The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-01-26
The Trade Situation Remains As
Previously Reported.
DOMESTIC MILLS RECEIVING
HEAVY ORDERS FOR FALL.
In Spite of Foreign Competition-American
Tin Plate Given the Preference Over
the Welch Artic1e-Exports of Wheat
Show Slight Failing Off-A mod
crate Decrease in Bank Clearings.

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New York, January 25.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: Special telegraphic and
mail adyices from the more important dis
tributing centres fail to reveal any marked
impI oyement in the movement of merchan-
disc and products and the conclusion is
forced that general trade situations remain
as previously characterized, by small
volume, low prices and hand to hand mouth
sales, the outlook favoring a very conserva-
tive trade for some time to come. Gains in
demand are noteworthy only at eastern
wooden MILL for mem IS wear fabrics, among
the Providence manufac turing jewelers..
wholesale dealers in staples at Augusta,
Memphis and New Orleans. To the West
and Northwest, St. Louis, Kansas City. st.
Paul, Minneap polls only. show gains. the i'm
provement being rather by contrast with
the recent dullness than with volume of
trade ordinarily transacted at this season
An exception is in wool sales, which in
crease sharply. though prices are no higher.
Mills report Unexpectedly heavy orders for
mems wear of woolens for fall delivery. In
spite of foreign competition, clothiers
having placed the bulk of overcoatings
and general suitings contracts with domes-
hams are of fair proportions. the latter be-
ing stimulated by cut i'll prices, but none
of the larger Eastern cities report any like
liEoud of demand to anticipate wants. On
the contrary all indications are for a con-
tnuance of orders for nearby wants only.
Boston reports decrease in the quantity
of commercial paper offering, and Proyi-
dence reports small stocks of goods on hand.
At almost all Southern centres general
trade remains quiet and of very moderate
volume.
There is a little more activity in bar and
pig iron and steel rails at Chicago and St.
Louis, but general trade at the former is
otherwise quiet as heret ofore. and at the
latter city orders for millinery. dry goods
and shoes are larger. 1t is stated that
AMERICAN TIN PLATES
are preferred to Welch. as the latter are be-
ing cheapened at the expense of quality. Az
Omaha the reduced volume of business is
due in part to unfavorable weather. and at
st. Paul the volume of orders received for
January is declared larger than in 1894.
Most other cities report the situation is
marked by quiet.
Bank clearings totals aggregate $3l7, ,000,-
ate decrease, compared with the previous
week, and about one-tenth heavier than the
like week year ago. 1t is thirty per cent
smaller than two years ago. Prices of staple
articles support a tendency toward i'm
provement, there being nine showing ad-
vance, ten of which firm at the range of
a week ago, and five of Importance are
lower. Advances in quotations for petro-
leum, tin and (pIospectively) iron ore are
due to these products being practically in
control of the produce or dealers. or both.
Smaller receipts of cattle, poultry and
potatoes due to severe .weather. have
put up prices. other advances are for
wheat. lard and turpentine,. WOOL, leather
hides. lumber. sugar. rosin, hogs. bessemer
pig. Steel blllets and rails are reported
firmly held. but the Philadelphia iron mar
ket shows signs of weakness. The falling
off in giughams has recovered, but declines
remain in the quotations for pork. cotton.
corn and oats.
EXPORTS OF WHEAT