Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-03-03
TRADE REVIEW. |
Condition of Business as Shown by Dunn
and Brndstreet.

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New YORK, Feb. 20.-R. G. DUN g.
Co.. weekly review of trade says:
"a waiting condition Of business is one In
which weekly fluctuations mean nothing.
Business OF all kinds Is .hcsitating until more
can be determined about the future, and mean
while orders which will keep hands OF
work for time are given and
accepted, this week increasing as
In some others decreasing, without affording
reasonable indications OF the future. Prices
are again greatly depressed, rs low or lower
than ever having been made in wheat sill
yer and some manufactured products, and
neither cotton, wool nor raw iron have
advanced. The gluttod money markets
continue to show that the volume OF
business is still inadequate TO employ the cir
culation available, and the withdrawal of about
s60, 900 900 from tho New York market by the
sale Of government bonds does not cause the
expected strengthening of rates. With gradu-
ally decreasing shipments of merchandise 10
other countries foreign exchange rises, and
some exports of gold are expected
1.-The volume OF domestic trade does not seem
to increase In the clearing house payments
the decrease is i46 per cent for the week,
against 3T8 for the previous week and about
81. 5 per cent. for the month thus fur.
"Industrial changes have been few, but q
little better demand for some textile goods has
started more mills than have stopped There
is better feeling in fancy cottons, though
SOm0 BOOuS hrD Snuue lOWeT WOOltu
dress goods are steady with fair demand,
| and though orders for heavy woolens
| aud worsteds are light, they are little
| better some agents having made fair progress
Encouragement Is felt by some in the calculn-
| ton that clothiers have done about 20 per cent
| of the usual Spring business, while manufac'
| turers have done about 32h per cent, so that
/ cothiers' stocks must De reduced.
"Prices of commodities now average about
| IA per cent. higher than month ago, but III
! per cent. lower than year ago, and. excepting
| this year. have never been as low on the whole
! as they are now.
1.-THE failures during the last week numbered
! in the United States 2Ss, against 1913 last year,
| and in Canada 81, against 81 last year. Both in
J number ana in magnitude commercial disasters
! have diminished and in the first half of Febru-
Gry the liabilities thus far reported OF all firms
!, failing amounted to only sS3l9,6SS, Of which
IS. .67y, S45 were of manufacturing and 81, $50 3io
OF trading concerns. The aggregate of liabili-
ties was 40 6i9, ,252 in the first two weeks Of Jan
! uary."
Bradstreets says:
"The most encouraging feature of the week
is q report from Chicago that while store ,husi.
ness has fallen off order business has Increased
very largely, so that the total volume of trans
actions in staple lines is fully equal to that oi
one year ago
Boston reports material change in bust
ness, but improved collections, decreased fear
of failures and increased offerings OF com
merciul paper Trade is quiet at Baltimore
where there is decrease IN the volume OF
sales. Wool is moving moro freely at Pitts
burgh. Buying ut Philadelphia is for imme
diate wants
There is n fair demand for groceries, shoes
and dry goods at Cleveland, but at Cincinnati
transactions are limited to wants. activity
being noticeable in -four and provisions only
Leading lines nre dull at Detroit. except fol
groceries and drugs. There are fair takings o
clothing, shoes and hardware from Chicago
jobbers, and the cold weather has slim
ulntod interest in coal St Louis job
bers In dry goods are doing fai
business, but interest in hardware and furni
ture has fallen OF somewhat Trade at Kansas
City is fairly active, cold weather having stim
ulated the demand for scRsonable goods
Omaha, on the other hand, reports q smalle
volume OF business, due TO snow and storm
Demand is only fair at Milwaukee, but collec
tions there are easier"