The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-03-13


improving. hut coafidonce In m. n,
s"r" THROWING Review 81 the Mario.
staples.
NEW YORK. March ..-R. q. Dun
~ say to-day.
Failures for the week have h.a, -
In the United states. ayainst .a4 i. /.
year.
ne 'uban resolutions and the an
P"ih'inent OF receivers for the Enlfi
more x Ohio were event. ~ su,I,cian,
Importance To affect almost any r.p.
uihc market. especially for s.cnri.
.lSs' ~ therefore argues rcmarlxa.
oie strength of conditions ~
an entire want or life and gem
uinene>s in the marlret thar tia
prices 81 the 60 mos, active railroad
stocks, which averaged slo.-4 per
snare February J.. have never fallen
lower than ~. 81 nor risen above $50 *
per share. The market /, largely nm
der the control Of operators who can
NOT afford To see il decline much bu,
y i also true that the vote on Cuba
ana the recelyership had both been
discounted. The strength Of the mar
Ret Is largely dae To more satisfactory
reports of railroad earnings.
nc volume OF ,,isines, reflected by
clearinghouse exchange, is not ma
terially improving. the weeks returns
showing gain OF only i. : per cent
over last year. and Il decrease ~ I7s
Pr. cent. in comparison with the sam.
week of lsga.
IL mast yet be broadly stated tina.
business appears 10 improve ONLY in
prospect and in the confidence On
"hieh future transactions may bc
BASED, but not as vet in actual sales
ne industries all report "A slightly
lower range OF prices. exceo, for iron
anu steel products and il i aotewor-
thy that while combination, in s.r.,,.-
'ural beams and wire and en-. nails
are advancing. the quotation for Ees-
sener pig has fallen to s,a.40at ri,ts-
onrgh- and Southern No. > is o,frra.
y s'-ss. delivered AT birmingham. and
oiiicts have sold III SIT ut Pittsburgh.
ne bar combination which raised
prices not long ago finds an increasing
hrl 81 the business absorbed bv ont
ide works. The demand for no ela~s
y iron products is al this time brisk.
'ut large structural business Is ex-
'ec'ed IN the spring. and there i still
luch hopefulness abont railroad ~.
err as Earnings continue TO improve.
The reports Of the boot and shoe in
crest are not. on the whole. more en-
ouraging this week. shipments from ,
le east being nearly 70 per cent. lcs.
lan last year; but there was no fur ,
ier decline In prices NJ important Z
lAnge appears in the leather market. ,
az hides are somewhat weaker.
Prices ~ wool have declined An aver q
= - "a per cent. within The month !
February. presumably because az ?
e failure ~ the proposed tariff bill. :
men included duties on wool. At \
esent the sales are the smallest re- L
rded for years. There Is no improve 4
rnt whatever in the demand FOR I.
ppien goods. and number OF ..tab- y
have closed or reduced work. Il
z forces
Some further reductions s... bee, n.
- p.ieC' " cottuu GOODS. ~
.hough II does not appear that the
nce--ions have thus far been >u.- h.
'sfui IN calling out new business q.
ports are frequent that mfnv Of the
ge>t mills are about 10 stop prpdrc- ia
= Tor time in order to give the IN
r1et opportunity 10 clear itself
speculation IN breads.ufr, has MT Il,
p particularly active. nor has the cu
lngc IN prices been important NJ.
stern receipts OF wheat were . sDi ",
pn~neis. against i.Ssi.clD for the ri.
r. week last year. Atlantic cx- ".
y again fell behind those II last RI
r. amounting FOR the week tol.54f.-
bushels hour included. against -.
5000 last year WITH continuing 81
e receipts. corn remains Srbstan- bai
" unchanged il price III
ae cotton market has continued n, ~.
inward movement. spots haviay /
en- 5-ij again. ana the May or the
~ points Hcccip> continue ~ foE
r. - large a. q render quite in WEE
disable the lowest estimates Of the chi
% 1898. and NJ the same time the the
'aratioas for planting this wear 90 tw,
y such scale that il i believed i,v ~cv.
y conservative observers that the Tn,
; with favorable weather. may =
cone 81 the largest on record. ext.
l. M