The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-04-12
WEEKLY REVIEW.
The na.insss ~ the Week a. Reported b,
Dams Nesiew

Commercial failures In the iirst quar-
ter Of 1895 numbered $500, With liabili.
ties Of si7,SiS.GS3, averaging $4,000
each. There Werc also 20 bank failures.
with liabilities oi $l2.6s2 .537. OF $780,
900 each. II both were Jumped together,
a. in other reports they are, the aggre-
safe Of liabilities here reported would bc
500. 400. POS. that T. Sl3.5sO.OOO or $50
per cent more than ia shown In any
9th report Tor thequarier. liu; buns
Review not only give. commercial and
banking failures separately, but shows
shows TINT OF the former COL were OF
manufacturing concerns. with liabilities
Of i2o. 223.ppl, averaging s30,0Ol each,
while 3.l07 were oi trading concerns,
with liabilities u s25,g7Q, SOS, averaging
about 5000 each The decrease In
number Of commercial failures compar,d
with the first quarter Of last year y but
III per cent while the decrease In liza
bliiIcs i $4,000, 900 or 25.4 per cent,
about 30 per cent In manufacturing and
20 per cent In trading. The instructive
ness Of the report, and It, value AZ an
encouragement, are largely due to the
separation Of banking failures, In which
the liabilities were Sl2,6s2 ,5S7, against
only $3.ls2, bi2 last year.
Returns OF the highest importance
given this week show the condition Of
retail trade In March throughout the
country, and the distribution Of goods to
flnal consumers In comparison with the
same month in 1894 and 1898. While
the returns fully given on other pages
cannot be condensed into single COM
parison, and In view Of widely differing
conditions Ia different sections aud
branches, might in hat form he the less
useful. there IL gratifying evidence that
In most trades and districts marked inn
provemont over 1924 Il realized, though
on the whsle. trade IL smaller than In
1893. Everywhere, also, the Occurrences
Of Easter In March last year. but IN
April this year, IL found TO account fol
much difference IN the volume Of retail
trade, especially IN dry goods and mil,
hnery, and the severe weather and
backwardness larger than last year, but
on the whole smaller than In 1898, the
main difference in comparison with iS0a
is found in the general decline oi prices,
which makes trade In value smaller
even whero It is clearly a. large or larger
In quantity.
The hest news from the industries Is
that labor troubles have been settled OF
avoided, Mahoning iron and eastern
WOODEN mills being again active. Next
in Importance is the better demand FOL
many manufactured products, which
gives greater reason to hope that recent
advances from the bottom may prove
successful.
The production OF Connelsville coke
for the week, l6s, l0l tons, was the lsrg,
est ON record, but thereis some fear that
higher coke and ore may close som,
works. Copper 10 firmer, a. sales Of IN,
stock taken from the French syndicate
removed load over the market for the
past six years, and tin has been stronger
with tin plates because Of purchases iol
Pacific Gamers.
The success Of shoe manufacturer ia
raising prices grow more complete, and
some VINO hrst aSked .2is cents advance
now ask ~ cents, with more order,
coming than appeared when iobbers re-
sisted. II Is conceded that orders are on
the whole smaller than usual, especially
from the west, though the south Il tax
ing more than usual because Of Ia,
severe winter. Leather is as stid n
ever, and there is no yielding In hides
which are higher at the west than here
though the possibility Of importation,
from Germany il said to hinder further
advance In some qualities. The cotton
manufacture, oAce stimulated by the
rise In raw cotton, goes on gaining
though cotton has halted. Better de
mana appears for many qualities, and in
some slight advances in price. Sales o.
wool reflect the renewed confidence o
manufacturers as strikes are out Of the
way, for 6,675, 100 pounds were sold last
week against4, 6is, 20Olas year. No ris,
in prices is seen or expected, in view Of
heavy sales and receipts Of foreign wool
reward Of $4,000 Is offered for IN,
arrest aud conviction, or for iniorma.
ton that will lead 70 the arrest and con.
ylelion oiihe party or parties who killed
Harvey Booth, athia otablo ia Eyauston
on IAe evening OF Saturday, January