St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-27
DUN'S REVIEW.
Moderate but General Improve
Incnt i'm Business

NEW 1ORk. Aug. ZO.-h. u. Dun " COS
weekly review of trade says: in aspects the
business situation appears more favorable
than week ago. There has been general
though moderate improvement i'll distribu
uon; manufacturers are more fully en-
plOyed; several great labor controversies
have ended, and crop reports are somew hat
more satisfactory. A little more gold has
gon" abroad, and imports Of merchandise
ar Il enormOus-for three weeks at New
TX y per cent larger than for the some
Elk .ast year, while in exports froom New
l...- the increase for three weeks is only
about 4la per cent. but the ship
me mt last year were phenomenal. and it
is encouraging that they Gre not diminished.
Excess OF imports over exports continues
later In the season than usual, but money
markets are so we'll supplied that some. outgO
OF gold causes no disturbance or apprehen-
sion.
Moderate exports and better crop reports
lead to lower prices. Wheat receipts at the
est in four days of this week have been
a,a95. SOB bu, while Atlantic exports have been
only l.414,6oS bu. and the price has declined
almost &c to SC for August The certainty
that foreign crops however, in doubt as yet
Will at all events be much better than those
OF last year, helps large receipts here to de-
press prices. Corn is scarce for early deliv-
cry. and crop prospects improve. but SO little
that the price is unchanged at 63lac, and oats
are shade stronger at $50.
Accounts of cholera in Russia have caused
heavy unloading of pork, which has fallen
II per Dbl, and hogs are Ac and lard a frac-
ton lower. while oil has also declined n
fraction. Cotton is further depressed to
TlSc by the great accumulation of unsOld
stocks and better reports Of the coming crop,
but while in other speculative markets sales
have been small for the week those of cotton
reached So. 100 bales.
Boston reports more active trade for the
boot ana shoe shops, very busy. with en-
couraglng orders from the West and better
Southern COLLECTIONS. Dry goods are active,
and textile mills worked nearly to their full
capacity, the clothing demand for woolens
surprising the producers and taxing them TO
the utmost. Trade in oil is more enconrag-
ing. but i'll chemicals steady. with slow col
lections, and in paints and liquors quiet. At
Pittsburg raw iron is slightly weaker. though
some of the works have not yet finished re-
pairs, and the window glass works will not
all be in operation till the end of September.
Trade at Cleveland is good, with better de-
mand for money. and at Cincinnati the hard
ware trade u per cent better than q year
ago, and in paper and paper bags much bet
good Business at Detroit is i'll some
lines larger, and in all equal to
last years. with collections very fair.
Chicago reports trade greater than year
- per cent in receipts of cattle, u i'll oats, 80
in cured meats and IS per cent III flour, COM
pared with last year, but some decrease
i'll other articles.
Wisconsin. and manufacturers at Milwaukee
are ali busy. Trade is stronger at ST. Louis,
with grain receipts very large, and all roads
troubled by car famine. At Kansas City
there is healthy activity, with receipts of
cattle liberal. At Omaha orders for dry
goods and groceries are heavy, and at Lin
coin trade is healthy. with good collections.
At st. Paul business is brisk, with good
crop reports and at Minneapolis the lumber
trade is especially strong, AMI the flour out
MI
Denver reports satisfactory trade and good
collections. Some improvement is noted at
all Southern cities reporting, and trade at
Nashville is very fair, increasing with bright
er prospects at Memphis, and in all lines
gaining at New Orleans. with better de-
mand for money All manufactures are
now doing we'll. Nearly all the iron mills
have resumed work since the settlement
there are demands for the material in
crease, but production apparently increases
more, US pig iron is weaker at PittSburg
There is a better demand for finished prod
ucts. and general activity. Copper and tin
are steady, and lead has a firmer look. The
injunction in New Jersey against the Read
ing coal combine as unlawful came OH the
same day with another advance i'll price, and
since the leases were made prices have adj
vanced about 5! per ton on TIE average. The
wooden manufacture is crowded with work,
and sales of heavy weights for the season are
thought to nave been never exceeded. More
life is seen i'll cOttOns, with decided improve
ment in South American demand, and print
cloths are strong with sales of some works Gov
ering Aprirs production. Hosiery is quiet but
very active, aud the carpet trade good. with
prices on the whole low as ever. Sales of
wool at the chief markets have been large
for the week. but as stocks are very heavy
sellers, are somewhat more free. The boot
and shoe trade is in volume greater than
ever though competition from new works is
sharp.
the country during the last seven days. as re-
ported TO X. q. Dun L. Co., number for the
United Stats los. and for Canada H. or
total of $50. For the corresponding week of
294 failures in the United States and 80 i'll the
Do minion of Canada