Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-03-09
TRADE MATTERS.

i rhc can e1ft,ou AZ Trade Tfrourhout thu
| Country as shown by II. q. Dun = Co.'S
Il weekly Observation-Disclosures Somewhat 1n-
terfcred with by storms md The None
tary Uncertainty, Though the Volume
of Trade Continues large ard tho Great
Industries Given Full employment
/ business Failures. Etc.
New York, March ar. g. DUN s.
| Co s weekly review of trade says:
Storms have greatly interfered with business.
and at the same time monetary uncertainty has
| been felt. While the volume OF trade IS still
very large, actual distribution seems not TO have
been carried up to expectations OF late, though
orders stiu continue sufncient to give the great
industries full employment The great feature
| Of the past fortnight has been the unusual de-
mand for money from the west and south,
which has drawn large SUMS from New York:
hut money is tight at only o1e or two small
points The volume OF currency IS 81 k99 cS5 5S2,
or saf07 per CAPITA against 81. COO 600 last
year, having decreased S. 800 within the
past month The decrease was s.. i120oO In gold
and gold certificates SS57s. 600 In silver. while
paper currency increased over IS, 10000 The
treasury reserve was maintained during
the past week and 1t has been encouraging TO
learn that no more gold has gone abroad the
situation is, to q large extent, waiting the &C
ton OF the administration, but 1t is evident
that better feeling has prevailed during the
past few days. and rates heretofore rising from
4 to 6. have fallen to per cent Though
the weather curtails The trade ct Bos-
ton, the feeling Is confident. I'm
proved demand is seen for dry goods: 1t
is difficult to get cottons fast enough. and the
wooden mills arc full. Boots and shoes are
buoyant, with higher prices asked. Furniture ID
fairly active, but distribution OF groceries and
other products is hindered by storms. Phila-
delphia reports excellent prospects for lumber,
though building has thus far fallen GO Per cent.
below last year Trade in jewelry is small,
in hardware, carriages and morocco dull. In
~iyfC ri1S v1oS az max
fair in shoes, good in paper and very satisfac-
tory in carpets, while in knit goods business IS
the best for years past Trade improves IN dry
goods and hats at Baltimore but is tribe dull
in shoes. Pittsburgh reports better trade in
iron with good demand for finished products
and very fair prospects for hardware AT
Cleveland trade is fairly good, the rolling mills
full of orders and there is promise OF brisk
trade il lumber with better weather. At Gin
einnati the dry goods trade is Is per cent better
than last year, and the jewelry trade improv-
ing At Detroit business exceeds last year and
the outlook is good. AT Indianapolis the bicy-
Gle trade is larger than year ago. AT Chi
cago trade is interrupted by the weather and
local storms. but is large in volume, especially
in real estate, flour. cheese and wheat show
large increase over last year. though in hides,
dreSsed-beef, hogs and rye decrease appears
The weather hinders trade at Milwaukee and
the west, collections being slow. but trade is
fairly good at Omaha, greater than last year
at St. Joseph, shows activity at Kansas City, :
and at Denver is very fair. Southern points
generally report some Improvement, especially
Louisville, Chattanooga, Little Rock Memphis
and New Orleans. At Columbus trade is dull
and at Atlanta fair. Speculative markets have
waited for developments. Stocks have been
stronger for day or two and the average is
slightly higher than week ago. Corn Is one
half and oats three-Quarters of q cent higher,
but pork products slightly lower. Cotton de-
clined an eighth, because the expected settle
ment of the English strike did not come. But
ter and eggs have declined sharply and copper
Is weaker at IL cents and lead 1879 cents, though
speculation has lifted tin to 20.37 cents. The
dry goods trade Is strong in dress goods,
manufacturers having kept close to orders,
and large demand for cloakings is
expected, while the finer mems goods are still
in narrow demand. Cottons are stronger,
sheetings being all sold ahead. and business in
carpets and wool knit goods is especially large.
Sales of wool continue far beyond last years,
showing unprecedented demand Shipments
OF shoes from the east have been 10 per cent.
greater this year than any previous to date,
and prices are growing stronger. In the iron
trade, consumption is enormous, but production
relatively greater and concessions are frequent
for pig not OF the best grades while bar Is at
the lowest point ever known. Plates are
demoralized and the price, though mills are
buying, and structural works IRE quite we'll
employed In general the production has
never been surpassed at this season.
The business failures during the past seven
days number, for the United States. 2O6; Can
ada, IS; total, PSI. as compared with ESQ last
week 233 the week previous to the last and 2io
for the corresponding week of last year.