Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-01-17
TRADE REPORT.
Dun's Review Says There Is No
Material Change In Business.
ACTIVE SPECULATION IN PRODUCTS.
Corn and Wheat Hlgher--Cott0n Lew-Ne
Change la the Weekly Output Of
Failures for the
Week.
Nnw Yonx. Jan. ls.--R. O. Dun 4

New YoRK, Jan. ls,--R q. Dun d
Co.'S Weekly Review Of Trade says:
Ncithor the beginning u the nsw year nos
As friuro Of the currency blll has brought any
material change " business " yet Tho Idea
NAt business would suddoaly tAks now start
After tho holidays had ratA1 less foundation
even than usual, but Ae hope u STRONG rovlvA
. litslo later IL SILL cherished BY Rany, TheN
Aas not boon much sius tos change In the iu-
dustrios. but diaescnoSs observed since ths
psw ycAf began ~ n0t u VA direction Of
higher pfices OF larges dsnan4 Thsrs ~
nore tudlcatlons than u lals tAat stocks u
dtasstat kiads Of goods have beoa AOoumulst-
Ing IL osnssauonco Of pasa tAcrSass In produes
Non
The vuskly output Of W Lsa January l.
rsckoning ID asme furnsou saly temporarily
out q blsst fes tho hoildsys x repairs. ~
iU,Nt tons, s6slust los,70 tsas Docembss J..
showing pfaotloslly 10 ohsasA Bus stooks d
unSold pig iAcreossd during ~ month Abous
N,UD tons weekly, 10 that sotuAl o0nsumptteA
N the manufacture seens so have beon shout
10000 IONS weekly, against iNuD tons In No
VvmbSr. Il any case, W. industry Ia do
luz vastly better than . year w, wheu
lhe output wns loss than iOD.oW tonS, bui
iudicstions 0f exoesi Of produston over De.
nand srv found In furshcr roiuetlon u prizes
Bessemer pig sells q tii,vl " PhilAdclphis
end steel blllets VI ti7, vrcy forge u t@-i' 81
PttAburgh, wire nails AZ wv cenA snd barbed
viv q N.t, ether prices ruaainlng ~ bofcfe,
stout tka lowest On record Law vriesu y
Pittsturyh have chscksd tvslusss u The wsse
end ars attributed By some u the Idea u psY-
ohasefs that the recent reductlons tn wases
snd cost OF materials must bo followed By still
lower prices. But the main iaot " that The
consumption X below expectations
The cotton manufacture reports decresSod
demand, with the print cloths down 70 s6
cents. printed staples much domoralzed ard
lower. snd wide shoetlngs generally reduced
about " oonts. Many quotations Of cotton
goods are the lowest on record. Tho weeks
trade bong quito satisfactory. Trade In WOOL
ons hcsitatcs because OF tho large distribution
from warehouse under nov duties but little
change appears In prlces, and heavy woolsns
are expected to open NJ about iast years QUO
tations The demand for drcss goods has been
remarkably satisfactory until within two
weeks, but has fallen on Sales Of WOOL b,2S9.
7lb pounds. against B, ,so5, 100 pounds two years
ago Indicates hopefulnoss among msnufac-
Jurors
specslalion In products has been more aotivc-
Corn has risen IN cents, and though rcceipss
are but little over half last years., tho practlcSl
disappearance Of the export demand, thsn
large. counts for about as much. Little atten-
tlon Is paid 10 the government report that tho
yield was only 5,el3000,O00 bushels, aud tho Nd
yanced state for wheat ios,2s1 40 bushels Was
treated as equally unlmportant Az receipts
Of wheat have fallen 10 l3)5, 7A bushels against
i,sis,ss2 last year, and Atlantic exports have
become larger than year ago, tho advance Of
IN cents In price Is not surprising
Cotton IL so low that scarcely any reason 10
needed for a fractional recovery, but with
7OOj 900 bales already In sight and the stoeks
abroad enormous, thero Is little 70 cause much
recovery.
Failures this week are 40 in tho United
States, against ~ last year and W In Canada,
sgsinst ~ last year