The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-02-01
TIE STATE OF TRADE.
Bradgsrcot's Wookly Rov!ow OF tho
Condition OF Business.
| DISTINCTLY BETTER DEMAND
For spring Goods Mt the wcs,:.-Ect-
ter Fecllng IN tho l5aSt-..Errrct OF
the Settlement ofthc Chilean Cues.
tion..-Nxporta and Tmpor,s...Agrl.
cultural Supplies.

Brad.fccs.
Special kilograms 10 BruEs'rttts record
ono striking change in tho general trade
situation as compared with week ago
a distinctly better demand for spring
dry goods at the west. 1t IL added that
preparations are making to distribute
larger stocks OF hardware, boots and
shoes and groceries Mt the west thnu in
1891, and Chicago, ST. Paul, Minneap.
oils, Milwaukee, Omaha, St. Louis,
Memphis, St. Joseph aud Kansas City
announce varying features looking to
such movement. Business failures in
tho United States this week equal 240,
against los last week, and for January
to date 1867, which is less than in like
portions OF four preceding years. Bank
Cloarings Mt .62 cities for six business
days ended January %, rs wired to Brad
Slrcct's, aggregate $l,20S,57 900, or 0.3
per cent less than in tho preceding
week. San francisco, New Orleans and
Buffalo are the larger cities showing de-
crcascs.
Farther cast no such uniformity OF
gain is found. Boston reports better
feeling, which better demand for dry
goods must account for, as copper Is
lower aud wool Is dull. philadelphia
favorable report is confined to improved
outlook for dry goods, though some
woolen machinery IL now running full
time. New York dry goods jobbcrs re-
port less favorably thus fer rs 10 the
spring demand. In other staple lincs
at these three citics trade continues to
show m unexpectedly prolonged slug
gishncss, and the conclusion is forced,
despite various optimistic outgivings,
that general trade for January is dis
appointment, and that anticipated re-
vival in demand, duo 10 prosperity of
grain farmers, railroads and other lines
in 1901, has not arrived thus far in 1892.
On the Pacific coast business Is very
quiet. Leading Southern cities, Calves
ton, New Orleana and Savannah. an
nouncc no general improvement in
business, and an indisposition on the
part OF cotton factors to loan money to
planters freely till moro is known con-
corning the situation rs to cotton.
Tho Chilean settlement has resulted
in the reaSecrtion OF bul!ish influences
i'll the stock market; the covering OF
short contracts by the professional
trades, combined with efforts OF some
OF the large interests which are acting
on the bull side. resulting in sharp
advance OF prices. The Improvement
has been general, though southern
stocks, it is noted, are the object OF
some bear!sh sentiment based on the
untavorable view taken OF conditions in
that section. Money at New York is in
plethoric supply, and investing corpor-
atoms show an increasing disposition
to place their surplus funds in the Sc
cnrlty market. Silver has declined on
excessive supply and limited demand,
the quotations touched this week being
only Il fraction above the lowest on
record. The exchange market contin-
ucs firm on IN unexpectedly largo de-
m"nd, though rates ut the close OF the
week show disposition to decline.
Exports OF Indian corn within six
preceding days, as reported, have ag-
grcSated more bushels than wheat (and
flour as wheat sent abroad from both
coasts during the came period, ORG, $685.
COO bushels; OF this, one hall has been
reported as having been cent from Phil
adclphia. Last week the total quantity
OF corn exported was 2,SJG,O0O bushels,
and in the week before 2,35l, coo bush
els. Exports OF wheat, including -four
rs wheat both coasts, as reported to
B,udSirGctS, amount to 3,557,0G0 bushels
this-weeli; last week the total was T.
1000, and the week before it was
about 100000 bushels.
Leather and hides are little stronger,
pig iron and steel rails as quiet as ior
weeks past, anthracite coal is marked
up 25c per ton in tho face of boin. quito
dull, petroleum is barely steady, live
cattle arc l0c higher ut western mar
kets, and an overaupply OF hogs de-
presses prices therefor about &c per
cwt. Tho price OF wheat has iluctuatcd
with war talk and tho strength OF de-
mand Tor export, gaining &c on the
week. Cotton is slice lower on large
cotton movement than last week and
better foreign adviccs. Ohio and Penn
sylyann woods are moving slowly at
slight declines. American and Euro
pean purchases Mt the London wool
sales, which opened Tuesday, are ex-
pected to be heavier than last year,
which points to firm prices. The i'm
proTcment in the demand Tor dry goods
is duo in some instances 10 the change
weather. The west. has been largo
buyer ut. Boston. Orders for prints
and glnGhams are said TO be in excess
OF tho supply, Print cloths arc very
firm, orders to make largo contracts ut
present prices having been declined.
General trade Iii Ontario and Quebec
remains about as heretofore, in the
former about equal in volume to tho to-
tai ayear ago. The weather has helped
trade in dry goods. Quebec shoe man.
ufacturers are ordering leather moro
freely. Ontario farmers arc holding
their wheat rather than sell ut S5a87c.
Business failures in the Dominion this
week equal forty-four, against seventy
two u week ago, and tiity-nine in the
wcel; year ago. Bank clcarings Mt
Halifax, Montreal, Toronto and Hamil-
ton aggregate Sl7,2l9,0O0 this week, u
trillc lCss than last week.