week. while imports
continue surprisingly large and foreign
exchange declines. Boston reports active
trade. At PHILADELPHIA tho iron market
decidly improves. Western orders for coal
cannot be filled because the ronds are
blocked and good orders for the spring
trade arc reported In dry goods, while the
wool market continues nctive. Trade in
lewelry 10 fair and paints and oils are act
I've. Az Baltimore the i%nfrequency OF
aouthern failures ~ gratifying. and coiiec-
lions arc more satisfactory. PittsburR re-
ports a better market for pig iron and q
good demand for manufactured prod
ncts. with improving prospects, in
the glass business. Trade in boots
factory at Cincinnati. At Cleveland rolled
IRON is In large demand, though pig is lower
than ever In price. The boot and shoe
trade at Indianapolis reports increased
sales. and at Fort Wayne sales OF me chan
disc exceed last years; building ID fair aud
manufacturing healthy. At Detroit manu-
factnrers are full of orders and trade is
good. Chicago again reports an enormous
increase in receipts. those of wheat. oats
and barley having doubled, while receipts
OF corn are about fifteen times last years.
In wool a gain of 40 per cent il rcported; in
cattle and hogs rs per cent, and some in
crease in -four, d. assed beef, butter and
cheese. Business was never more prosper
Gus, and eastern shipments of merchandise
are OF enormous magnitude. Trade liz
remarkably strong at st. Louis, the corn
crop Proving larger than was antioi-
pated. Business 10 larger than last
year at Kansas City, and very good at Dem
yer. At Minneapolis nearly ali branches
snow an increase over last year. and the
output of -four, $780, 900 barrels, ia the larg-
eat ever known in a week. At St., Paul an
Increased movement in crops ia seen. At
Omaha trade ia very busy. Business at
Nashville is improving, but at Little Rock
IS still dull though in dry goods better. At
New Orleans business is active. Wheat is
e cent lower; oats. ~ cents; hogs. 20 cents.
and lard Is cents per 100 pounds: cotton, II
cent lower, with sales of more than ], 100
600 bales for the week, and oil a cent lower.
Improved crop reports and heavy move
ments of products push prices downward
THE iron output Oct. 1 WAS 1b8, OPT tons
weekly against 151. 648 tons Sept. /, and it is
especially encouraging that the stocks on
hand dec! eased 81. 234 tons during septem.
Der. The demand for pig iron is improv,
ing. and a general advance of about SO cents
pcr ton III repOIbou LOT pig iron, Win IlDeral
buying, while trade in plates ia very I'M
satisfactory. Bar iron is somewhat bette"
and the ST. nctural mills are full of orders.
Livelier buying continues in copper at 115s
cents, and speculation moved tin upward,
bit lead is weak and unsettled at four cents
Cotton and WOODEN mills are fully en-
ployed; many of them can not fill theil
orders. though running night and day.
Sales of wool this year at the three chief
markets awe been PAT. 600, 600 pounds
against 1874. 1000. 600 pounds to the same date
last year. Strong buying is seen in ~cottons,
Stocks have been stronger. with an average
advance of about ST. per share. but the
chief activity has been in industrial and
New England stocks.
THE business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days
of last year the figures were 259."