The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-09
EIDE and The COLD SNAP.
OF sEASoNA8LE
GOODS STIMULATED.

-..e-as Trade AZ the Larger East
80, centers Cnchanged-The situa-
ION IN the south Also Devoid Of
-, Features-The Effects OF the
tt-., Freeze IN Florida Far Less
ri.a.trous Than First Reported.
Wa york. Feb s.-Bradstreets to-mor-
--a r-I say: Extremely low tempera-
snow and high winds have visited thu
.-ss.er portion Of the country this week.
exercised e marked influence by re-
-.-.-,rg the orders received by jobbers
a.. all staple lines. but they have tended
81, simulate the purchase Of seasonable
.oo5s.
General trade al the larger eastern
..--s-s ramains unchanged. IN .ladelphia
-. avs cautioned free sales OF dry goods.
d. baltimore. bills sent south and south
rs- have been paid more promptly than
expected
among southern cites. Chattanooga
-.-o... that the volume Of trade there for
January. in spite Of the lower range OF
-,,es IS equal to that for 1894. In contrast
1sersaseIn all Ines al Augusta. with
.,,nsrctal collections unsatisfactory.
-rug.ness has fallen of at Atlanta, bui
q. savannah the. situation is unchanged.
I'm icbbors cautious as TO opening &C
counts.
"A FAR volume Of business is doing al
.-sv orleans. but collections are poor. be
,..ze Of the non-paymeht Of the sugar
LolIues.
No important change is reported from
,rsmrhis. Richmond. Charleston or Gal
r5ston.
.TLe 6amage by the Florida freeze was
,v.,-s-ated. A large porion OF the orange
ro9 had already been marketed. The .atc
,r.. erd that held for h. gler prices, was
,augbt and destroyed Some young trees
were hurt, but the old gloves We're prac-
..s,iv uu Injured. The heavy losses fell
nm the LARGE growers. A good, but small
lrop. is expected this year. The results of
he Florida naval stores and phoapha IN
.ls-rez- and truck and berry farming are
s.-5 10 have been fairly satisfactory"
r. t. Dunn & Co. s weekly review Of
.rsse TO morrow VIII say: Apart from
he gold and bond issue quest ous the
Domestic money mark is Gee q dly en-
.a1raeirg. with fairly hopeful increase
t1 -ransact.ons in commercial paper,
cough the receipts Of money from the
Hsror cont nue. surpris ngly large.
"+a cotton goods there has been a re-
s.euor IN some brown shectings, VIII le
o.her qualities are moving far'y at un-
rsueed prices. The tone Of the market
however. is not particularly encouraging
"A ar auction sale of silks resulted
no no y h.
recent market or September pr.ces.
"In voolons the openings of the finer
GRADES for the heavy weight season have
hrorgh, some increase in business. but moi
ii sa' sfactory pr ces, while the Cupl-
cate orders in the light weights run I'M
usually large. The market for cotton
goods does not appear to have improS ed
abroad as Il Goes not here.
ESQ ad auce in The prices of ranufae-
cured products ind ca es be ter d mani
90 the contrary iron and steel product.
have sahtly decl ned for the week and
tlr De month. and in comDar son with the
g-res Of October, $780, are but Sal pDr
II slt. against As per cent On Jan. l. Dur
rg be- week the demand has been check
0y The o gher prices at p ttsburg. So
.hat Nessemer iron rect d little. while
structural products in spi Q OF some larga
contracts, are a shade lower. Some re-
.a-lJl@ OF wages are reported ID y II
iron and HE demand for rails Goes not n
crease There is a tile better tone III
h.iae phia AMI the sales of Pig are qu re
heavy here, while a Chicago Tn ngs
arr brighter Pig iron is in better de-
mand and far orders are coming for lar
59J structural orders are delayed by The
severe wea her.
"The failures reported Cor the month of
January show an aggregate Of Sl5lo5.-@
10 lab Ut es AGAINST 500, Si3 02S last " ar
and Ia manufacturing only $1,72S,5s
2a.nst SlL5S97i5 last year, while IN II ad-
ne he liabilities were 81, 055, 1885, against
"'3l5S7 last year.
The remarkable large decrease in man
1iacfurng failures deserves the more at
eation because the PR es of manufactur-
d products have so greatly declined dur
ING the year, and the output has been
gr5atiy reduced.
The failures for the past week have
been 80 in the United States, against 385
asi year ana IS in Canada, against 50 last
ear"