The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-04-03
DuN's COMMERCIAL REVIEW

=" Change LA the General Condiii,u 81,
business >"tcd- Failures of N...ni,,,,,
Reported swell the Aggs-gat. of 49,
n''iti"- Hsy"nd Those of Last ,..,
wheat Gains Point hut Corn and to,.
Ton HenHsin Unchanged.
NEW York. March 2s.--R. G.. Dn
Co., IN their weekly review Of ,raa,
to-day, say.
The returns of failures are so1t.-
what disappointing. several Of m,,r.
nituic were mentioned "A week p..,.
aud they nave swelled the aggrcga,,.
OF defanlted liabilities for tire. w.
~ March to Sis.3s3,dli, agains sil.-
2'll.l last year A heavy failure ~
Texas will also swell the aggregate al
returns for the past week. when ~
cludcs 2in in the nitcd states, againS,
aj4 last YEAR and 81 in Canada. aaa.nst
~ last scar.
No Important change has occurred
In the general condition OF bushes,
during the wcek.and il trade in spinrr.-
spects looks worsc, in other RESPECTS N
seems better. Some failures OF inagni-
tudc have occurred. which have caused
niuch apprehension and unwllingncss
10 lend among bankers, and there have
been somewhat less favorable feature.
IN the dry goods market: but
IN iron and steel. conditions mr..
slightly improved an in boots and
shoes considerably more hopeful For.
elgn trade i "A little more satisfactory.
exports from New York for thrc.
weeks showing an increase over last
year of nix per cent. while import,
have shown nearly the same rate Of
decrease. In general the course Of
domestic prices tends to favor tn,
marketing OF staples abroad.
Wheat has gained about point. bu.
corn and cotton remain unchanged
Cotton had "A lively rise with the coz
ering of short sellers. but began "a
decline again week ago and ha, been
tagging ever since. The receipt, from
plantations continue quite as large as
in the same weeks of the last short
crop year and stocks in sight. with
the quantities known To be held by
European and American mills. make
up an ample supply for the rest Of the
crop year.
In the dry goods market the last in-
dications do not warran; expectations
that the mills will continue full pro
duction throughout the season. The
demand for woolens and dress goods
IS the best feature of the wooden mar
kets The sales OF wool have fallento
less than half an ordinary weeks fun
amounting last week to
only a.926. $50 pounds at the chief mar
Sets. A striking feature this week
las been sale Of $4,000 pounds OF
American wool for shipment TO En-
ri nd.
The iron and steel markets have dis.
losed similar feature. for little
Alabama pig was sold for export,
hough few imagine that much bust
iess of that sort is possible.
The combination of lake ore pro-
ulcers has at last announced its prices
or the coming season four dollar,
or first-class Bessemer. So toto Ss7i
or Messaba and So for non Eessemer
res and it is calculated that with
oke at 81 per ton Bessemer pig can be
reduced at abou; sig Is per ton at
'ittsburgh, which j. now the current
rice there.
Tut the slow marketing of finished
PRODUCTS is still the main trouble.
here has been a little more activity
his week. and the Carnegie works
ave sold 10000 steel rails to japan.
aus scoring noteworthy success. but
the main, the market i bout as in
,'ive and insufficient as il has been.
There has been no trading worth the
ame in railroad stocks during the
ist week. and scarcely any in the in
ustrials. 80 that fluctuations in price,
re scarcely worth noting.
he earnings Of the railroads have
zen rather less promising than in
'evious months.
TWELVE THOUSAND ACRES