Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-12-15
THE couNTRy.s TRADE.

Reflex OHthO Busfneas Conditions Througlss
Out tho United states ~ shown BY b.
q Dun y Co.'S Weekly Rsvfew-Business
shows Only seasonable Decrease, I'm
dustrfes Well Employed and Money
Generally Adequatc for Current De-
mands-Business Failures. Etc.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 10.-R G. Dun q
Go. S weekly review of trade says:
Business shows no decrease. except that
siackening In now transactions which IL GUS
tomary as the holiday season draws near. The
volume OF payments Is as large Is Il ever has
been. and industries on the whole are moro
fully employed than ever at this time Of the
year. The apprehension OF monetary disturb.
ance from exports OF gold has not yet been re-
alzed. and ssems somewhat moro remote than
week ago. Interior money markets gener.
ally show strong demand. though money Is
actually close only at Cleveland, and appsr-
emily rather easier at most points, while At
eastern cities the markets are easier with
slackening demand. At all points reporting
the holiday trade opens more briskly than
usual. with prospect Of q large volume.
Speculative markets are comparatively qniet
except for cotton, in which sales OF over 1000.
COO bales in week are again reported and after Z
decline of three Fights there has been An equal
recovery. The receipts 1t ports this week are
but little smaller than year ago aud for the
season Is Per cent. smaller. Wheat receipts
continue very large. 100000 bushels in three
days ut the principal western ports. while ex-
ports are comparatively small. but the price 10
an eighth higher than week ago with small
transactions Oats are an eighth and corn
three quarters lower. with little doing.
Pork il stronger with hogs. but lard some-
what weaker. In silver bullion there has been
. large reaction. about ponce per ounce. and
the price il close to the lowest ever recorded
Exports Of 600 tons Of copper are noted. with
lake held at l2ia; tin rose a shade, but fell TO
1885,, and lead IL weak at 81.
The iron trade 10 extremely dull. with visible
weakness in finished products and . less hope
full feeling. The business In pig is not large:
though the output OF furnaces appears from
partial reports TO be . little larger than mouth
ago. Unsoid stocks are much reduced. In
steel billets excess Of production appears with
no new business: rails and bars are verY dull
and structural iron is unsettled. But It Is
hoped that increase Of orders after the holidays
will give the manufacturer new start. Ship
ments of lake ore this year have been the larR.
est ever recorded by about 40o.0o0 tons
Cattle receipts at Chicago in November were
the largest ever known in that month and for
the year have been 10 per cent greater than
last year.
The cotton manufacturers enjoy an extra.
ordinary demand for goods. which the rise in
price does not seem to check. In wool the
cellent. and the mills are we'll employed. The
paper trade shows no change, with stocks at
the mills being reduced.
Tho stock market has been weak at times.
particularly for ome OF the industrial list, but
closes with shade higher average than week
ago.
Produce exports still fall below last years.
but largely exceed imports in value for the
last month and this month thus far.
The treasury has taken in during the week
S700 600 gold and $500, 600 silver, without adding
to outstanding notes.
The business failures during the past seven
days number, for the United States, :7l; for
Canada. 26: total of 297. as compared with
s69 last week, 900 the week previous to the
last, and AGO for the corresponding week OF last
YEAR