St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-04
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NEW YORK. June 3.-R. &. Dun IL
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
The tone of commercial reports from
various parts OF the country indicates
that business has, to some extent, i'm
proved. Collections throughout the
country are better. and, excepting the
bursting of speculative corner at Chi
cago, there is no especial excitement of
any kind in business. The fictitions
price established for corn at Chicago
lasted just long enough to bring into
that market enough Of the actual grain
TO bury the spectators. and the corner
broke with great losses, not merely to
the operators, but also to the brokers.
Wheat declined &c, the Western re-
ceiDtS being unusually large. though
the exports from the Eastern ports have
also been quite large. Oats are a shade
lower. pork products unchanged and
oil little lower. The stock of cotton
in the country continues far beyond the
record of previous years. and there is
every reason 10 believe that even a great
reduction in the yield will surely reduce
the aggregate supply for the year be-
low the quantity usually required for
consumption.
Both at Pittsburg and Philadelphia
pig iron is weaker, and there are doubts
whether the bottom has been reached,
though at Chicago The market is con-
sidered stronger, and authorities hold
that the stocks of DIg iron in the country
are now considerably lower than they
have been. The market for bars is weak
at the lowest figures ever known, and
the new demand for structural iron is not
quite as large IT'S has been expected.
The market for copper has been quiet,
nd I'm ,gtt Ia. t,.p.- LODI
OF tin; but lead has been sluggish.
Quiet prevails in the anthracite coal
market, the companies having decided
upon another advance i'll prices, which
the condition of the market does not
appear to warrant There IS little new
in the wool market, or in the WOODEN
manufacture, though the tone is some
what frmer.
At Boston business is more active;
boots and shoes are decidedly stronger.
and leather very firm; and at Hartford
trade in wool and common goods is very
fair i'll groceries. and fair in hardware.
at Philadelphia there Is an increase in
sales of cotton, and hardware is quit"
active, while the dry goods trade has
improved with the weather and wool
is strong. The trade in liquors and
tobacco is quiet and the demand for
generally good with some Improvement
in retail business, and increase in the
export trace III cattle. At PittSUurg fin
ished products of iron and steel are in
good demand. though prices are the
lowest ever known and the glass trade
is fairly active. The dry goods trade at
Cleveland is excellent, and other trade
fairly active, except on iron and ore.
At Cincinnati sales are unusually large,
and whisky is active.
General business at Chicago-iS greatly
in excess of last years record, and, while
receipts Of brcadStutiS are relatively
small. there is great increase III wheat
and Hour, cured meats. dressed beef,
lard and cattle. Cold rains still dcpresS
trade at Milwaukee, but Indications at
st. Paul are more favorable. At Omaha
business is very active. AID receipts of
grain and cattle are increased. At st.
Louis the great flood engrosseS the
attention. and interferes with The
trade. but at Kansas City business
seems healthy. Business is very good
at Denver. but still retarded by bad