The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-12-04
DuN's COMMERCIAL REVIEW

The Phenomenal increase Ia t.u..~
STAGE the fisstsea a. K-a-snali. 49,,
Sustained. >aGwtthstssdin- s...t. -
ti.n- aud higa rsi~-. sa Irou aAa $500.
s"a h'.es ss~sard Orders Money aan,..-
fora.ri-
NEv IcEK, Nov. es-R. d. D,.
ca say to-day in their weekly re.,.~
ot trade:
When The rush OF orders after .h.
election slaczencd. mAny Oe-an .
;hihk business dwindlin.. Bus ..f..,
derce If deferred orders i NJ, ~.
erase in business Disappoio,m mt,
observed ia the iron and steel linda.
trles. because various combiua...r.
have been and are stall rrtarIia.s ~.
ders by prices which buycrs ls-.trr.
cannot be maintained. aud the Sltu.i,
true IN boots and shoes anu "a 4 ~.
branches Of textile goods Eat ba,t.
ne>s . on, the whole. eniar-.nr. .at
the employ mrnt of many more aaai.
viii extend purchasing pOwcr. Ill.
settlement OF the window glaS. ..,..
troyersy. starting many tlousasl
hands. and the collapse Of spssa a.
portant iron com DinAtions. w4t.l .ts
same effect gave p-ou.isc Of more D...-
ness broadly speaking. the gain Us
heea greater than anyoDly cx s.,4.el.
AMI il j. not surprising II a small a4-,
of Il j. IN excess Of the prcse1- .1a-
sEmiug demand.
I.-ports from all parts 81 the eaa1-
try snow clearly the enlargemc1t a
trade. not AT All points in the saus
branches, but everybody Le.p.A tg !
more confident feeling Monci4rv
difficulties have vanished a. j.. "
magic and banks with an Encom ia.
by large supply OF idle money Ire
hunting borrowers. as the borrower
were recently hunting lenders E-s-
nous gains la bank depo>its-S3...s
1Jl IL two wee6s-.niicAts sOsne.4slt
Of the amount Of fuals receltly A0-r.-
ed
Wheat has risen over SAX cents-fvr i-t
week witnOu. material change in ior.
eign aav.ces. which have been. on iae
whole, less stimulating Corn las
symp@ thixet with wheat only a LITE
and IS coming forward freely Tie
important factor il the wheat mark-,
.
a. much a. has been expected
Cotton has gained only sixteenth
after its consilcra Die i-cilne. aud the
remarkably heavy mJveuIelt pats lie
spectators for al advance ia constant
difficulties. and yet there j. AL tie
time 10 be rcmeEn bcreu the fact that
the crop was nearly one inOntL earlier
than usual. and the present ex-ess
over last years movement may ~ IA-
tcrlal4y reduced hereafter. Never
the LESS the fact appears that nvrtArsn
mills are taking much less cotton t-aa
In previous years and the dcan1nI ipr
goods Is evidently Disappointing. y
cannot be said that prices IL tAls l-
parsmeIr arc the hia1rancc. for cvea
with some recent reduction ia gur
tations the sales OF staple cottOus arg
comparatively smlll-
Wool wa and - still bought large !
for speculation and earlier purcha sen
are unload ny. tuI tine mills are u1.
ye. dong inucn more than IN Ocfoh-.
A lew more nav. been started. ~
there j. scarcely more demand M ~
emit for staple gods The boo --i
shoe industry j. still hlndcrcd -
general refusal Of dealers To pa -+
advanced prices demanded ~ n--.
fac arers. except for the limited alA--
titles - ich are Immediately retnire-
and while most manufacture a.s
WORKING on orders taken weeks AZ
at lower prices. " nicA will keep t1sa
busy for some weeks 10 com. Fc.!
little new business > coming
y further advance ~ isnporia1a
hz rcen made ia leather. aAl i--
market for hides has SHARPLY rc-cis-
: 50 that the average Of prices z
slightly lower than November II.
. The collapse OF the mai comDIDatl
and probably Of the beam cOmD.-
, ton and considerable reduction
! quotations for nails and beams. g's
reason to look for a larger Genlaui iE
products Of iron and steel. but AZ prss
: cut tne sales against speculative PIT
-hases made some time = 20 are deprt's-
: INK prices, aud B.ssesner PIX hA- sl-i
II SEES. and according 10 some replsis
Z a little lower. a. Pittsburgh The -~
I mand for such products as are ~.
: controlled ~ the combinations j. sol4r
/. what increasing. but by no means =
4 rapidly - expected In minor nel-'
!. tit is scarcely a. strong a. i wa
= week ago. but copper ami lead Al
! stronger
Failures for the week have been =
in the United States. against 2'y a.
7, year and ,, in Canada against y a.
= year