Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-04
STILL NARROW.
a Good Deal Of Gold to Be
Shipped Today
AND THAT HAS A BAD EFFECT,
lndusiriaIs Were Fairly Active Railroad Bonds
slsady-Ihs Course Of Trade at All
Points - Failures Last Week
Cotton Movement and Prices.
nnAngrRHETs, REPonT.

New York. Feb. 3.--tSpecial.) -bfhu-
streets tomorrow Will say III i,,.
Tho features of the business week ~
ciude AN unusually large number u III
creasos ia price for staple articles, among
which are: PIG iron, - cents hhlsIeS
cents; outs. rs cents lard, - cents cot
ton. 1916 cents. raw sugar, ! l-lo cents
hogs 4 TO no cents and steel, billets petru-
leum and high wines as well ln con
trast there has been an advance OF
cent Ia special grades OF domestic Wool
~ cents ON sole leather. l-S cents on
hides, and pork 30 cents as wen as ad
yances for rubber goods. shoes ana
bricks.
East and South the milder weather has
opened up avenues Of trade, but IN tue
Northwest the second cold snap has still
further restricted business.
So far as heard from the volume OF
transactions throughout the country Ia
iHnikiry. with a few exceptions, was
the largest Of any that month Oh rec
ord.
Mercantile failures number al this
week.. thirty-ouc less than last week. and
eight less than in the corresponding week
a year ago.
Bank cleariugs this week aggregate
Sl,30D 900. q tribe more than last week.
! but 4O per cent in excess OF the total
Ia Tho week a year ago.
While the demand for bonds ana
prime investments is normal In character.
the speculative stock market IN New York
shows q hesitating disposition. apparent
ly due 10 fears that existing silver legis-
| lntiun will be- unchanged, and may ~
conjunction with the European demand
for gold, create some complications.
Business South has been favored by
the opening up of traffic routes aud adj
vices from the larger cities announce un
improvement in demand for spring goods.
Some delay IN placing orders tor hard.
ware and clothing is experienced.
Wholesale merchants NC Baltimore re.
| port collections IN the South ireer and
| trade improving.
Al Richmond the demand for groceries
and shoes ia relatively most active. but
| there Us good request for plug tobacco,
| cigarettes and chcrUuts, wnilc a lack o.
/ demand for pig iron causes prices To
| tcnd downward.
There is no change in trade conditions
| az Charleston, prospects FOR spring bust
| ness are good
Memphis merchants report considerable
| activity in hardware and planters sur
| plies. \ Ike state of trade is reported
AT birmingham whore the volume equals
| the average for the season.
| Wholesale business ut Atlanta is uc-
| tive and of satisfactory PROPORTIONS, hut
warm aud damp weather has checked the
| retail trade
The generally favorable commercial
] conditions b. the region tributary 10 New
! Orleans promises much for the mcr-
| chunts Of that city. The movement of
| produce is large, except that of meats,
! which has been checked on account of
! high prices. Large sales uf sugar and
| rec cause prices To tend upward.
! Wholesale merchants at Galveston.
! Fort Worth and Dallas announce that
! spring trade is Of good proportions. The
| volume last month was in excess of that
| for January lSJ2.
| Movement of mcrchadso from the
! Fast is or large proportions.
] Boston rvlorr che largest trade and
! the heaviest demand for cotton goods In
| the history ui that industry. aud heavy
NoluMc of business in an lending lines.
Double y aud single y Ohio wool
leads iu The advance, buying has bccu
better aud the staple hrmer than for
months
The production Of cotton goods at East
crn mills ia heuvior than in any prev-
ous ycur thore are no stocks ON hand.
/ The output of print cloths Is sold ahead
| 20 April, and there are no stocks at Fan
! River against 22O,OUU pieces held then, a
! Wor'ted are satisfactory
The West wires there Is no life In
leading lines, due to the opening of rivers
| and the arrival at interior points of com.
! mcrciul travellers.
In the Northwest the latest cold snap
| has affected merchandise trading favor
! ably. Wheat prices have fallen Off a
| little with the continuance of heavy sup
plies, ia sight, and the relative apathy ina
! the market Store houses covered hy
! REPORTS tu BrndstrcCtS contained nearly
! lli.uOO,OOO bushels of wheat. The
! United Mates and Cunady last Saturday
mad H,WUOOO bushels more thnn one
than Feb 1, 1890, hut ~ the trade well
knows this does not include all available
! wheat IN the country ont of the farmers
! hands. Exports of wheat lfromI United
States ports, both co0sts this week,
-four Included. equal 3,123.0OO bushels
against 2,53l 600 last week. 4.T4O.OOO
bushels in the week Il year ago, l,3B6. 600
bushels two years ago, 2,2l4OOO bushels
thrcc years ago and 2,lI3OOO bushels
| four years ago.