The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-02-28
THE TRADE REPORT.
4 Week Of Excitement III Speculative Circles.
Eennrts EroLm Lsmsimcss NeMLers.

New York February Or. G. Dun &
Co weekly review or trade WI say; me
COLLAPSE Of the coal combination formed Il year
ago 10y the heading railway and sharp dc
preston in Sugar stocks and few railway
stocks have made the week one OF unusual cN-
element in speculative circles. Eqt Whlle
So UU0. UO0 in gold has gone abroad this week
and half million more is expected to so
today, there is no increase OF apprehension
about the monetary future and the business
world pays little attention to the action or i'll
action OF congress, though Increasing proba-
bilitieS of an extra session are regarded with
some interest.
The volume of trade has not been dimin
ishcd except by severe storms and the holiday
"Wednesday, and the activity of great indus
tries is unchecked
'At Memphis trade is looking up and bust
ness is fair. At Nashville, though, collections
are not quite good. At Atlanta trade Is
good. Mobile reports a fair trade ana salts
factory collections, aud at New orleans gen
eral trade is only fair but building contracts
are heavy. The mills are having all the or
ders they can fill. Sugar is III light demand
and rice dull. Savannah reports dull trade.
but an active demand for money, White at
Charleston trade is improving.
Iron is still the weakest Of The great in.
dustries, and pig not Of the best brand is n
shade weaker than Il week ago. Business in
bars is unsatisfactory; plates are very weak
and while structural works are fun Of orders
competition is so sharp that prices have little
chance 90 improve.
'Cotton manufacturing is thoroughly
healthy, the dividends at Fall River being the
largest for four years, ana some advances are
rOted in the prices of goods, while prints and
''Busiprss failures during the past week
numbe. for the United States, 1913; Canada
81; teJal, $50.
What Bradstreet Says.
BradStreet tomorrow will say: Through
out the eastern and middle states favOrng
conditions in some leading lines continue
to dominate. The improvement in the
prices of iron and steel at Pittsburg seems
to have checked buying, which is now from
hand to mouth again. Commercial travel
ers from BaltimQre are returning, some
having finished theft trips. others 10 meet
southern merchants and customers expect
ed i'll Baltimore i'll large numbers about
inauguration time to make the season )
purchases in person.
The demand for staple cotton goods at
eastern mills is in excess of the supply.
Print cloths are firm at / cents, with de-
liyeries equal to the output and no stock
at the mills against $4,000 pieces on hand
one year ago and 100000 two years ago
Reports from the more important south
crn commercial cpnterS Indicate that con-
tinued unfayorable weather and bad road
ways at the interior have exercised furth-
or unfavorable influence. Business Is
steady at Nashville, but there is no rush.
The weather has improved, but is not en-
tirply favorable. Trade is fairly active at
Memphis. particularly for boots, shoes and
groceries and the like is true as 10 hardware
and Of food staples at Richmond, but other
lines are said to be quiet aud collections
less prompt Even from Atlanta come re-
ports OF mercantile collections being vsibly
affected by bad roadWayS and continued
unfavorablc weather, and New Orleans
reports that stagnation in-the cotton mark
ct is resulting in orders from country mer-
chants.