Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-21
VALUES LITTLE AFFECTED
Venezuelan Difficulty Has Had Little
Bearing on General Trade,
JoBBeRS EXPECT STILL LOWER pRlCtS
Foreign Holders of American stocks
Likely to Discover No Others
Are More Free from out
side Complications.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade, which Is
sues tomorrow. will say: The strong Ameri-
canism of the presidents message has given
its character to the week. Popular feeling
was profoundly moved, but excepting stock
and cotton markets, business was remark
ably dull and scarcely affected. Selling of
securities held abroad was n natural first
impulse though the sellers are not unlikely
In time to discover that no other securities
are safer from international complications
than the American. Coming at a time
when nearly all produce markets are
Inactive and industry unusually dnll.
expected. Not because Of any
which have been in continuous operation for
months, prices Of manufactured goods continued
and shoes. and in some localities the trade is
a little better. though gradually lower prices are
go stiii lower. Shipments frotn the east are
an eighth smaller than last week, but . per cent
clinos, averaging 2 per cent lower for the week
though hides at Chicago are scarce and about 2
Prices Of iron and steel have fallen about ?
per cent for the week, and are now 3 per cent
forge and most kinds of finished products hay
ing yielded more or less. Purchases by the great
In excess of their actual consumption. and 1t Is
believed that some furnaces will have to sus.
Dtlli 10 l"f ttiiihd w
products IL too small to support the output.
Minor metals are weaker. copper being offered at
10 cents net. The American production in No
vcmbcr was 16. $50 tons, and the foreign 1.22s
tons. Lead is weak at 800 cents, and tin, after
"A rise in price. is selling at $40. IS.
There Is no change of Importance In the mar
ket for cotton goods, which Is not active enough
to prevent some accumulation. Print cloths are
a shade weaker. The market for wooden goods
has not improved scarcely any, except clay mix
lures and "A few fancy cassimeres are selling at
better than last years prices. and clothiers are
not in haste to contract largely, owing to un-
certainty as to foreign prices. New orders for
the heavyweight goods are more delayed than
usual. and are remarkably small.
Sales Of woods are confined To immediate needs
OF manufacturers. who are buying little ahead
and for three weeks OF December have been
H. lT9. 200 pounds. of which S.905. 100 pounds were
foreign, against l6. sos. 100 in the same weeks OF
1892, of which ,l04, 500 pounds were foreign. The
imports OF wColen goods continue very large,
though smaller than a month ago. 1t sounds
strange to hear the many complaints of slow
collections and scarcity of money at the west
on account of the tardy movement of products
from the farms when western wheat receipts in
three weeks have been is. els. 400 bushels. against
9,436, 1924 bushels last year, while Atlantic cx-
ports. flour included. are only ~5,sl2.3ii bushels.
against 6. i53. 100 bushels last year.
The movement of cotton continues small. There
was a shade of advance in the price until foreign
questions disturbed the market. but 1t closed
with a nc decline.
Failures for the week have been 3I7 in the
United States. against 2D last year, and 80 in
Canada. against SO last year.