The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-10-14
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

Weekly Review Activity Noticeable In
All branches of Trade aud the Money
Markets G~nersii. Well supplied Busi-
ness Failures for the Week. Etc.
NV York. Oct. s.-R. G.. Dun &
Co : weekly review Of trade says:
The first week Of October shows more actsv-
i'y In spite - the near approach ~ the pres
Dental election. Business IL distinctly better
nj the south on account ~ the I'm provement in
the price ~ cotton; more active at the west
with improved crop prospects. aud only
slightly retarded At the east. The moderate
Increase In the demand for money at New
York. which preceded 10 the October settle.
ments. has nassed without any embarrassment
and the rate for money ON call has declined
from oia % AZ per cent while Mt all other cities
the money markets ara reported abundsntly
supplied with funds The reaction from the ex-
treme low price ~ cotton helps business at tho
south. and although wheat is low In price I, 10
attle higher than IL was a week ago. In gem
eral. speculation has disturbei legitimate trade
much less during the past quarter than Is
usnal nj tbs season, although the transzc-
tons In cotto1 have been exree iingly heavy
Traie ~ Boston Is somewhat narrower as the
election approaches. but dry goods are quite
act We both ~ wholesale and retail: cotton
gods are decidedly firm. and tend TO advance
IN price the trade in boots and shoes a re-
marksbv good and wool steady in
price with holders confident At Phil
adelrhia trade in i,welry and paints Is
satisfactory. in liquors and tobacco good. aud
steady in chemicals while business in groceries
+ fully equal to last years. Business IL
brighter ~ Baltimore ani the packing trade
opens with great promise while building trans
actions are hcavv. At Pittsburgh manufac-
turei iron Is quite active and in large demand
~ we'll supported prices while in glass II is
fair but strike ~ coal miners embarrasses
~.f.
in groceries i cool aud in the month ~ Sep
tember about 10 per cent greater than last
year. while o. her trade is active AMI money
growing somewhat 81 N At In Iisnspolis there
Is a boom IN manufacturing aud railroads find
II exceedingly difficult to handle all the tonags
c~arei. At Detroit manufacturing il deci-
edv active AMI works ara employed full time.
Chicago reports a large trade in merchandise
and good collections with hank clsarinys IA per
cent laryer than year ago. and decided in-
crease IA real estate and lumber transactions
Receipts - cattle. hogs and sheep sre slightly
larger than year ago. hut receipts Of
-four barley cheese. hides and dressed beef
arr double last years. ~ wheat three times
and hronmeorn fonr times last years: decrease
hffng noted only in seeds. lard. wool and rye.
At st Paul trade Is materially greater than a
year ago and ~ Minneapolis very good timber
being unusually active AMI thu output Of -four
$4,000 harris against 49, o0p last year. Bust
collections prompt: IT Kansas City trade j.
steady. receipts heavy and collections fairly
satisfactory A. omahl business is good. par
ticu arlv in groc sries. AMI AZ Denver business
f. improving Nearly all southern cities re-
port better trade. though a. LITTLE Rock pros
poets are not considered encouraging.
Business at Louisville is improving with
large sales Of tobacco: at Nashville
trade is fair and al Memphis improving
aud decided Improvement - noted at
New Orleans. with better prices Of cotton and
very good collections The iron industry Is do
ing we'll Notwithstanding the resumption
% work b. many estabiishme nts which were
idle long time on account 81 the strikes. the
consumption Of pig iron apparently exceeds
the production. AMI the demand gives a de-
ciecdly sitter tone 10 the market Bar iron is
still disappointing. and rails very dull. bat the
demand for structural iron keeps the works.
busy and plates are surprisingly active. While
the output Of pig iron is not as large as it wasb
few months ago. the consumption is
probably larger. and the trade is in =
more healthy condition. Large sales Of copper
also reported az llis per cent. and the con-
sumption i very great. Tin Is stronger by
POPULATION at London without any discovera-
lie reason. Lead is slightly weaker at i.05
cents. and the market for tin plates contn-
ues somewhat unsettled. Perhaps the textile
Industries were never more prosperous than
they now. for while prices remarkably
low the demand il large and urgent and the
works are crowded with orders There are
signs Of Improvement in prizes ~ cotton goods.
and ss-s Of wool continue heavy. Rubber
goods works are busy. shipments OF
boots and Shoes frpm Boston last
week wore SEQ against s4.GD for
III, week last year. and the receipts
OF cattle al Chicago last week were soon
against 6-o0i last year. II is not satisfactory
symptom that the speculation "a cotton is
enormous. sales AZ this city amounting to
l..1. 90 bales last week with an advance Of l.
n cent in ths price. Yet exports 81 cotton are
not lsrgs. and ~ All domestic products the
value exported last week was only s. ssl 542.
agai. - So .6S 80 for the same week last year.
Considering tie great increase in imports 81
merchandise. tia stste % foreign trade IL
hardly encouraging while the imports are in
part a. aferials for manufacture.
there t. also noteworthy in
CREASE IA imports Of dutiabln articles. The
treasury continues 10 accumulate gold having
addict 70 its stock 81 5nu np0 du-ing the mast
week and s.lDtNo silver: but IL has put into cir
culation about S3o0tcno more paper Of various
kinds. Although the circulation 81 money de-
creased IN September. there no Indication AZ
yet that the money markets in any part Of the
country are insufi-iently supplied.
Tne business failures occurring throughou.
the country during the last seven davs number.
for the United states. ls4 and for Canada %: or
a total % go as compared with e8 last
week. and 2ll for the week previous to the last
and 20 for the corresponding week OF last year.
Bradstreet's Advices from Canada.
NEW YORK. Oct. s.-Advices To Brad
streets from Canada say:
Ia the province % Quebec leading varieties Of
farm prciuc, in only moderate demand.
int in spite ~ this mercantile collections are
fairly prompt Toronto advice- are that tho
distribution of staples has improved soma
what. hut even there the demand for farm
products i not active. wheat bringing about IS
cents.
The Nurdcrou~ Moon~hiners Must he Ar
rested.
WASHINGTON. Oct. s-Acfing Com
missioner Wilson. Of the internal rev
enue bureau. received telegram yes
tcrdav from Collector Nunn. at Nash