The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-13
BUSINESS BREVITIES.


BUSINESS BREvlTlES.
WINTER WHEAT CROP. - The
winter wheat area according to the De-
cember crop report, is 90. CA, 900 acres.
a winter wheat Yield estimated at about
n M
COKE-OvenS in blast in the Con-
nelsville region are l14SS against 6,499
idle and the output, ll5,a3i tons, was
5000 tons smaller than in the previous
week. Prices are firmly held.
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SPECIE MOVEMENTS.-Last week:
gold imports $l3. i29. Since Jan. l. sill
yer exports $li.2l5,663. imports S693,635:
gold exports Sl3,3S9, ,I02. imports $780,
2s6.
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BREW ERf STATISTICS l,"l
bfeweries IN the lnited states 2ss are
IN New YORK, 2ol III pennsylvania. ia
IN wisconsin, ~ III taIiorhla' anu ioo
IN liiinois. Ihere are seven states
Mhlcn nave no preWeI!es: ArhaIisaa'
Carolina, Vermont ana wyoming.
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HEaN FIRE LosSfS. S.-iisurai nee
companies generaii! report that lneir
hre losses during the hrst three lhonths
OF 1880 nave oeeh very hea'!' Las,
year was iairiy pioiitapie one, anu
uhuerWrlters are hobins that Suose
queht experience Ill 1870 VIII make inns
an equally good year
p,~,- Dv,,,,, cro ~.o r,o-
Dam - Tan "a II.
So ~ ua'ih ,,II ioi ias.
III .l'e ';i'eo 500 ssa'es sen ,so ou,s,ue NV @
~, '',s - ISL, -. go "a ~
40 So 't ",.n ,',,.. ~, nn,a.
20 pvi .e,a. 1eoo WI" INV
Spon"'"s "eeN "a i9''
n,un,,D >,r>,c, p,,s
hiLip Nin, r,. EmntoaN i", 80. ,',an,, n,,,sn
LOT N",e'i ,,, air ,i ioM sU,' 't 40, =. t,iS ~.
y, wv ie"u'"S .,''es anu >, ne ~.
,ouis,i.. ~ ,"s Tss' ssaue .ne
Salnliss Vi an IaliIUaos II, .ne : M"
o.a.rs ~ 'ne iiio.'ii: soo U' al, 100 y.
pottlns u ua'e, is s-e'ooi,oVV, an IN
crease ol - per cent. connpareu Win
cent COMPARED win the corresponding
,,,,, ,,,.,
inE IN ~. "a! ', iSS a., Ciiccia R , tioli
"a ii'oies ~ ,aie iiteu o'u,es aii ~, Ha.cn
oe'i sii-,o.f' anu 10 nov S-i'eo PEI
a., c.,o ,r., 'i. ~, 40 70
Mas 100, aSaims' n |l,Sio 'f,,vo' 90
haicii l. anu sl'oof le1' ~ tPIii 4. 1852
uec Ease III year vi Soo'oof 90 ~
Maicn MA .hele was an Increase vi $i4,,io,-
io' III 'iie 'i,ohes III 'ne .ieasuis p
i,ls MaIcil' tne tiieuiulio!i vi isai .en
oe!s uetrtaseu oNer e'shl liiiilohs, anu
lia''olai pa"h 'o'es ihcreaseo "ear's
H'N '''i'''o''e' II uu
cp,,- ,,,,,,, ,,,, -
,,. N.Y. nM ,!, ES ., tilNais Vi
Mnsa' d. 'nteIiol Sl'les eom.ilue ~ ca.
rom from iItlah.lc MIA ports ran o1 sun Iur-
."ei. ,nt ny, my eiiieIi. auioau "a coin
a'so ,is' "a a. tne e.. VS.
a., ,'. wins "a pa. III ~ SUI M,:
80, 80, ~ ,,!pote,,, ,',N, ao 20 s ~.
80, go, 49, 80 p,,t -. zoo 20, tas
brrh.,>, a,rnir,, 700 n-e. .,ea t,,,tnr., 49,,
,,.r ~ ,',,,,,is,,, ,,aaw A,rnn,;a ~.
nnr,s nf whoa, i,c,,,d;nr anmr a, *.
fnnr nrincinaI citi.s his veal wsr.
q0o a., hushsls ayaipst I ..b o,2 Iast
yee,, and 75a Oos bushels a vear 400
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ADDJTTDNS To ORR SuJppJNC
A statement sant m,t from Vashinoton
shows that durinr the t,rst three
months of lS9G the total n,,mhe,. of ves.
ed States was 12I agereratinp % 40
tons. as COMPARED with 12S vessels of
% 3s6 tons for the previous quarter
or the vessels built during the last
quarter G. were sail and SO steam. The
steel steamers built We're nine of 12349
tons. of which two of 1904 tons were
built on the great lakes. Forty EIGHT
wooden sailing vessels of 9,OS9 tons were
and 26 wooden steam vessels of 1912
tons were built on western rivers.
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WOOL.-Sales are the smallest for
many years. at the three chief rrarkets
only 2.2S2, 500 pounds. and a month ago
when they were about 5000, 900 pounds
they We're the smallest in any week for
five years. Boston sales are said to be
about the smallest in the whole histor-
of that market. Except for fine wool
prices are tending downward, and man.
ufacturers are curtailing production
while foreign prices are far above the
domestic there is practically no de.
mand for wool. In six weeks, sales at
the three markets have been l7,559,55r
pounds against 81, ,551 800 last year, and
| 90, ,949,37 in 1892.
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IRON AND STEEL.-Furnaces ir
blast April produced 1870, ,2s1 tons week.
ly. against 1889. .5S3 March l. the decreas,
since the maximum was reached No
vember / being about 12 per cent. bu,
there has also been n large increas,
in the reported stocks unsold wbic,
were 71S.214 tons Anrii The increos,
of iS I6S IONS for tha mouth Indicates
n consumntion at ,east go 100 TONS weel,.
jv smaller than The outn,,t and in fit.e
months tba accs,m,,,.tion hos hsan a91
575 tons Phi this SAYS nm doc. no,
teI, tho wbnis stow fo, tha ,tnoSS or
tha groat stesi ,naL,na nnnoorns or'
NOT ,nclnded and tha, ha,.a mndn,,htad-
~, haa, ,,i,,,. ~, ;ro,, 80, ~ -, H.,
art;oi,atinn % tha;r oo,,h,,n.;o 80
~as,,,ata ,ha .'r,oaS - III oah hii,ets ~, ~
nrod,,rts % mav bo oi ,nterroS Stes tha, dh
antnoi evoass '''"s "f ,,ie, n,oasnt,o e,,'' v