Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-02
IN AN UNCERTAIN STATE
The Business Boom Hats and
Waivers Just Now.
TARIFF POSSIBILITIES THE CAUSE.
The Industries Are Waiting For the oat-
come of Leglslation-The Suspension of
n London Leather Firm Carries Down
Two Big Leather Houses

London Leather Firm Carries Down
Two Big Leather Houses.
NEW YORK, Dec 2-Dun's Weekly Re
view, issued today, says of the market:
IL cannot be said that business during
the past week has grown better or worse.
For some days the gain in demand and in
transactions which had been previously
noticed evidently continued. But after
ward tariff uncertainties We're thought to
Affect some branches of business, and what
ever the causes, the state of trade was less
clear. MofS,y was everywhere abundant,
with rates comparatively low and the
commercial demand was remarkably small
while the demand for speculative uses APP
peared TO be increasing. When there are
symptoms of transition state, ordinary
indications based upon the course of bust
hess down To few days ago are not as val
liable rs usual, but on the whole such signs
are rather less encouraging than they were
a week ago
Reports of different branches of trade
ana from different cities frequently men
tion tariff uncertainties a. "a cause OF nat
ural hesitaucy, but il will take some time
TO determine whether the general tendency
toward improvement has been checked or
To what extent
The volume of trade has been somewhat
Increased, and yet not It's much As was eN-
pected, the exchanges for last week show
ing decrease of Nj ! per cent compared
with last year, in part because the week
covers only five business days against six
last year For two weeks covering the
same working days the decrease has been
2S.3 per cent.
Tarin Uncertainties.
The industries am. waiting with visible
uncertainty regarding the outcome of leg
islation, and beliefs that the pending tariff
bill will or will not lie passed affect action
as much rs the varying judgments in re-
gard TO its effect il passed
AT present the iron industry shows no
gain on the whole, with the demand for
pig iron not urgent and Bessemer iron a
little lower mt Iittsburg. with no sales of
rails at the combination price and with
slightly lower prcrs for some finished
products and a rather sCanty demand for
any. 1t is questionable whether the work
ing force employed i larger than it was a
week ago.
The cotton manufacture enjoys de
Cided improvement because the market is
IN absolute need Of more goods. but there
Is hardly any quutab!e change in prices
The sales of wool are again larger than
for the same week last year. amounting to
d,tl",SOh pounds, against 4,354, 80 pounds
last year, bat part Of the transactions are
said 10 be speculative in their nature, be
ing Et>cd on the theory that, whatever may
happen later, the necessities Of the country
Will compel larger consumption of wool
within the next few months. Nevertheless
dispatches show that several WOODEN works
have been closed within the past week for
lack of orders, and the increase in demand
for goods which appeared to some extent
"A week or two ago cannot Tx said to CON
tinue.
In boots and shoes no increase in the
working force is seen, and while eastern
shipments are only about per cent less
than year ago the greater proportion OF
the works have orders only for part Of their
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