St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-24
TRADE FALLS OFF.
B~radstreet's Report for the Past
Week.

New YORK, Feb. 23.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow, Feb. 24, will say: The VOL
ume of trade shows some falling off,
compared with the week before, as was
to be expected, owing to a holiday, aside
from which there are several not unex-
pected ~unfavorablea features. The
recent advance in iron and steel prices,
based on a more active demand for
those metals, has evidently been too
rapid, and not only demand, but recent
iy advanced prices have been off-steel
billets reacting from SIG to SIS. so. and
BesSemer pig iron being shaded. The
recent firmness in wire and halls has
disappeared, while there IS little
Goubt a moderate improvement will be
maintained in this lin5 of industry dur
ing the year. Improved sales of cotton
goods at Eastern and Western cities are
accompanied with explanations that
they are due 20 cut prices, an outcome
OF which in New England, in some
instances, is reduced wages of oper-
atives. Print cloths are lower, and
demand for woolens is as slow as here
tofore. Prices OF wooden goods are
shaded, which results in a slight
increase in volume distributed.
WHEAT IN FARMERS HANDS
March 1, 1894 with allowances for uI-
der-estimates by the government in its
report of the last three wheat crops)
quantities eaten, planted and exported
being calculated IN customary basis.
Indicates a total so held of 129. 900. 600
bushels. The significance of this ap-
pears when it is learned the calculation
indicates there are 204, 600, 900 bushels of
wheat in farmers hands March l. 1898,
contrasted with the government total at
that time of 135, 000, 600 bushels.
The government report of the wool
clips shows a total OF 34S, ZOO, 900 pounds
in 1893, compared with 333, OOO. 900
pounds the year before. last years clip
being the heaviest on record.
Believers that.supplies of cotton at
the interior are much smaller than at
like dates in preceding years are calling
attention to a decrease in receipts Of
this staple OF 80 per cent as compared
with a like week last year.
Eu The most encouraging feature of the
week is a report from Chicago that
while store business has fallen off order
business has Increased very largely. so
hat the total volume of transactions in
staple lines is fully equal to that of one
year ago.
Il Boston reports no material change in
business, but improved collections, de-
creased fear of failures. and increased
offerings of commercial paper. Trade is
quiet at Baltimore, where there is a
decrease In the
VOLUME OF SALES.
no Wool is moving a little more freely at
Pittsburg. where a large sale of foreign
wool is reported to an Eastern carpet
concern. Buying at Philadelphia is for
Immediate wants. There is a fair de-
imand for groceries. shoes and dry goods
at Cleveland, but at Cincinnati transac-
tons are limited to wants, activity being
noticeable in flour and provisions
only. Leading lines are dull at
Detroit, except for groceries and
drugs. A good nearby trade
is reported from Louisville, particularly
dry goods. agricultural implements and
jeans clothing; leaf tobacco is in good
demand at fair prices. There are fair
takings of clothing, shoes and hardware
from Chicago jobbers. and the cold
weather has stimulated interest in coal.
st. Louis jobbers in dry goods are do
ing a fair business, but interest in hard
ware and furniture has fallen off some
What. Trade at Kansas City is fairly
active, cold weather having stimulated
demand for seasonable goods. Omaha,
or the other hand, reports smaller
volume of business, due to SNOW and
storm. Demand is only fair at Milwau-
kee, but collections there are easier.
st. Paul. Minneapolis and Duluth
represent the i0bbing business as some