The Wichita daily eagle., 1895-11-30
HAS NOT IMPROVED
PERIOD OF INAOTION CAUSES A
SHRIEKAGE OF PRICES.


Not Yet Fully Visible, but Retail Stocks
are Full In Most Branches-OnIy Fair
Crop Movement, Producers Holding for
Higher Prices-Woolen Business Gains
Little Iron Again Weaker - Wheat
Observation-Disclosures Failures Decrease
-Bradstreet's on the Retail Trade.
New York, Nov. Or. G. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review Of trade, which issues
tomorrow, will say: Business has not
improved, though there is very huie
change except IN the shrinkage OF prices
which a period of inaction naturally
causes. After the extraordinary buy
ing of the summer and early fall, a
marked decrease was inevitable, and
il is yet too early in most bronches Of
business to Judge how FAR the future
was anticipated in purchases Retail
stocks are still reported dull in nearly
all branches, with delayed distributor
IN many on account of uniayora Die
weather. The movement OF crops is
only fair, both COTTON and wheat being
largely kept back in the hope Of higher
prices, and there is prevalent feeling
that foreign imports will fall off.
The wooden business makes scarcely
any balm, although clay worsteds are
largely sold at the advanced prices re-
Gently made,a nd some dress goods and
overcoatings ait prices partly higher
and partly lower. The sales OF wool,
which 10 a large extent report specula-
ton and supplies for the future rather
than present consumption. have been
AZ. =, 1,.z
past week "a. .295.050. against 1929. 100
last year, "a, 81, ,s21 in 1898, and q. .475,6GO
In the same weeks Of 1892.
The iron market is decidedly weaker
again and while bessemer pig has de-
clinsd to 1885 at Pitsburg and Grey
forge to II "a nd plates TO 160 ait Phil
adelphfa; so that the average of all
quotations is about half OF ! per cent
lower than last week, the markets are
really much weaker than the quotations
as concessions are generally given by
manufacturers in order to secure busi-
ness.
A sharp decline Is noted In barbed
wire, attributed to the failure to COM
plete an expected combination. The
bar iron association and the two nail
associations refuse to reduce prices Of
their product, although the demand
has been surprisingly reduced since the
great advance two or three months ago
and there were rumors in the market
that one of the big combinations had
gone Ito pieces because of underselling
by members.
The coke combination holds prices
firmly but it has been obliged to reduce
it's output to five days in the week, SO
that a decline Of 10,3S0 tor the week is
recordede
Offerings of copper are less urgent at
IL cents for lake, but tin is weaker ait
s4.25, because Of heavy supplies. while
lead is a shade stronger at S3.37.
The western receipts of wheat con-
'tinued larger than last year for the
week 4,50,201 bushels against 1856, ,404
year ago and for the four weeks of
November 29,902, ,521, against T5,SS0,07S
last year. AS before, Atlantic exports
are relatively small and for four weeks
have been only S,267.1O6 bushels, flour
included, against 6,742,495 last year. 1t
Is evident that with such movements
higher prices can hardly be expected,
nor can the exchange situation be fa-
voraibly Effected.
During the past week failures have
been 279 in the United States against
2S9 last year, ano AZ in Canada against
36 last year.
BARDSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW.
New York, Nov. 29.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow viii say: The volume Of gem
eral trade shows a falling off compared
with the preceding week, largely owing
ITO the intervention of the Thanksgiv-
ing holiday, but in part to the continued
effect of mild wea ther east and south,
storms in the central west and the usu-
al disinclination of buyers Ito add
stocks during the closing month Of the
year. Western jobbers report activity
noticeable IN clothing, wooden goods,
rubbers, shoes and holiday Specialties,
with some increased demand for coal
and light hardware.
General trade remains unchanged alt
the south, with the mercantile collec-
Itions IN some instances improving. The
tendency of cotton is to move slowly
and the movement of merchandise is
smaller than in October.
On the Pacific coast, a smaller vol
ume of business is reported from San
Francisco, with shipments east OF
wheat, which strengthen the local grain
markets. Considerable merchandise
continues TO go 10 Alaska from Seattle.
and at Portland complaints are made
that the passenger rate war between
that city and San Francisco threatens
TO hurt local trade.
Exports OF wheat (flour included as
whealO from both coasts of the United
States and from Montreal, amount TO
2.460 600 bushels. as compared with q
$4,000 last week, 1867 900 in the week
a year ago, 2,440, 900 two years ago and
1858. 900 in the week three years ago.
There are 22S business failures re-