The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-17
THE WEEKS BUSINESS.

Tho GENERAL Grade Outlook Throuchos.
tho Country asShown by u. q. Dun &Co...
Weekly Rcytcw-DppOsing hut powcrfu,
Influences an the Nancy Mark-t-storm.
aud Cold Interfere with Distribution a,
Goods. hut In other Respects Trad.
satisfsct tory business Failures. Etc.
New York. Feb. ll.--R. @. Dunn
Co.'s week. y gevicw Of trade says:
Two important events-the defeat ~ m.
anti liver legislation IA the sonat, AN hnuse
aud the concerted deposit OF gold by New
York banks In tho treasury, in exchlng1 fnr
legal tenders, have directly opposing but pow
erIul influence upon tn, mark ,ts. AMI It IL va,
too early to determine what ths not result ma,
be. The con ndence mantle stcd 10y the bank.
strengthened tho markets on Thur, iay but
the decisive defeat OF silv,r legi,,tiol IA the
house caused renewed discouragem ,nt aud ap.
predecessor.
II fsnot hy all realized that tho gold rescrys
Of 500 900 900 not TO be used except for urotee.
ton OF note circulation WAS expressly intended
to be usci for that purpose. aad us far ~ 1t 4.
~ uset the notes go into the treasury in place
81 gold taken out. This banks. 10y placing the
gold they do not need IN tho treasury instead
OF notes to the extent Of 81 .sUOtCO this week
reasonably hops that tho conf iencs may lessen
tho disposition to withdraw gold In other re.
spc It's the state u trade IL satisfactory except
that storms aud cold have much in'erfered
wit h transportation during the week. especially
ut tho west.
Business a. Boston Il especially active IN
drvgoois. with tho jobbing trals aheai OF
previous years, print cloths sold up to April
and the largest business IN woocns for many
years. Shos shops arc well employed and sole
| leather is higher Largo deliveries occur OF
| rubber goods. At Philadelphia thu dry goods
trade exceeds last years. especially with the
| west and south. Wool 10 active and tn, mar.
| ket nearly bare with an advance Of
n to 2 cents during tho past
season Coal Is scarce. facilities beng made
| quate. Southern aud western trade at Balti.
more Is greater than last year IL dry goods
millinery. notions anl shoes. Pittsburgh iron
il ia poor demand. but the glass trade is fair
! The wholesale IN Millinery trade At Cincinnati il
| healthy. with bright pro spects. luf collections
| are generally slow. Trade Mt Cleveland Is good
IN groceries. hardware aud dry goois but col
lections slow. Detroit sales arr ahead of
| last years and collections fair Spring orders
| for dry goods are large at Chicago, but severe
weather interfsres with business AMI delays
construction work. Money is In good demand.
but the return ~ currency Is slow Trade Is
| active at Milwaukee. but less strong than
usual at st. Louis. At Kansas City trade Is
good in all lines hut collections somewhat
slow At Omaha trade and collections are
| both good Storms retarl business and col
| lections ut Minneapolis and St Paul, bu. the
-four tauie ia tn, former city Il active. Busi-
ness ut Denver is fair. and at Louisville, a fair
average OF sales of leaf tobacco At other
points in tho south trade Il nosicaby imprpv.
ing. especially In dry goods and groceries. aud
Mt New Orleans prosp cts are considered
bright though cotton is dull and sugar quiet.
Speculative markets have DO IN quite irregu
lar Pork products show greater strength
and have further advanced. supplies OF hogs
being very small Coffee has been strong, al
vancing a quarter with moderate sales wheat
has risen Ia cent with small transactions
wheat receipts being retarded by storms. but
tner. is not hing to indicate that the unsettled
surplus ut the end of thu year will b. small
Corn shows no important chang, IN
receipts or exports. The con,inu,d pres
sure abroad IL rlighty felt Cottons are
higher especially prints. though cut y
seen In ginehams. and most OF the mills arc
sod for months ahead Sales OF wool at th'
three CHIEF eastern markets havs been J.aN
go hounds Higher sole leather has stimu
lated demand for boots and shoes. The GU
put OF pig iron february !. was l1l.s5i ton
against Id. o6s last months. and nnsoli stocK
, ar. reduced 67-l tons. Sales OF 10000 tons 0
rails are noted with one large ord n Tor Cuba
but plato AMI bar iron ara weak. consnmp
ton Of copper Is increasing aud gold export
ar, improving little. but the ontso OF NVu'
100 expected this week Is not dus TO trade
balances. IN the tentativs action OF strong
banks does not check the movement further
measures by tho clearing house are coufem
plated for prevention OF disturbance lhe
treasury has not been losing gold aud th'
soundest men feel that the treasury and bank
operating IN harmony should lie abuniantii
able 20 m set III nj ~ul ties until tho new admins
, trs,ion makes known its policy.
The busin .ss failures occurring thr oughon
the country during the past ssvea daysnum
Der for til. Unite Stats. -. aud Tor Cana y
"a: or a total Of 2i6 as compared with Stor'
| Of 3Oi last week. and 29j the week previous y
the last. For tho corr ,spon ling week 81 las
, wear the figures were 2iB