St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-05

wholesalers are SenQing Out, or are
about to send out commercial travellers,
and in many instances have not finished
the years accounts and stock taking.
A tabulation of Bradstreet's telegraphic
reports from the more important trade
eenters does not reveal specially hopee
full views as to all Improvement in bust
ness in the near future. In many in
stances trade revival Is declared to de-
pend on settlement of the currency
question. The most encouraging eX-
pressions of opinion are that merchants
are hopeful.
Among more favorable conditions are
reports that stocks of goods of all de-
scriptions in the hands OF joDbers, man
ufacturers aud retailers West and
Northwest are generally smaller than
usual at this season; that the business
of the year in dry goods, hats. shoes.
millinery and groceries has been fairly
satisfactory, and that cold weather has
stimulated demand for coal and season.
able fabrics.
Telegraphic communication in the
Northwest OF the Pacific coast has been
Interrupted by storm, and the move
ment of cotton, sugar and rice In
Louisiana is checked along with de-
mand Less favorable is the announce
ment of the lowest price OH record for
iron and steel, Bessemer pig iron
and steel billets each having de-
clined Is cents ton. The silver lin
ing is found in an advance of 25 cents a
tor in shipping rates TO Northern
markets from Southern points Of pig
iron production. Print cloths are
weaker, and sell at shade under last
weeks quotations. Coal, too, is trac-
lionally lower; pig tin is lower, as are
pork, raw sugar, Indian corn, live cat
tie and hogs Foreign competition
with American wooden dress goods for
spring delivery is sharp, and domestic
fabrics are rather neglected. although
many mills are busy on orders for
mems wear woolens. Following the
list OF decreases in prices are leather,
lumber, coal, naval stores, coffee. oats
and cotton. for which quotations have
been maintained. Cheaper grades Of
shoes a Eastern factories are higher, as
are wheat and lard.
Total bank clearings at SjXty-nine
cities in the United States officially re-
ported to Bradstree'S aggregate for the
calendar year 1894 $44, 995, 0OU, 000. Six
teen per cent less than in the panic
year 1898 and 26 per cent less than in
1879 WV NOnl vi tllS iNl -COb fOihAAiO vi
bank clearings. ClearingS for 1894 con.
stitute the smallest aggregate Tor nine
years. Total export of wheat, -four in-
cluhed. both coasts United States (the
Telegram from Portland. Or, not yet
received, amount 10 2,GS4. coo bu,against
1,8l4,000 Du week ago, 5. $4,000 Du in
the week a year ago, 3,009, 900 bu two
years ago, 1921 900 bu in 1892, and com
pared with 2,016,0 bu i'll 1891. Avail
able wheat, United States and Canada,
Jan. l, aggregated 127,OG9. OO0 bu. H.
000,000 bu more than one year before,
1000, 900 bu more than two years ago,
and 39,000,000 bu more than three years
ago. Wheat atioat for and in Europe on
the 1st inst. aggregated 81. 744, 600 bu, a
falling off of %, 200, 900 bu from a year
ago, 10, 100000 Du from two years ago
and 2U,700,000 Du from three years
ago. The most bullish feature
of BradStreet's regular monthly report
of American wheat stocks Is found In
the net decrease of 6S9.000 bu in avail
able supplies in the United States and
Canada during December last, whereas
in four preceding years December avail
able stocks of wheat here and in Can
ada each increased an average OF be-
tween 1000 600 and 5,000,0U0. Available
wheat in the United States, Canada,
Europe and ahoat for Europe Jan. IN
creased only 143, 900 bu i'll December. In
December, 1898, there was decrease of
1913, 900 Du, aud in the year before gain
of g. 55S 900 bu. The least bullish feature
of the report is the supplementary re-
port giving unCounted stocks of avail
able Russian wheat at the interior.
These are reported monthly from June
last, when they amounted to S.SOO,000
bu. Siuce then they have doubled the
total, JAN l. 1895, being 17,6O0.OO0.
At Toronto business is quiet and the
prospects are thought not favorable,
although stocks of merchandise gener-
ally are small.