Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-01-06
puNs REVIEW.

by Associated Press
New York. Jan. 5.-R. G.. Dun &
Cos weekly reviow o. trade win tomor-
row say:
It Is questioned whether the working
force in tiie great industries has In
creased as yet. though about the first ~
the year considerable increasc Is eS-
pccted The number of mills starting
and stopping work were about the same.
Sales ot wool for the week amount 10
only s,lvhSON pounds, against a,laS2Wl
pounds for the corresponding week last
year and sinco May J The decrease has
hccn ii9,d Dor cent. Prices are somc-
what wealcr. AMI fow works rsHarJ
satisfactory orderss Prices Of Q, -
goods arc further reduced 10 cncouNl
purchases, Most OF thu shoe shops afe
moderately employed, and the decr'ase
Ia shipments Tor the wce,, is Il per
cent. against - per cent Cor the last
Sven months OF 1899,
stu lnwcr prices are recorded In iron
and steel, both at Philadelphia aud at
Pittsbnra, without an increase IN the vol.
Tune Of business. II X believed that
the output Of pig, though 10 per cent less
than year ago, exceeds present CON
sumption.
The volume of business represented by
exchanges outside 81 Nrw YORK is 49,
per cent lCss than i0r the same week
last year. REGARDING the eXteni OF The de-
creNse In various branches of business
during the last hnlftof iS!l& actual sales
have been reported by llli houses or
companies, aggrcgntlngs S.l3 ihlH2d this
year. against S3nllG0,ioa IN the same
months .ast year. a decrease OF 2l.i per
cent In textile manufactures The de.
crease is II ncr cent? over "a IN all
wnolcns, ~ IN ak and 31,l In cotton
manufactures, 2g.2 in hosiery and 25.O
10 mixcd textiles. Dry goods SALES de.
creased only lN.2. slocke previously held
having been nucli rcducod, and the re-
ported decrease n sales Of clothing V
only i2,3, 10 Iron and steel manufactures
the decrease is N.S VA hardware only
IL; In boots aud shoes manufacturer The
DECREASE Is 1916, hut in The retail trade
only ll0, The decrease IN furniture D
2I.2; IA icwclry 2iS. and n sales Of hAts
ou,y 1SG. Sales of groceries are slightly
larger than last year though little loss
40 the West and East, hul iaeNter ai The
South The lacl lint ip most branches
the dpcrcnsc appears smaller al the Mcsi
than az tho Els, and smaller at ihc South
ihnn at the West, that is one curinu'
result OF this novel Investigation. som,
explanations are suggested elscwhcr'
Fnal classified returns OF failures lui
1SllH are moi yct complete. hut reports
received for the lnitcr pntI Of December
have swollcd the grgrrrNtc Of commercial
liabilities TO S33S,in3Adl, Of which SlG1,
J4hNS1 are ni manufacturing lnllurpd
| Si23 10000 of'imding failures aud SiI
| 23O,5iO Of other concerns. Complete re-
turns will be given II Is hoped, mex
! week,
For The pnst week the failures reported
| have horn Ill IN the United States
! against 232 last ycnr and Al IN Canada
against II last year classified liahili
! tics IN failures reported for the wcel
1 ending December 2S, amount to S5,Oll,
/ $40 Of which S9.1}1 900 wore manu-
featuring and S2O1a,O0N In trading fail
ures Deferred returns also swcllcd lia
| hilllies for the previous week 10 SNOSl,
| O3O In $40 inilnrns.