The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-20
BUSINESS REVIEW.

Hopes are 1suiit an the More In,or.hl..
Crop Reports Renewal Of Gold tsnort.
the Occasion of some Di.uu..tua.
business Failures. Etc.
NEw York. April li.-R q. Dun q
Co.'s weekly review of trade, issued ,o.
day, says:
business improvement meets many N ~.
sirs, and Il scarcely NJ distinct as il has i..n
IN recent weeks Strikes have checked the nv
proyrnent IN building and other ira 4 a. AMI
scarcity OF coke has caused the closing ~ .ou..
iron works. while q strike 81 all the h.rimi
nous coal workers Is ordered and mas nf.y..
serious. More favorable crop reports IMAM
were expected which Justify larger hopr for
next fall have arrested the upward tenloncy
IN prices Of products The renewal OF ro.d ~.
ports occasions dsquietudc Hut the efaan.i
exhaustion OF goods IN the hands of daaiors
makes the consumption OF the people mOreais
tnetiy felt and apparently larger. and this ae-
mand increases with the gain In NUM- ~ ~
hands at work IL cannot be- said that unror.
tAnty n to the future has materially dlmin.
ished but there Is an evidently growing i'm
preston that there VIII he no important lc.is-
lation on the currency or the tariff The i'm
preston. whether erroneous or not Influences
the action OF many. The proposal to remove
the tax on issues OF state banks is not liz many
thought likely TO prevail On the whole though
progress Is still DISTRACTED By uncertainty II
has not been arrested.
The output OF pig iron April | was ies N.
tons weekly. against il0i6i March l. a gain
which is the more encouraging because unsnll
stocks decreased 10 g, tons. The actunl con
sumption thus Indicated. about ~ iOb tons 4,
only "A third smaller than "A year ago. mi
some furnaces ana works have been stopped
since April l on account OF the strike of
Cnnncli>ylilc coke workers. whfchat ail bears
fruit in hlopdshrd aud destruction az
property Several large sales Of 'lse.semcr
iron are reported at siO35 ~ PITTSBURGH aul
considerable sales Of No l foundry NJ III there
while much Improvement is seen IN the Nl,i-
ness at the east AT Chicago the trade has
FALLEN OF account OF the strike In the nnildiuv
trades Tin has bean active In spernllfiln
without much change ana copper remain. ia
small demand for consumption. bat the Ne.
structipp of works said To produce 6 ~ tons of
lead weekly has raised the price to 3 ; errts
New wool has begun 10 come forward ana AZ
the yield Is expected 10 be greatly reduced
prices are slightly frmer with large purchases
Tor HpceulNtion At the three chief markets.
sales we're ad5- go pounds against s.s.ll.5la the
samr week last year, aud stocks available ARC
compa ratiyriv -eaniy hut quotations Arr ITO
higher ASiriking increase - noted in the Ae.
mand for fli dress goods but ia mems woulens
there T. no Improvement ~ demand fur heavy
weights and orders for spring goods have hren
reduced though ensy terms are offered Thu
tone 81 the dry goods market on the whole y
less assuring. buyers are few. aud mali oritrs
are failing on and there = shade o. wcaknrs,
in some coitonS, with less success, ia -t.m4-
lating trade Is low prices
The boot and shoe trade continue. 81 ln-
prove q larger proportion 81 the iaciorie, hav-
ing orders for some time to come though pro.
duccrs OF the better grad $ Of good, iini COM
parativeiy little TO do. >hipm from BQ-
ton were 81 iAs cases for the week. against ~
200 last year. "A decrease OF 10 per cent
The government report Tor April Indicated
much less damage 10 wheat than spectators
had expected 30 that prices declined rapidly.
Cor the week iis cents. II j. Officially ~ur-
eested that the extent 81 injury since Aprll |
Is not yet known. but Atlantic exports have
been only E0.s0 bushels. against ~ fsl for
the same week last year. while western re-
ccipts have been .o.3s5s bushels against
ESQ ii~ last year. Corn has ccllncl half 5.
cent Western receipts being sim far IN cx-
cess Of last years.
Pork and lard are shade higher and Oh
has been hoisted by manipulation. Cotton has
declined again 10 7ds cents. European spin
ners having grown tired OF the usual stories
about exhaustion Of supplies and reduction OF
acreage. Receipts from plantations are about
as large ms last year. while exports for tbs
week have been very small
Intense dullncss in the stock market dis
gusts brokers. though industrial stocks have
been marked up easily - cents per share
Railway stocks average ~ cents lower and
railroad earnings do not vet reflect the heavy
gain IN tonnage. falling behind last years
about much as ia March Neither do clear
inghousc payments indicate much Dctterment,
but for the second week OF April are ~ q per
cent. smaller than last year against 1915 per
cent. the first week. The fact that prices still
average ~ per cent. lower than year ago.
while explaining part OF the decrease ia the
volume OF business. also suggests the narrow
ness Of its profits
The money market has changed very little.
but 10000 gold goes % Paris to-day 70 pur-
chase spanish coin 10 be paid for Cuban sugar
and exports OF merchandise have fallen low
last years Treasury receipts for customs IN
April are - per cent less than last year. with
Internal receipts somewhat smaller
Tho treasury deficit has been ss.OOJupDfo the
month thus far. besides interest payments. in
dealing deficit OF SiOODOU for the month.
Bankers deny reports that further nond issues
are under discussion. but gold exports with de-
hcicnt receipts may quickly change thr sitna-
ton No Improvement Is seen in commercial
loans. ard the large increase reported ~ hanSs
l. mainly due 10 sto, X transactions. The mos.
cheering news Is the decrease IN the import
ancr OF commercial failures for though one
MORTGAGE loan concern has failed. with habits
ties OF 25pOOp the liabilities in all CONNER
mcrcial failures for the first week ~ Apri!
were only ~. ~. -ci OF which S-pphf. were ~
manufacturing. and si,ss2p OF trading con
Germs
The failures during the week number eis
In the United States. against Isl last year
and - ia Canada. against >, last year.
The Coke Trade. rs Affected by the
strike.