Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-23
BUSINESS REVIEW.

| The Condition OF Trade Throughout the
Country as Reflected Through IL. u.
Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review-Improve-
Eent Noticeable Except in the Flood
| Affected Districts of the Mississippi Vail
| 1ey-Money Abundant and Collections
Easy-Business Failures, Etc.
| NEW YORK, June 1S.-R. G.. Dun IL
| Co. s weekly review of trade says:
There is improvement both in actual trade
| and in prospects. Floods still make some trou-
| bic in the lower Mississippi valley, but else
| where throughout the west and northwest ex-
| cellent farm prospects stimulate trade. AT
| the east the demand for matured prospects is
| large for the season and the settlement OF
| many labor controversies helps. especially in
| the building trades. while the fear of a long
| strike in western iron works also stimulates
| purchases of iron AMI steel pro ducts. Political
movements have much encouraged conserva-
| tive men. with regard to the monetary future
| IRON sales large. the demani for struc-
| tu~a. sh eet ard plate iron is Improving. and
| even III rails the western mills find a some
! what better demand. The demand for steel
| bars is stimulated by the low prices, 2iI cents
| bsiug quoted. No Improvement is seen
| i'll copper at Il cents: London speculation
has hoisted tin to q cents, bat lead
is weaker. at Al cents. Trade Is fairly active at
Boston, with large sales of print cloths and re-
duction in bleached shirtings. while woolens
are seasonably quiet and the shoe trade excel
lent, though orders are temporarily checked by
western floods. Leather is very firm and an
other advance in sole is predicted Rubber
shoes are steady. with orders for weeks ahead,
Rubber is firm and active, and sales OF wool are
10000 pounds with encouraging prospects
AT Pittsburgh the demand for finished iron is
good. the prospect OF wage difficulties stimu-
lating it. the workers demanding last years
scale and the manufacturers insisting upon
reduction. At Cleveland trade is larger than
last year. though buying is conservative, and
at Cincinnati the millinery trade is above the
average and the jewelry trade fair. At De-
troit trade equals last years. and in some lines
is larger. with wool cents below last years
prices. and crop prospects are good. At Chi
cago the volume OF business is increasing in all
lines, and receipts OF oats show some increase
over last year: of curai meats sixth. Of hogs
and cattle fifth, of -four and rye two thirds
while of dressed beef receipts are double. OF
lard three times and of barley four times last
years. A decrease OF third is seen in wheat
and wool and some decrease in hides. cheese
and butter. At st. Louis, in spite of hot
weather, business is reasonably good, end at
Kansas City fairly satisfactory with large re-
ceipts. The crop outlook is brighter at Mil
waukee and remarkably good at Minneapolis,
with trade better than last year lumber active
and the -four output the largest on record, be-
ing 2l4.C00 barrels against 1900 last year. AT
Omaha inproveme is seen in dry goods. shoes
and hardware, and at Denver trade is very
good. Improved trade is noted at Louisville
and Nashville. and business holds on we'll for
the season at Savannah, q decrease IN pfOduc-
ton of naval stores being contemplated. High
water makes business dull at New Orleans, but
sugar is quite steady and money plenty with
very little demand. a June crop report prom
ising a wheat Yield much beyond any other ex-
cept the last has caused wheat to fall cents,
while oats have fallen 81 and corn cant, and
pork products a little stronger. Western
receipts Of wheat continue at $4,000 bushels
daily and exports nearly 10000: but
the surplus to BE- carried will doubt
less reach 5o01DnD bushels Better weather.
and decrease of only II per cent. in cotton
acreage. according to the most reliable report,
have caused fail Of five sixteenths in the price
with sales of $4,000 bales, receipts and exports
being larger than last year. The great manu-
lecturers doing well for the season. Cot
ton spinners taking more cotton than a
year ago and unsoid stocks of goods are COM
paratively small Exports of products con-
tinue heavy. Money is everywhere abundant
and unusually cheap and complaints of collec-
tons fewer than usual. In the stock market n
decided advance for some days has been fol-
lowed by some reaction, but the tone is strong,
notwithstanding exports Of more than $780,
600 gold this week
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days, number,
for the United States. 153 and for Canada 20. or
total of 1s9; compared with 49, last
week and 207 the week previous to the last,
and 253 for the CORRESPONDING weel. of last year.