Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1893-12-02
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.


L. c, IN ne"ected through X. q. Dun
,os weekly Review-All Branches OF
business In Waiting Mood and Re.
a, IN consequence, Proceeds Slowly
me Weeks Failures, Etc,
NEW YORK, Nov. 95.-R. G, Dun &
TO- weekly review of trade, issued to-
day, says:
consumption Increases slowly, and all
,,a',n e' VI business are waiting for its
a. s,a, ihere mas been little Improvement
80 nS.v'NSi a0ont sl@5 for railroads and 50 cents
,,o 'n"re ior trusts, while the price OF prod.
," n's uecl'hed little on the whole but the
,o'uihe OF business has somewhat increased.
Exchanges through clearinyhouses outside of
NoN iofk SHOW decrease OF only ~ per
cent for although last year's business Mt thi,
seasoh was extraordinary, the week included
the thanksgiving holiday. The railroad earn.
inss ior lhe month thus far are only 80 per
cent less than those Of last year the decrease
Iof the latest week being even smaller in
freight earnings.
Trade waits for the revival Of Industries. and
Tue weeks returns respecting industrial prog.
iesS are rather conflicting. There has been
neaVy sale OF cotton goods at very satisfactory
prices, ana the market has decidedly strength.
eheu IN consequence. Though the production
III thls hranch is still somewhat less than Ii
was Il year ago, the market for goods for cur.
rent prices Ia strong, In woo,ens there is
'u"stahliaI increase in the demand, nOtwith.
stahuihg tle fact that several mills each hav.
ing oroers Tor thousand pieces or more, have
eioseu' lhe orders being not so assorted as 10
give lhem profitable employment But sales
ol wool nave been the largest since September
lo'', amounting at three chief markets, to
oo.o'So pounds, against 4S3 800 for the same
week last year, and when 1t is stated that many
purchases are OF speculative character, there
Is evidence that large buying by active mills Is
prompted by increased orders.
In the manufacture OF boots and shoes the de.
hhand employs an increasing number of fae-
tories, and the orders are in numbers about as
usual for tho season, though smaller in guam.
tity The shipments from Boston. accord.
Ing to the Shoe and Leather Reporter show
decase OF T. per cent. for the week. gradual
Increase in business is reported at all centers,
not wholly confined to orders for immediate
delivery.
new compact Of the steel.rail producers
the Pennsylvania and Maryland works having
been leased TO others in order to keep them
idle-has checked the increase In purchases OF
ore and coal and other materials, and the
Pittsburgh manufacturers are playing havoc
with eastern markets, though the prices made
IN that region are so low that their continuance
cannot be predicted. There is a considerable
Increase in the number OF concerns In opera.
ton but there does not appear much gain in
actual consumption OF pig iron and prices
are as low as ever. 1t is stated that
British purchase Of 5000 tons Of Alabama
coke iron has been made at s7,25 at mill. Even
in the Pittsburgh district, where business
seems moro active than elsewhere, the works
are not fully employed, and the state OF the
manufacture is shown by the returns OF Con.
nellsyille coke furnaces. OF which 6,iS5 are in
operation and II ,0)5 are Idle the output being
81, 755 tons weekly.
In minor metals the sale OF 100000 pounds
OF copper at % cents by the Calumet and
Hecla has been followed by higher prices, and
lead and tin are both iirmer.
The markets ior produce have been rregu-
lar. Wheat has advanced cent, though the
receipts have been 1900 900 bushels, against
tic ports only 60O0)0 bushels, against l,90l, 900
last year The corn receipts are remarkably
large, amounting to 3,OoO.Oo) bushels, against
/ 300 O0J last year, and the price has declined
! cent There has been slight decline in oil,
about quarter of cent in coffee and also in
hogs, and sl5O in pork.
Cotton is a sixteenth higher, though con-
depressed during the week, with
receipts OF 1000 bales against 230 900 for same
week last year, and the belief in q short crop
does not outweigh the fact that stocks abroad
and at home are 39i9000 bales, about 40 per
cent. of a full years consumption
Money continues to accumulate and Is loaned
,n ,o", ca,,,erciai no 1arsr ,nm n" f,hera b.e
hcen Improvement in the market since the
successful sale of cottons, but the country
ranks prefer TO pile up their balances here to
be loaned at low rates on call rather than to
huy paper below per cent Maturing notes
have been met much better than was expected,
and ,hrom,hout the country collections Though
siowor ,hor usnoI show n stronger condition
n ,radc Than has ever been known immedi.