The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-13
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
From r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review

From r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review.
Progress toward better business con-
tinues, but it is slow and meets many
wholesale demands for goods, the week
shows Improvement. Money markets are
undisturbed, and a little more active;
anxiety of operatives to secure better
wages, even while many manufacturing
works are running without ppon.ib an ne
establishments better wages have, been
conceded, thus increasing the purchasing
largely o~verbalanced settlements, several
Of Importance having thrown about 12,0N
workers out of employment his week.
since March, as the approach of Easter
brings more business. but distrlbution
to Individual. consumers still lags behind
purchases of jobbers. and such demand
for products as springs from building
and other investments looking into the
future; Crop prospect f w.li s gTeatiy mo anSet
and the government report has little IN
duence to discourage. For consumers,
the worst feature is the rapid advance
For the first time in a long period,
prices of commodities average a shade
Britain also. owing to different causes.
a slight dvanc occurred in March. On
both sides Of the ocean the lowest ai,d leysl
S by some rise. Cotton IS on both sides
more buoyant thar anything else, except
meats and petroleum. mere, CRUDE OF nay
I'VE Var Seventeen years. Nothing supports
fhe advance of ar eighth in cotton the
past week, , exeieRPe s the tSor rmfpfF far rene snas are
| large, and about $50, 900 bales more than
the largest crop ever grown have already
vIsts nearly a cent, although Atlantic
! ssxnorts for two weeks have been S,7CS,-
CAS- bushels, flour included, against S,5ss,-
SoseS 4S7 AGAINST Log, 434 last year.. Re
eeSpts Of corn are about half end S ex-
ports about b, reca 2 fftn Of O. dat las' are yeae sagger
a aeaiiilst 49,. SAB to date last year and the
prevalleenbs e 9DinaopN a i raa 10 Wsneef extent enfA-
Dnmestic trade shown by. payments
,rh p9heI clearing aag 1 noasef 6n + a & per per cent cent.
la 4 9 sssr than han l IA iss SeasAA About fYI time two
oT n mills to close, but hall ! the da,e dl =
fsreF feSS IN IN prices. Railroad earnings for
t the first week of April show an Increase
issg lhan eogps per cent sss5 o ,ais, 5a 7ass with Hfhdln' the tie
! tinted States for March were III PEI 7
cent less than 4 20 i n 1 sog Ta5,e o1r are areui ls.1
e cent. less than in 1885,. Tonnage 9 & eel
| Hbicaeao the first week of April was 3liSol
| smaller. than last year. g put q s TSa last aat
ygsaMin for an eT fhcfesse at 81 IS per cent BIT
Msrsh returns garrass for ct rs S, g gEla Isl, Or p is 5 PEI
eeannf against an increase of 10 per cent.
n imports at New York. 10
The output of pig iron April was l5S,-
100 tons weekly. practically the sam oo6
.. March /. with q decrease OF l,Vse
nns in 1nsoid stocks during the month.
Ipas,dxtiass heavy stocks were taken W
~ ~ na n1lfacturers IN anticipation OF 2
I ei,;lke in coke works, but tne apparen:
cons,In,sJtion is larger that at any oins,
ts,ne for some months ana only d sIA.l
qsss than in March: 1882. Bessenasr Hol
hhesS advanced a little further to $lo.!2 a;
naes an 10 b1t there is no change what
1919? ~ nrfces of finished products CURING
esei naek and while the demand con
tne ,ss eaod for structural forms n g
IItllss ,etter for bar, the marked o.
IttlT n demand for wire, owing to .lae
crea4e of farmers for Fencing
: fgaats the outlook. 1t seems propIDie
tbat n;g iron must recede unIess !. =
iareer dsmand for finished pfoatcls y
sann developed. The shoe mangIaclir
Continues to lead 81 o gr re- oa lnuu Z rssa,
VIII n,,,opers Of cases tran a year age
a ,lat,i mot IN value, while orders nave
ELnoo, roora liberal at advanced prices.
81 I If wool are particularly interest
ay,s1a1nfing for the week TO .5,03o,20
lie e and for five weeks previous &c
~ iL %, oGa against 25,277.676 IN the SAM
naaLs Of 1892. In brief. sales are clost
70 the auarltity required for a IuI con,
Sumption, and the long delay N p.aelns
orders and the 1ateness oi she $3.50
1 lnas than usual. Mo Improvement II
lEde < anseare, and domestic wool does
XII asssrsond to recent advances n ror