The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-14
BUSINESS HOLDS STEADY.
The Volume OF Trade for tho Past Week
Reviewed.

Gne v Oluxue Ot ITuue tuc aSt "OOh
Reviewed.
n. q. Dun 4 Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade says:
Busines, shows no decrease, except that
slackening In new transactions, which is
customary as the holiday season draws near,
The volume Of payments Is as large asit
ever has been, and industries, on the whole
more fully employed than ever at this time
of the year, The apprehension of monetary
disturbance from exports of gold has not
yet been realized, and seems somewhat
more remote than week ago. Interior
money markets generally show q strong de-
mand though money is actually close only
at Cleveland, and apparently rather easier
at most points, while at Eastern cities the
markets are easier with slackeni de.
mand At all points reporting the holiday
trade opens more brskly than usual, With
prospect of larger volume.
The prospects Tor Southern trade are espec.
ially good The rubber mills are welt EN-.
ploypd Leather Is steady and wool IN fair
demand Shipm,n nts ., hats, from Dan.
bury, were $50 cases for the ok. 800
more than last year, Hardware is active at
Phi adelphia and wool very quiet, though
capacity. In dry goods, business is light,
but good orders for the spring are noticed;
the jswelry trade is satisfactory. At lBalti.
mo g, trade in cotton is quite active anu is
good in clothing and dry goods,
At Pittsburg some dullness is son with
weaker Bessemer iron and reduced orders
for finished products. The clothing trade
o. Cincinnati Is satisfactory. though sales
to the South have d, creased in that trade
and in furniture, Cleveland reports good
trade in dry goods and groceries and far in
hardware and snocs with slight I'M
provement in the demand for rolled pro.
ducts. Al Detroit, busin' 80 is fully equal
to last years, though the retail trade is re.
tardcd by the weather.
Trade At Chicago holds we'll though IN
winter lines the weather retards. Receipts
generally fall below those of last year lur
The most importaut products, but Il large
increase is seen in real estate sales and in
cattle. Trade in ST. Louis is unusually
strong. with clearings beyond all record and
especial activity in shoes, dry goods. tobacco
and saddlery. Al Milwaukee money is in
strong demand for grain and live stock
trades. At St. Paul aud Minneapolis colder
weather is wanted for collections. but trade
Is satisfactory and wheat receipts very large.
At Omaha storms rctard business in groce.
ries and hardware. but dealers cannot keep
up with orders in dry goods and shoes Busi-
ness is good at Kansas City and fair at Dem
yer, bur unsatisfactory In Arkansas, dull at
Memphis and only fair AZ Nashville. At New
Orleans trade is good, but not IN to eSpecta-
tions, and money is only in fair demand.
Speculative markets are comparatively
quiet except for cotton, In which sales of
over 2UO0,OOO bales in a week are again re.
ported, and uftcr decline of three -eghths,
there has been cqua. recovery. The re-
ceipts nj ports thus week
are but little smaller than a
year ago and ior :he season % per cent.
smaller. Wheat receipts continue very
large3, 800 900 bushels at the principal West.
ern ports while exports are comparatively
small. but the price is an eighth higher than
q week ago with small transactions. Oats
are AN eighth, and corn three.quarters low
er, with little doing. Pork is stronger with
hogs. but lard is somewhat weaker In sill
yer bullion there has been q lar1e reaction,
about Id per ounce, and the price is close to
the lowest ever recorded. Exports of 800
tons of copper are noted with Lake held at
II! cents; TN rose u shade but then fell to
19i cents and lead is weak at 39cenls.
The business failures during the past seven
days number for the United States, 27l; tor
Canada 2j a total of 207, AS compared with
20 last week; 2O0 the week previous to the
last, and 32U Tor the corresponding week of
last year.