The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-28
TOPICS OF TRADE.
Tn. Husiness SituatiOn--A Good showing
for tho South.

The business SituatiOn--A Coca 0""s
for tho South
New York. March 24.--R: u. Dun 1c, ~
Co. s weekly review OF trade says M
volume of trade is well malntalhed nn ah
manufacturers are better employee Win
some increase in demand, where llcit ca . :
was most needed, and indications are tnat
the people do not begin to think or reouc-
ing purchases The treasury has Deen az r.
gaining gold. in spite Of exports Oh fooo,
900 this week and some exports eApecteNcc
but in view of the enormous success VI
imports since january lst 1t IS scarcelt
reasonable to hope that further outSoeS OF
gold are to be avoided. The strlnSencJ
in the money market here and at some other
points is largely due to slow COLLECTIONS,
which appear to result rather from severe
weather than from any form or CONNER
cial SoundneSs 80 -,
At Philadelphia money is close with dull
collections. Iron is in better demand and
wool very firm At Iittsburg steel is IN
better demand and an advance IN glass IS
talked Of The shoe trade at Cincinnati
exceeds last years 20 per cent and a bet
general trade Is good, with large. demand
for structural iron. but collections are
slow. Trade at Detroit about equals last
years and at indianapolis dry goods are
active and manufacturers busy. General
trade ct Chicago is good and collections
money is in strong demand aud partly be-
cause of bad roads. Receipts of many
products declned-wool. corn and dressed
beef 6 per cent, hogs 81, cheese
A., cattle q, barley and seeds
20 and oats IA per cent: hece55pts
Of wheat are 125 per cent larger than last
year; rye so; sheep 30 and hides 10 per
cent. Weather retards trade ut Milwaukee
and st. Paul. AT St. Louis money is I'M
changed with a Legitimate demand. Bust
ness is good at Kansas City and at Omaha
trade is good. St. Joe reports heavy
trade Business at Denver is fair and at
Salt Lake it is improving.
At most southern points Improvement
is seen, especially at Nashville and Knox
vile. though money is somewhat close,
but at Louisville the outlook is favorable.
At Atlanta collections are slow; at Mobile
exports OF coal and lumber increase and
money Is in tight demand, but at New
Orleans trade is dull with sugar in good
demand and large exports of wheat re-
stricted by the lack of ocean tonnage.
Though other iron is less firm at Phila-
delphia with more pressure to sell, Besse-
mer Is strong, and ut most markets the
demand for manufactured products of iron
and steel seems to increase. Copper is
slow at II ;5-4 for lake. but tin is advanced
to u by speculation. while sales of lead
has been large at SO.
The western movement of live stock
about equals f.fSt years. The advance in
carpets continues and trade i'll knit goods
is larger.
Speculation in cotton fuctuates ahsurdly
with rumors about the English strike. but
the price is unchanged, though stocks In
sight exceed the probable demand for the
year.
Wheat has declined / IA with sales of
l60O0,O00 bushels here, though western re-
ceipts in four days are over 100000 bush
els and exports are only 6GS.000.
Fork hogs 81 oh
lard is lower Foreign trade continues to
show large adverse balance. Purchases
in foreign account do non as yet indicate
reviving qualities in American securities.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days
number 243 as compared with 220 last
week. For the corresponding week of last
year the figures were o21