The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-07
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Condition OF Trade Throughout tho
Country business Generally Active,
Money IA Ample supply aud Collections
satisf, ctory-A better Feeling Ia the
south Caused by slight Advance IN
Cotton--t;usincss Failures. Etc.
INV yoRK. Oct. i.--R. q. Dun 4
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Business continues larger than ever at this
time Of the year. and the commercial sky Is
without "a cloud. While the season brings the
usual shrinkagc In distribution OF textile goods
the mills arc nevertheless crowded. with or
dcrs and tho demand for thu products OF iron
and steel ana lea her has improved. Money IL
in ample supply and collections have very
rarely been more generally satisfactory; 80
that the demand for commercial loans IN I'M
usually light for the season. Tho outgo OF
money from western centers for purchases In
the country IL larger than usual, aud yet there
Is no embarrassment Crop reports are uni
formally favorable and tho promise Ia dis
tinctly better than 1t WAS a few weoks ago Az
the south trade IL nevertheless mech encour-
aged by some advance in the price OF cotton,
and 10 therefore more active. In general bust
ness in not only large and remarkably healthy,
but tho outlook for the coming months Is
evsryw here regarded with the utmost conf
dencs.
| At Boston drv goods are active. and thu mills
very busy with the demand. such In some
, lires that they cannot produce goods fast
enough. Cole ctions are excellent. and all sec
tions seem 10 have money enough for payment
I Of bills. The boot and shoe trade Is very salts.
factory.
AT Philadelphia iron improves with large
| sales. and hardware. recently quiet, Is now
more active. The liquor and tobacco trades
are busy and also the manufacture OF cigars.
The jewelry trade improves with trade in oil
and naval stores. Dry goods arc moving
steadily. md trade in groceries and glassware
Is very busy. Iron Is in better demand at
pittslurg and the glass business good. At
Cleveland trade IL improving and larger than
last year. aud ut Cincinnati the clothing
trade IL better than previous years. thougha
slight decline il Mt the south for the
western trade largely exceeds previous rec
oris.
Chicago reports merchandise sales greater
than last vear the harvest progressing WELL
| money active with much larger outgoe- 70 the
Interior thar last year. and all conditions favor
able Receipts OF products show increase In
everything except rye. moderate In hour pork.
cheese wool and hides. quarter IN barley,
seed hogs and sheep. two-thlrds in butter,
twofold in dressed beef. cured meats, Lard ana
hroomcorn, and threefcld in wheat, corn and
oats
At St Louis business Is distinctly better In
dry goods shoes, hats and railway supplies,
and collections prompt AT ST. Paul business
IL larger than year ago. nj Omaha very active,
! with increase over last year Ia many lines AZ
: Kansas City good. Business ut Denver ~
moderate, the weather being warm ana coiec-
tons slow. At the south generally improving.
though caution prevails at Memphis Better
' prices for cotton bring larger trade nj Mont
(. romcry, and though business is only fair at
y New Orleans, sugar IL strong ana active anu
money In good demand
Speculation in brcadstuds Is lower with
small transactions Wheat and oats are nearly
Y cent and corn las cent lower. and receipts OF
Il wheat at western points have been osi.oso
d. bushels In four days. against exports OF ohiy
$50 / 10 bushels. Speculation in cotton has been
: enormous sales reaching l.36o.n0 bales, Win
n an advance of quarter during the week, IN
Y spite OF better receipts and more favoraoie
crop reports. Pork products are higher. pork
rs cent per barrel lard 50 and hogs - cents per
100 hounds Coffee Is an eighth stronger, but
oil about two cents lower. Western receipts
OF cattle are 1890, head. against li',nu the
v same week last year. Coal Is more active, put
n. at cut rates. deliveries having been this month
at May prices. and agents decline to make an
:. other nominal advance.
The Hebrew holidays car-e the usual de-
o. crease in sales Of textile goods the chcicfs
I. scare has diverted many buyers from New
7 York and il ia between seasons Tor wooiens'
bpt dealings are still large. The outlook in
y wooicns Is excellent. and sales OF wool Improve
x here and at Philadelphia, where the consump-
n ton Is greater than in my other year tnousn
l. some concss sions on territories ana ONO uelan'
;, nrc seen at Boston At the three markets. 3D.
- ool 600 pounds have been sold this year agains
le lsa oO1 40 last year 70 date. CottonS are les
" active and some ginghams shaie lo"er
10 Trade in knit goods IL hesitating an.
y production a little below last years
= Lut stocks of woolens are small, ant
~ trade in carpets Is active Boot and shoe work
Ell are pressed to meet their orders ana the snip
N. ments from Boston for the year thus TAR sho'
~. nm increas, of per cent. over last years an
a6s per cent over those or ten years aR'
" Large sales of pig iron nre reported. especiaii
M Ctncinnati. and some advance IN prlc's Is es
pected All works making structural IRON NJ
very busy and the outlook improving tnoue
bar iron Il till weak Copper IS unchansel
., one fourteenth cents, tin hestatms AZ ~
=, and lead dull at 410ia Though exports frof
80 Nav York for four week have BEEN per cen
smaller In value than year ago, they excte
last week Foreign exchange has ris n slgh
tes H. and money has advanced 20 oper NJ, "
ON no anxiety Is felt and stocks arr sna'
t.d stronger than n wcek ago. Tho treasury NJ
,aid ont $500 q more notes against rs mu'
VI more silver added, and Las taken IN Ssob''
an more gold during the week. but the dema'
OF for money at the west and south col,inu
inc smaller than usual
IRE business failures occurring throusno
the country during the last seven dnvs nninp'
Fri for the United States. III, and for Canadn 81.
led total OF 2ns ~ compared with III ia
I'm. week and ia2 for the week previous " the ~
-, and 80 for the CORES pundng week 81 iass sc'
IN Canadian ,usincSs Outlo"k.
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