Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-29
THE couNrRY.s TRADE.


Tho Commercial situation Throughout
the United States Shown by Il. G.'
Dun = Co.'s Weekly Review-With the
Abatement of the Cholera Alarm Stead
ness In Business Returns-Money IN
Active Demand and the Supply Ample
Business Failures, Etc.
NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-R. G. Dun &
Co. S weekly review of trade says:
The alarm of cholera has vanished and trade
shows all the steadiness which was expected
In the south trade is little dull because col
lections are exceptionally good on the whole,
and although money is in active and increasing
demand at all points the supply is ample for all
legitimate needs. Gold exports have ceased. -
foreign exchange has declined and the money
market is at present without disturbing fea-
lures. Speculation is not. on the whole, active
enough to have disturbing influence. Wheat
has recovered is cents from the low price of q
week ago. but sales here have been only 900.
600 bushels. Western receipts in four days
have been s. OOo bushels while the export
from Atlantic ports have been 95S0W. Foreign
advices no longer promise an unusual demand
for American wheat this year and prices are,
not unnatural!y. depressed. in view of the prob
lem where to place the large surplus brought
over from last year and the new crop now
coming forward. Oats has declined three
quarters cent. partly on moro hopeful news On
the other hand. speculation in cotton has been
price has been advanced three sixteenth cents.
The crop is late, and the movement thus far
much behind last years. Pork products are q =
shade stronger, but oil IL three eighth lower
and In coffee an active speculation had ad-
vanced the price III cents. business at Bos-
ton is large. Cotton mills are we'll supplied;
wooden goods are selling freely: boot and shoe
factories are filled with orders and dealers find
it hard to get rubber goods fast enough. I'm
provement is seen In groceries ut Philadelphia
0Y6cr 10 poffV Two rIo NJ
well sold up and wooden manufacturers work
ing full time. Trade in jewelry is OF fair VOL
ume and improving in paints. oil and glass.
At Baltimore business is satisfactory though
quiet with the south and exceedingly good In
shoes, lumber and cattle. At Pittsburgh
trade is satisfactory and gradually in
creasing. At Cincinnati the wholesale jswelry
trade reports sales in August 80 per cent
greater thar last year. and fall prospects are
bright. Business at Cleveland is improving 10
nearly all departments. and especially in rolled.
products and in lumber, which has advanced
two to three dollars per thousand. At De-
troit busine 50 is increasing in dry goods. drugs
and shoes, though farmers are holding wheat
for higher prices. General trade at Chicago,
exceeds last years same week with good pros
poets. Receipts of cheese show an increase; OF
-four 10 per cent OF cattle l6 per cent, OF cured
meats 20 per cent. and Of oats and dressed beef
Is per cent. Of butter and hides 80 per cent,
and OF hops 50 per cent; while in wheat and
wool there is a small decrease: In rye and bar
ley a large decrease, and in lard so per cent.
At st. Louis trade Increases with large distrt-
button of goods. free movement of grain and
country buyers in larger numbsr than sual.
Business is healthy at Milwaukee. very active
at Omaha, and shows q marked increase"
at St. Paul. At Denver trade,
is very satisfactory. exceeding last
years. Receipts of cattle and wheat are heavy
at Kansas City. and trade exceeds last years.
At Memphis trade Is improving. though OF
small volume. and at New Orleans cotton Is in
better demand and sugar strong and active
Pig iron is firmer, some furnaces advancing the
price, but bar iron is slightly easier. some
slackenin9 is seen in plates. and on the whole
prospects for finished products are not quite as
favorable. Large sales OF copper Mt 1lAz are re.
ported and lead is slack at l. 10, with tin steady
shipments for the year show an increase OF o
per cent, but is freely offered by outsiders, IL
to 40 cents below scheduled prices, and actual
sales In August by the Lehigh Valley
average "a cents below the schedule.
The demand for mems fall woolens is
surprisingly large, old stocks being
rapidly cleared OF ana Il has been big season
in cloakings while in dress goods trade is still
very heavy. Cotton goods are full Of activity,
some qualities having advanced little; prints
are in pressing demand and print clothes are
quoted at GIG cents. In woods increasing &C.
tivity is seen, sales far exceeding last years,
and carpet woods are especially firm and scarce.
Foreign exchange has suddenly broken
down to A.s6aa, and money here has de-
clined from 20 gig per cent while
at London the rate is below l per cent. The
treasury has taken in S1.40o.00J gold but has
paid out S20).0oO silver and s2,0O00aO more"
paper during the week. Merchandise importe
at New York for three weeks show decline Of
Is per cent. from last year, while in exports
there is considerable increase. Stocks have
been steadily advancing, on the average about.
] per cent. per share, with some Indications
that foreign investors are buying in mod
crate amount.
the country during the last seven DAYS number,
for the United States. 1es and for Canada %; or
a total of 211, compared with 1S2 last
week. and 179 for the week previous to the last
and 244 for the corresponding week Of last year.
Death OF Gen. John Pope.
SAyDUSKy O. Sent 24-Gen John,