The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-27
A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK

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strike. Have Checked ssut Not Arrested
-Oun's Review of the Commercial and
Industrial Situation III. Nho..
Rather More Encouraging THAI La,
Weeks Report - The Weeks Kalnr..
Etc.
NEw YORK. April ai.-I q. Dun 4
Co. : weekly review Of trade, issued a..
day, saws.
Extensive storms checked Improvements In
business only for time. aud numerous sirli...
have not yet arrested H. Distribution ~ pr.l.
ucis 10 consumers seems larger. Tor more iao.
pie are earning. and therefore more peop.. Az
ahle 20 buy. Hut IL H. less clear that tae u.s.
crease of working force Will continue " fha,
orders for products Will further exp..l
The Improvement thus far raalisri =
based on actual increase In orders sor
con- sumption. but part Of this was To cover be
lated demands for the spring season A Goa
siderable portion OF the industrial force l. Stil
unemployed aud with wages much lower than
year arc consumption Is not a. Larry, Paw.
ments through all clearing houses for the week
are 25s per cent less than last year. - IL
New York. and ss.9 elsewhere. New orders Tor
future distribution are still materially r.
stricted By uncertainty about action AT WASH.
ington and about the extent and outcome q;
labor difficulties
The strike Of coke workers though virtually
over stiil Affects ouipu, and deliveries
strikes in building trades al many cities ~
strict employment Of labor and demand for
materials. and during the past week there
have been numerous strikes in textile aud
other manufacturing works. most OF ihufn t,,
cause restoration OF wages 10 rates formerly
paid Is not yet conceded Most OF the reyny.
cry realized In business has been made posi-
bic hy consent Of workers TO accept los,r
wages for a time. and II they insist on re~tDra-
ton Of wages before consumption has restored
prices. many works must stop
The great strike threatened hy the h.ss-
minous coal miners and strikes ~ associated
/ employees on some railroads make the fu.lre
less hopeful oat 81 twentynine textile .rl
mctalworSing concerns which ~toppel lu in-
the past week about a third closed because 81
| trouble about wages. Otherwise the nun. o,r
resuming work or Increasing force which a.,
twenty-five. would have been larger Erl'.sh
ortiers have been taken in iron and ~ieei q
keen employed for time the works now in
/ upe ration hut this week no definite Increase
! l. seen. Structural work al the west IS Ira.
| tied aud new business a, the east hardy
makes up for orders nlicd. Rails move Sipniy
I and completion OF orders Tor wirr nails nNi
haris.a wire Is followed bN weakness Ia bill .-s
I The srca. sales ~ Bessemer iron al l'lt,-iNreh
have been At such low prices about ~
tons going At little over sl1, w.tA part 'ow
si0-as TO suggest that the expected demand
/ FOR this material has not been realize
shipments OF boot, aud Shoes for TIE week
are not quite per cent less than las y@ar
but the weeks shipments last year were r'-
usually low. aud Il is estimated that pro llc
tion Is about sixth less than usual NV ~
ders not large. but numerous cnoaEa -
keep most Of the works fairly busy
Textiles look little weaker in spit. ~
somewhat better disirihrtIon. sales ~ reol,
already made are stimulated as better weather
comes hut orders for the ~pring season
are running out and IN orders FOR thu fall tAf "a
j. rather more uncertainty except 81 dress
goods for which the demand continues fllr
In mems wo3lens no Improvement l. seen, ari
cuifea number ~ mills have stopped ~ arr
q out 70 stop orders being insufficient for prot'
atle production Inafcw grades OF goods lover
| prices are quoted. and In none nm advance AZ
though strikes for higher wages are nor
frequent. The attempt to advance prrt
cloths has been followed by slight sclire.
and while the cotton business has not mater
tally changed dimensions. the tone = rattef
less confident
II l. a healthy sign tina; speculation ls r
striciei. Indus, rial stocks have been 4 gh'y
, a. usual. and the average OF prices has "a
vanced 50 cents per share. while the average
for railroad stocks has declined q cents per-
share. Exports OF gold hal some intiuenc-. ani
continuous loss in earnings some EARNINGS
for April thus far decreased isf pr 6 nj.
against al In February and 1874 IN Marsh
: Decentralization OF lake frcights already ~.
: vcrts much bulky east-bound tonnage from
railroads. though the movement OF other Encr-
chan disc t. well sustained
: Wheat has scarcely changed in prices dur
ing the week though exports were auol' N
c per cent. 81 last years and western receipts
about 6 per cent Predictions OF a short crof
are treated with Indifference. and though on.
3D.m0o bushels have come into sight since
: January l. against 5V0D0D last yea-. i L
felt that farmers wouic naturally rcia!r
wheat ut curren, prices If they could
Corn moves less freely. advancing half
cent western receipts Icing little lar-e'
than a year ago. and exports ), per cent. lar (
er. Cotton has chsnsei scarcely fraction,
though receipts from plantations have been
r larger and exports smaller this week than a
4 year ago. and men consider stories Of De-
. creased acreage entitled 70 little confidence
!. Spnner~ 1rc no; taking largely. and the sup
ply OF cotton is enough for the worlds max
fmnm production
& II Is expected that 81 Ol0p1 gold NIL 20
n abroad to-day owing 10 British investments
+. the PARIS loan. which H. another way % >ayir4
= that this is withdrawal OF foreign capita
e from this country.
n Exports in March showed moderate IN
4 crease. with great decrease in imports. and 1
April thus far exports from New York nay
been about 40 per cent. smaller. Commerce
u loans do not increase. and the rate for ~
Is best paper drops 70 81 cents. the lowest O.
= record
y The failures OF the pas. week have bee
somewhat more important than usual. ~
II Were sis in the United States. against !
II last year. and - Ia Canada against :, las
r year For the first half Of April liabilities II
. ported have been a. los. si6 Of which s..n--a
were OF manufacturing and H.9osSG OF 'rA'