The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-04-18
|Isk RISE in CAT TIE
~ Main Feature in Trade for
the Week.
puN's REVIEW OF BUSINESS
In Nearly Every Line the Situation Has
Improved for Al, bur the
Consumers

New York. April 12.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
1.-THE feature in trade circles is found
In the price movement. more particular
ly those for cattle. dressed beef and
petroleum. Drouth. low prices and hard
times within the past two weeks have
resulted In shorter supply OF cattle,
prospectIvely 80 per cent. less than last
year. Live cattle are s1.60 higher per
100 pounds than last year and 81 higher
than the lowest point last year. Dressed
beef is s11c higher than the average last
year. the highest since 1885. The COM
parative scarcity OF high grade cattle Is
emphasized by the fact that present
quotations when made In previous per-
iods OF scarcity have never failed to
bring supply when one existed.
THE recent gains In prices for Bes-
semer pig and steel billets are main
tatned. but the request at Pittsburg and
Chicago IL checked.
Coffee and sugar are firm at prev
ious prices, while the list OF reactions
included fractional declines only in
wheat. corn, oats and pork, the latter
''Compared with February, the March
returns OF the gross earnings Of 1870
railroads may be construed as favor
abio. the increase over March, 1894, be-
ing : to1xH per cent.
The exports OF wheat from both
coasts OF the United States this week,
Hour Included az wheat, hold up to q
high average, e,9S4,179 bushels against
A993.es3 bushels in the previous week
The maintenance Of generally high
~ range OF clearing house totals, an
dmpsoved outlook for manufacturers IN
~ staple line, the spread OF feeling OF
oouddence that the volume OF business
VIII increase In the near future, and
an improved crop outlook In western
and northwestern grain states are
among the more significantly favorable
features.y ~
pUN's REVIEW OF TRADE
New York, April 12.-R, @. Dun q
Cos Weekly Review OF Trade which
Ir1n,eq tomQrrow will say:
4ss IN eeSrsom toward better business
: hut It II slow and amid many
- 40 q speculative aspects, ~ In
I.| demand for goods the
1}raptovenent. Money mar
~ un63nturbed and little moro
4e<tvs. But among tho chief obstacles
y the anxiety Of operatives to secure
tetter wages, even while many manu-
4neturfng works are running without
prudt and others at a risk OF loss. The
4Steu trade has improved on the whole
9tnce March AZ the approach OF Easter
es7ngn more business, but distribution
~ individual consumers still lags be-
X1Iu1A - nee lno - -
= ANAL demand for products a. springs
jqQktng TITO the future. The crop pros
Desto VIM greatly affect the course Of
frAde fcr'eome months and the govern
ment repert had little influence to dis
ccuraGo
FOR consumers the worst fen ture Is
the rapid advance In meats. The de-
crease In the receipts Of cattle are ex-
agxerated. $50 400 having arrived at
Ch1cagof against 7Ss.54a to date last
lyear and the prevalent opinion IL that
western packers are helping nature to
oosne extent
The sales Of wool arc particularly in
terestin6. amounting for the week to
4oS0.1 40 pounds and for five weeks prev
toas 70 81, e21, 200. against rs, 277, s7s in the
weeks OF 1892. In brief. the sales are
p<oee to the quantity required for a full
ccnsumption and the long delay In plac-
ms orders and the lateness OF the sea
non make the proportion OF mills at
Wofk larger than usual. No improve
ment ~ prices appears ana domestic
Hooi does not respond to recent ad-
y4n9ee In foreign markets. The low
p4toe encourages manufacturers 10 COM
pete much moro vigorously with foreign
goo4e Of mAiiy kinds than they had ex-
pected and fpr the medium and Cheap
= orades Of goods they have more than
~ usual demand. because purchases
a. consumers have for two years been
@ompAratively slim.
Failures for the week were 2o7.
eeainst ~ last year.
8 HANK cLEARANcEs k.&.
4 New York. April 12.-The following,
c1mptleA ~ Bradstreets, shows tho total
distances At the principal cities, and the
psrcentAqe q increase or decrease, as
coHpefe9 with the corresponding week
Inc. Dec.