The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-28
DUN's COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

, In the Aggregate About a Tenth Large
, Than Last Year. hut Twenty live ~.
Cent. iselo~ "a tuii Volume Tor the Sea
son 90 the Year.
NEw York. Sept. .e.-R. g. Dun 4
Cos weekly review of trade issued to
day saws.
Plenty Of material for encourage,
ment. and also for discourn cement. can
bc found by those Tho seek that and
nothing else. But business men who
want To see the situation exactly as
II Is find accounts 80 far conflicting
that il il difficult to strike a
balance. In those departments Of in
iustry and trade in which he deferred
business and the demand fox replcnish-
ment OF stocks have not been exhaust
ed there is improve ment. and in some
the business l. not only larger than
last year, but larger than two wears
ago In others the exhaustion Of tenn
porary demand has brought di>ap-
pointment. because II was smaller than
was expected. and because the remain
ing demand appears uncomfortable
iight. In the aggregate. business is
about tenth larger than last wear.
but still falls about - per cent. below
full volume for the season
The iron business. after its great in
crease Of output last month. shows dis
appointing weakness ut all eastern and
central markets. with consumption not
large enough to keep fairly employed
h..a ms ~. In,
j. lower. at Sil25 at Pittsburgh and
the business in most manufactured
products there and at PHILADELPHIA is
generally done AT some concessions.
though for structural WORK and in
sheets the demand j. excellent. Wire
rods and nails and barbed wire ..Y,.
weaker. and steel biliets and bars n
shade lower. In the minor metals
speculation has advanced both tin and
copper a little. hut without Signs Of
increasing consumption.
In textile fabrics there has been n
distinct decrease ia trade. as initial
stocks for the next season have been
ordered and dealers are now waiting
FOR the retail trade to give encourage
ment for further purchases. The lull
In trade may be only temporary. but
l. felt the more as it follows he crowd
ing orders for several months intoa
few weeks. The strikes at Fall River
and New Bedford have not ceased. and
about a dozen additional cotton mills |
have gone into operation elsewhere.
several with reduced wages. but the
oSder> for the present are narrow and 4
much smaller than usual. although
recent advances in price are main
tanned. large auction sal of silks
has resulted in satisfactory prices.
The demand for WOODEN dress goods i
better. and Will occupy some mills nm
I'll the end of September. and the half.
dozen concerns making CLAW diagonals
are probably ovcrsold. but in most
lines the wooden business is restricted.
ana after what remained of several
months demand was crowded into
few weeks. the traffic is disappointing.
London prices of wool beginningabout
\ per cent. higher than at the last sale.
We're not quite mp to previous market
quotations. and sales of wool at the
three eastern markets have been for
me week larger than of latc-G.0ll.550
pounds. against i,ai6. ae5 last year. and
.-0a. 100 in 1892. In three weeks the ,
sales have been 1926. $50. against
'.>o5.225 last year and 24.G3l 900 in ;
s9a
brcadstuif> Were weaker. possibly :
because the government official report i
vent SO far in predicting short crop. rs !
o occasion reaction in opinion. While ,
over estimates Of corn are commonly !
ccepted. the price fell 81. cents. and 1
men are reasoning that If the official ]
sim te Of wheat has been found 100 I
1900 bushels out Of the way. its corn
stlmate may be 100000. 900 or 100000
oobushels While corn declined. neither
ork nor lard yielded in price here. {
hough lower at Chicago Wheat re- /,
elpts were 5.4si.iis bushels. against I
''s2.V2' last year, and Atlantic ex- d
orts only ?O2.ss0. against I SOS. 3O4 \
'st year. and the price fell cent. Il
Railroad earnings for the first week {
September were GA per cent smaller h
nan last year, and for the month. as \
ir as reported. 40 per cent. less than p
1898 and Isl per cent. less than in 1
'.'s Compared with last year the Z
IS IS in passenger earnings. which a
ere then phenominally large. and in
eight earnings some increase ap- h
ears. Chicago east-bound tonnage +,
larger than Of late but for Z,
re two weeks Of September was il
I'll tons, against l0i. .2o last year. and q
?.2al in ls9s. West-bound tonnage ii
fairly up to the average. though in
'ods products. still restricted The
ock market broke badly on trust
ocks. although il recovered later, the n
arket closing I.s9 per share lower, l.
lille railroad stocks have steadily re- "
sted the downward influence and are al
'ly 3, cents per share lower 81
Foreign trade does not ans wer ex- IN
citations. exports from New York for II
2 month thus far being 81. 700. 900 or IN
per cent. less than last year. while CT
lporis from this port were S.. 200, 900. I'll
i per cent larger. The treasury oI
IS taken in from customs in three or
,eks about Sill. zoo, 900. against $500 I'll
, last year. but only So. 200. 600 from III