Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-03-22
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Some Improvement Shown In the
Condition of Trade.
Growing Demand in Many Lines-Mors
Factories Resumed Than Closed Dur
ing the Week-Decrease in the
Number Of Failures.
SOME IMPROVEMENT SHOWN.

NEW YORK, March 3.-R- g. Dun &
Co IS weekly review OF trade says.
With no more definite information than a
week ago regarding the outcome Of financial or
revenue disputes perhaps more people have
come 70 the belief that ths end VII ansS or
their wishes Certainly rather moro are TAX
Ing limited RISKS In business. especially In
stocks. substantial basis Is the slowly
growing demand for goods caosed by gradual
exhaustion o. stocks held b. dealers, and this
has further enlarged the working force in man
ufactures.
Lou-Priced Goods In Demand.
More works have resumed OF Increased
hands or hours than have ssPped or reduced
but numerous Reductions % wages continue to
lessen the purchasing power o6 those AZ work
The demand from distributors Is almost exciu.
siveiy for medium or lov-prtnsd WOODEN and
cotton goods. for g. 58sanea Hnd . bouts and for
shoes rather than boots. Some salexmen and
traders find indications Chat stocks OF the
higher priced goods remaining on band are
much larger than usual. The bankers Judge
that much OF the demand for commercial loans
Is virtually for renewals TO carry such unsold
stocks
Below the Usual Mark.
In ell branches q woolen manufacture the
demand ia yet far below the usual mark, but II
Is somewhat improved 10 worsteds and dress
goods. and Leading mills have been taking wool
QulbC hE&Clys 50 tuht IN tlACo c1tot LuAfkCta
the sales have been 48p6, 100 pounds for the
week. against s,lo POO last year, In part be-
cause scarcely any foreign wool has been i'm
ported for months, and supplies are short
Western markets are also broader, without Inn
pPovement In price
Receipts and Exports.
Receipts and exports OF wheat for the week
have been only about half last years, while
there is great increase both in receipts and in
If fsat rna e
in prices Of these or other products Cotton
receipts for the week are still slightly above
last years. The fall in silver and the closing
OF some mills hinder rise ih prices. Railway
tonnage from Chicago was but 81 per cent less
than last year, against 81 per cent for Feb
ruary Imports of merchandise still show de-
crease OF 40 per cept, while exports OF domes-
tic products for three weeks are per cent
larger than last year
Business Failures.
with the buying power OF the people neces-
sarily restricted, with many works idle and
wages much reduced and apprehensions for
/ the future, there Is general economy. The
most encouraging feature OF the weeks record
is the continued decrease In number and Inn
portauce of failures For the third week OF
February liabilities thus far reported are only
q, ss6,S46, and for three weeks of the
month only &li,4204ls Of which IS 045 s47
were of manufacturing and S5 2Si, 693 OF
trading concerns. The number reported in
February Is l26o, against 1850 in Jandary, and
the full liabilities were probably less than si5,
900, 900, against $50, 4gT in january. In No
vember and December the amount exceeded
S60,000000 For the last week the failures have
been 264 IN the United States, against goo last
year, and ~ in Canada, against As last year,
scarcely any being OF much importance"
Decreased Volume of Trade.
Bradstreet's report says:
storms and cold weather south and south.
west have ehoked the course Of business this
week, while west and northwest brighter
weather has had an opposite effect No bet
ter illustration Of the necessarily halt
ing and irregular movement OF the vol
ume Of business at the beginning OF the
/ improvement may be found than the
record OF the week, with Its decreased vol
ume Of trade and renewed unfavoranle reports
from the south and the Pacific coast in con
trast with the more cheerful tone and increased
sales at important cities in the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi river valleys and in the northwest
Both Better and Worse.
THE general industrial situation is both bet
ter and worse There are thirty assumptions
| Of factories reported, contrasted With two shut
| downs; wages have been reduced at thirteen
establishments and nfteen strikes are an
nounced The latter is feature. notiooabiy al
Paterson, NJ J., where 1000 silk weavers have
bNTuch loT HlGucI wages ~ tllo Wutu buOu
sands are stil receiving aid from the citizens
relief committee The general tendency Of
prices continues downward
Trade ut Various Points.
AT Chicago tho volume Of dry goods sales "a
larger There arS more buyers there, and in
creased demand 10 reflected IN sales OF cotton
dress goods Shoes rubber, clothing and Leaf Their
Al st Louis like Influences have stimaiA ted the
distribution OF dry goods hats and clothing
while Kansas City aud Omaha lobbers make cor
responding reports, the demand for light hard
ware ana agricultural implements being speci
aed 1T these points Moderate gains are an.
nounced from Milwaukee and Duluth while St
Paul iobbers report tho most cheerful business
week for months, with moro country buyers
present and larger volume OF sales OF dry goods
hats, millinery and hardware"