The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-04-02
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

The Condition of Business Ihroughout the
! Country rs shown by II. G. Dun . Co.'S
| Weekly keview-On tho Whole There Is
Not Much to Complain ef-Business Fall
| ures, Etc.
New YoEK. March 2s.-R @. Dun q
| Co. S weekly review of trade says:
With unusually conflicting signs. ths conf
| dence which prevailed in business circles i3
still on Commodities rs q vhols have declined
three-quarters OF one per cent. during the
week and are now ons-eighth per cent lower
than year ago at this tina At Boston bad
| weather Affects the dry goods trade which Is
yet quite satisfactory. Cotton machinery is
well employed, the boot AMI sio, factories ara
bus1 with n large nEmher OF buyers in the
market. rubber goods very active with works
| employed overtime. aai silcs OF wool fair IA
amount. though tn, mark It fivors buyers At
Bridgeport hardware is holrishi7g ths output
OF rubber gocds light, and building material ac-
tive. At Hartford thu wool trade Is fair.
hardware quiet and there isvRe improvement
In groceries or dry goods. Az Philadelphia
sales Of dry goods are smaller than Of late.
though equal to last years, wool qaist. trail, in
chemicals steady. and in oils fairly active. but
other trades ars Qcist. with plate-g ass cx-
tremely low IN price. At Baltimore msnIfac-
turers Of cotton duck and architectural iron ar,
busy with abundance OF orders At Cincinnati
machinery is brisk. surpassing the trade Of
former years, and retail business brighter. At
Cleveland rolling mills ne full of work al
though at prices 10 to - psr cent. lower than
ever before, business in dry goois and hari-
ware is good, and in other branches fair. At
Detroit trade Is equal to last years, but has no
snap At Chicago Increase Is seen ia receipts Of
breadstuffs, dressed bs,f, cheese and butter,
but decrease in provisions, cIttle, hides. and
wool Merchandise sales are equal to last years.
Unfavoratle weather affects spring trade at
Milwaukee, and seriously hammers trais
at st. Louis, though the feeling is hope
full. At Minneapolis trade is good, though -four
is very dull and at st. Paul business is brisk, at
Omaha very active and at Kansas City, i'm
proving in retail business, although receipts OF
cattle and hogs are light. Improvement is seen
at Denver ami also at Louisville hut Memphis
reports no Improvement, Montgomery moder-
ate trade, and Savannah some decline. At New
Orleans business is quiet, though there is bet
ter movement of cotton and sugar is active.
The iron trade shows a better tone, In spite
OF very low prices. Larger sales Of pig are rs-
ported since the recent decline. and there is
less pressure to sell. Bessemer iron being
steady at Sl450 at Pittsburgh. Structural iron
is fairly active at better prospects, bar iron Il
more active, and there IL improved demand for
plates The stronger market for copper hero
and abroad is counted proof that combi-
nation has been formed. Tin is stronger and
lead fairly active at 4.l5 cents. The
coal market is hesitating. much affected by
doubt whether the New Jersey bill legalizing
the combination will he sgnel by the governor.
The woolen manufacturers are doing unusually
well for the season though very low prices api
sharp foreign competition ip some branches
are seriously felt The cheapness Of Gotten
helps the manufacturer more because the de-
mand fairly sustains the price Of goods. Brt
for the uncertainty how far foreign relaticSs
will affect money and business here, the ge1-
eral confidence in the future of trade wouil
seem to be justified.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days numbc-,
for the United States, 30. and for Canada 81. or
a total OF s3l: as compared with go 1af
week and 25G the week previous to the la-s.
For the corresponding week OF last yeas
the figures were 25s; representing 2s failures n
the United States, and % in tine Domini1c u
Canada