The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-26
NO MARKED IMPROVEMENT.
LOW PRICES IND THE SALES ARE
 THOSE OF HAND TO MOUTH.

The Outlook in Business, as Reported Dy
 Bradstreets, is Favoring Very ConserVa-
 tive Trade For some to Come-Collections
 Are Slow in the South.
 New York, Jan. 25.-Bradstreets to-
 morrow will say: Special telegraphic
 and mail advices from the more inn
 portant distributing centers fail to re-
 veal any marked improvement in the
 movement of merchandise and products
 and the conclusion is forced that the
 general trade situation remains as pre-
 viously characterized-by small volume,
 low prices, hand to mouth sales and
 the outlook favoring very conserVa-
 tive trade for some time to come
 Gains in demand have been noteworthy
 only at eastern woolen mills for mems
 wear fabrics among Providence manu-
 featuring jewellers, wholesale dealers In
 staples at Augusta, Memphis and New
 Orleans, and to the west and north-
 west at St. Louis, Kansas City, St'
 Paul and Minneapolis only improve ment being rather by contrast With re-
 cent dullness than with the volume or trade ordinarily transacted at thls
 season. An exception is in wool sales, which have increased sharply, though prices are no higher. Mills report un- expectedly heavy orders for mem s wear woolen for fall delivery, in spite of foreign competition, clothiers having placed the bulk of overcoatings and
 general suitings contracts with domes- tic mills. Transactions in prints and ginghams are of fair proportions, the latter having been stimulated by cut in prices None of the larger eastern cities report a likelihood of demand to
 anticipate wants; on the contrary all indications are for a continuance Of
 present conditions At Pittsburg un- favorable weather has checked trading again. Philadelphia textile mills are dissatisfied at the outlook, but Balti-
 more jobbers say trade is fairly satis- factory.
 At the south collections are slow in South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia. More interest is manifested by patrons of Richmond jobbers and Charleston
 and Savannah respectively report fer
 tilizers and naval stores more active,
 Atlanta jobbers are awaiting results of February settlements before seek ing to extend trade. At almost all
 southern centers general trade remains quiet and of very moderate volume.
 There is a little more activity in bar and pig iron and steel rails at Chi cago and St. Louis but general trade at the former Is otherwise as quiet as heretofore. At the latter city orders Ie. 1,,,I oh re larger, and 1t is stated that American tin plates are preferred to Welsh, as the latter are being cheapened at the expense of the quality. Omaha's re- | duced volume of business is due in part | to unfavorable weather, but at St. Paul the volume of orders received for | January is declared to be larger than in | 1894 At most other cities reported the situation is smarkedb by quiet orders. Port | land Ore, reports that blockades and bad weather continue to depress business and San Francisco, now that the wealth | CT has cleared, after a seven weeks storm says an active trade will follow as soon as country roads are open Bank clearngs totals aggregate $917,- l GOO. GOO for the past six days business | a moderate decrease as compared with | the previous week, about one-tenth heavier than in the like week one year | ago, but 30 per cent. smaller than two years ago. Prices of staple articles sup port tendency toward improvement there being nine showing an advance | ten which are firm at the range of a
 week ago, and five of importance which are lower
 Advances in quotations for petroleum, | tin and iron ore are due to these prod
 ucts, being practically in the control of producers or dealers or both Smaller | receipts of cattle, poultry and potatoes | due to severe weather, have put up | prices Other advances are for wheat | lard and turpentine. Wool, leather, hides lumber, sugar, rosin, hogs Bes- semer pig and steel billets and rails are reported firmly held, although the Phil | adelphia iron market shows signs of
 weakness. The falling off in ginghams has been recovered, but declines re- main in quotations for pork cotton | corn and oats.
 | Exports of wheat (flour included as l wheaD from both coasts of the United | States this week amount to 2,S4000 bushels. One year ago the total was | 2,747 900 bushels. Business failures in | the United States number 322 against 3S8 in the week a year ago. General | trade in the dominion continues of moderate proportions. Toronto pro-
 fesses to find the outlook for business | fairly satisfactory, but at Montreal no