The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-10
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK


A. shown by II. q. Dun @ Co.'S w-~ki,
Revicw--r Present business Large. nnt
an Element Of Uncertainty D. visits IN Re.
gard to the Future Immediate Trade
Some hat Interfcred with Nv stormy
hcr-Business Failures. Etc.
NEw York. Feb. Ar. O. Dunn 4
Co.'S weekly review OF trade this week
says:
Actual business IL surprisingly large for The
season. aud y,t grave fears about tho future
are entertained congr ,ssional uncertainties
cause the fears. but the prosperity and m
needs of ia, paopl, make business, what IL Is
and never b,sors has the distribution o,
products to consumers been larger than IL has
been thus far this season. Ilenc, industries
are r-mai kably prosperous; tho volume IL
trade measured 10y cleariags in January was
nearly ~ per cant. larger than In any previous
year. aud thu rail way movement shows great
increase in the tonnage transported Yet It'll.
probably safo To say that rarely. II ever, ex.
cept IN a tina Of panic. has business been NOR,
cautiously and conservativclv regulated Mon.
etary uncertainties are excused by the con.
tinued outgo of gold. but the passage OF the
| antiop,ion bill hy the senate has had no effect
| upon the market rs yet.
| Trad. at Boston is COOL and the feeling coma.
! dent Cotton goods nrs strong. tn. mills being
| full Of orders. and tho wooden mills ara occu.
| pied for months to come. while orders for
| boots and shoes come in fro sly. and January
| shipmsnts were b0.cN cases more than last
year Trade in dry goods Is increasing, though
| retail trade Is slow snd other business IN most
branches comparatively inactive Good
business IN dry goods and IN hats
noted at Baltimore. while ut Pitts.
! burgh tn, glass trade Is fair. but trade
in iron products 10 weak. Business at Cleve.
| land is fairly good. In somc lines hotter than
last year. AMI At Cincinnati, the demand for
labor exceeds tho supply. and prospects arc
bright for trade IN woolsns. q snera trade ID
improving at indianapolis. and nj Detroit tx.
goods that OF last year. though AS a Other
points collections are somewhat retarded ON ae-
couit the s,vsre wsath sr. Trade ut Clicago
ia dry goods. boots and shoes aal cloth.
ing u larger than this time last year Re-
ceipts OF cured meats and wheat art mofe
than threc times tno.o of last year. and con-
siderable increase Is seen IN corn. cheese. oats
and ry, while in hogs. lard and dressed beef
the decrease IS large. Tho storm checks re-
tail tra1, In the reg on about 81 l. 'ris
though conditions are promising AZ Mime
apolis aud ST. Paul trade IL fair. considering
the severe weather. but collections slow, anu
similar conditions appeared at Kansas CITY;
but at St Joseph anl Omaha trade il generally
good AMI money in go ID demand. At i.ouls.
villo prospects encouraging; at Nash
vile business IL COOL. aud al hN'r'
VILE improving. with money n better
demand. At Little Rock collections arr slow,
and many planters are carries over but tue
general tfale T. very satisfactory with good
prospects business at New Orleans - very
quiet with money in good demand and easy
Cotton Is in cool demand, an trade IN re-
improving. This wonderful demand fcr tax
tile fabrics IL undated. For brown an'
bleachod coitons the market is sail 20 he th
best for twenty years. and some MAKES
sheat.n.s had advanced.
The trale in low and medium grades Q
mems woosns IL about closing 81 the I'm
when il usually is psning, an on the who's
the demand for goois Ia less strong possip'
in anticipation the tariff changes, the = 'nera
tendency il clearly toward greater economy
! manufacture TT. demand for dress good
continues very lirt aud the knit dress -goo'
, trade especially IL underwear. Is unprece
denied. The "a o. wool nj the thie
chief markets lave been - 800 coo, again
I, a5Up.Opo last year. thus far. the increase BON
~ per cent Trade in boots and sh"ss ~ vef
active shipments for the year thus iar amour
iny to 3),OO cases against :5s0D last yea
. Prices for manufactured products OF IRON NJ
/, steel are deprcs beyond all precedent. b
!, nevertheless saiss contiaus remarkably iarg
: and the volume OF business greater than IN "a
! previous year ,.
!. The stsgnation ia steel rails has ben trose
:. bv the placing Of orders for 61nJ) tons ny N
, Pennsylvania railway. and in plates ordrrs e
= ~ 600 tons have been placed for the Crtrips
Pit sburgh mills. though Mt very low lrce
{ large structural con,ract' have also bee
e placed for buildings in New York.
q Tho uncertainty about the monetary fu'u
: retards business engagements. but IN othrr r
= spccts trade l. most satisfactory and rerha
q ali ths NOR. safe and healthy for the feeling
caution that prevails
I The business failures occurring thfor-ho
= the country during the past ssvsn days run
ber for the Unitcl States 255. and for Cana
- as: or n total OF sol. compared win = ~
= Of 10 last week. and ;s12 the week previous
p the last For tho corr ,spon ling week q IA
- year the figures were 3l9