The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-04-19
DuN's COMMERCIAL REVIEW

friees of Commodities Average a shad
higher.
NEw York. April iS-R. q. Dun 4
90. : weekly review Of trade. issued 10
day. SAYS:
Progress toward better business con
tinue>, but IL j. slow and meets many
obstacles. In speculative as in whole,
sale demand for goods show improve.
mcnt. Money markets are undis.
'urhed, with little more demand.
Among the chief obstacles il The
anxiety Of operatives 10 secure better
wages. even while many works ar.
running without profit and oil her, AT
the risk Of loss. In a number ~
establishments better wages have. been
conceded, thus increasing the purchas-
ing power OF the people: but strikes
nave largely overbalanced settlements.
several of Importance having thrown
ABOUT 1000 workers out OF employ-
ment this week
For the first time in long period.
prices OF commodities average n shade
higher than a year ago. and in
treat Britain also. owing to different
causes, slight advance occurred IN
March On both sides OF the ocean ,he
lowest level ever known may nn,ur.
ally be followed by some rise. Cotton
Is ON both sides more buoyant than
anything else except meats and pc
troienm here. crude oil having risen Ia
ei-so' the highest price for over seven
teen years
Nothing supports the advance of an
eighth IN cotton the past week cxcept
the Impression that the next crop win
e snort, for receipts are large. and |
about 10000 bales more than tho larp. |
est crop ever grown have already come
into sight this year
Wheat has yielded nearly cent
although Atlantic exports for two
weeks have been 3.1oG.Ci3. bushels.
hour included, against 3.5gy.Gs- last
Year. with western receipts Of only
-'3s>,f67. against i,se3. lsi last year.
Receipts of corn are about half ana
exports about onc-fourth Of last wears.
Decrease in receipts OF cattle are ex-
aggerated, 653,io6 having arrived AT
-hlcago, against $50. 5i3 to date last
Year, and the prevalent opinion is that
western packers are helping nature In
come extent
domestic trade. shown by payne nts
through clearinghouse, is rs ner
ent- larger than last year. but aO.e
Der cent smaller than i'm 1888 About
MS time few years ago retail bust
less began 10 drop off and mills TO ,
lose, but half the difference In the /;
olume Of business is due TO the fan IN Z
rIRtS HrtlrIaI Z
EEK OF April show an increase of less ]
nan per cent. over last year. and re- {
arms covering S55,ll6.5e. within the I
nited states. for March. were la.l :
or cent. less than in 1899. while orr I
turns covering $40, 96l sos for Fel,ru- a
ry are i3.l per cent. less than in l.ps. i,
tonnage from Chicago the first week I
April was 1861 smaller than last .
ear. but slight increase is seen at u
-her points. The last week for ex- Z
'rts was especially good. showing an p
crease Of IS per cent, but March re- i
rms for the principal products show o
decrease Of S5,253,4sl. or lis per u
nt-. against an increase OF 10 per 5;
mt in imports at New York.
The output of pig iron April was d.
;, ls2 tons weekly. practically the X
me as March |. with a decrease Of cl
20 tons in unsold stocks during the I'll
nth. Doubtless heavy stocks were e,
ken up by manufacturers in antici- OF
tion OF strike in coke works. but a
apparent consumption is larger CO
an at any other time for some tc
'nths, and only sixth less than ";
lrch. 1892. Eessemer iron has aa- ii
need little further. to sfO.ej a, gr
tspurgh, but there is no change WI
zen varies the prices of finished err
'd>; and while the demand con- SCI
ues good FOR structural forms and a no
Ne better for bar. the marked de- I'M
ase IN demand for wire. owing to II
scant purchases of farmers for ro;
eng. affects the outlook 1t seems wi
pa BE that pig iron must recedc un- int
larger demand for finished prod La
; Is soon developed So
he shoe manufacture continues to Jal
all Industries with shipments Of
20 per cent. larger in number Of vii
> than year ago, though not i'm hef
lie, while orders have been more fa>
raj at advanced prices for
lies OF wool are particularly inter- RIA
ng, amounting, for the week. to La
Loo pounds. and for five weeks hu'
ious. TO 25.62l, 200. against a5.e7.,- the
IN the same weeks OF isos. In X
7, sales are close To the quantity re- str,
ed for full consumption. and the by
delay in placing order, and the ria.
ness OF the season makes proper tina
OF mills at work larger than like
4. way
Dcks show scarcely any change for sip'
week, though the report of the ince
ington and the failure Of the coal mn
,anies to agree were unfavorable. De
e business. even with "a little buy RAJ
~ London. is tame and narrow. hlii
~ is easier, and supplies are again Deco
mr. from the interior. while foreign ana
ange has been at exporting point. TINS
commercial paper is now offer us
dry goods, though the ~ =
int is not large. ply.
lures for the first four DAYS of Thin
showed liabilities of 81. ISIS. so3. terri
HIGH sii5.si0 were Of manufacture wine
md S1i2,6-S trading concerns soutl
lures for the week were 9o- in whei