Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-11-03
Dun = Co. = Review ofTrade.

NEW York, November 2.-R. G. Dun
& Co. g weekly review OF trade, which
issues tomorrow, will say:
The last week of October, with an eX-
citing election near, cannot indicate
ness. In some trades the season is too
far advanced for great activity, and In
others the supposed effects of the voting
hinder operations. Bat it is satisfac-
tory that the volume OF business Is
we'll maintained, and in one or two In
stances increased, that no momentarily
difficulties disturb, that breadstuffs are
q little higher and that no material de-
cline appears during the week in manu-
featured products. At present the vol
ume OF business transacted is on the
whole smaller than last year, and much
smaller than In 90, though Presiden-
tial election was then close at hand.
Corn has advanced four cents, with
western receipts about third and ex-
ports about an eighth Of last years.
Yet pork and hogs are a shade lower
| with lard about the same. Wheat is
thrss-fourths of cent higher for spot
and one cent for December and looks as
II strength in corn had prevented fur
| Their decline, although when receipts
were only Asst go bushels for the
week, against 6. SOB, III, last year, and
| Atlantic exports Increased 10 696, 566
| bushels, against TAO, SOC last year. The
irresistible force is Of course the enor-
nous accumulation which continues,
| although producers may naturally be
| inclined not to sell at current prices,
! Cotton is again lower, spot being 8.
with receipts so heavy that the large
| crop estimates are favored, though ii
makes little difference in the real pros
/ pect whsther the yield is half million or
a million bales greater than the worlds
requirement, With great stocks OF old
! cotton 10 sight. The depression Of cot
/ ton and wheat, and the partial loss of
the corn crop, must be reckoned i'm
portaut causes of hesitancy in recall dis
tributioG OF produce.
10 the iron industry the chief activity
is in structural work, bridge aud other
| plates, while the demand for sheets is
somewhat diminished, bar and wire
/ show no improvement and nails are
weaker
The average OF quotations for various
kinds Of iron and steel is per cent.
lower than in July, g. per cent. higher
| than at the lewesG point in April and 20
per cent lower than Tn July last year.
A conference Of steel rail makers re-
/ suited in no change OF policy, though
/ purchases Of English rails by Mr.. Hunt
| ington for Pacific delivery, and by Can
adam roads, indicate that American
makers are losing part OF their natural
/ markets.
/ 10 woods the fell and winter demand
is disappointing, though still fairly
| large for the season, but the expected
/ supplemental orders do not appear and
great uncertainty prevails as to spring
/ goods. No changes Of price are noted,
| Manufacturers are not disposed 10 pro-
/ duce 10 advance Of the change January
/ l, and so are buying only for current
needs, aud at the west 1t is complained
that wool goes begging at prices below
! the parity of similar wool abroad on the
| secured basis. At the three eastern
markets, sales for the week were 4,004,
| 900 pounds, against 4,45S, 500 POUNDS
/ last year and 1855, 953 in 1892.
During the past week failures have
| been 249 in the United States, against
35s last year, and so in Canada, against
| IS last year.