The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-02-29
WEEKLY TRADE. REVIEW
Unreasonable Weather Continued 10 Jafa-i
Yorahly influence Distribution Of Goods.
HEAVY SPRING TRADE NOT ANTICIPATES
MoI Active Movement rTas Been III
SHOES, Grocerics, Dry Goods, ms,.
iiHcry and Hardware U,.sntisfacy u
tory Conditions Prevail In Cottcsa
Goods and Steel Industries.


New York. Feb. 2S.-Bradstreets to.
morrow VIII say: .k
ChanSeable and at times unsea sonabie
weather has continued TO unfnyorablye In
iiuence the distribution OF general NOR,
cnhha1sc' Relatively, the most active
movement has been OF shoes RrocerIes..
ury soods' millinery and light hard,
ware, Dut, on the whole, the merchandise
movement has not materially improvedB &
JoDbers at Jorge Western centres do
NOT anticipate a heavy spring trade 40
he outlook Is for retailers CARRYING over3
larger stocks than expected.
:, unsatisfactory conditions prevail in
IN eot,on goods, woollen, iron and steel
industries. Jobhers In products of cotton
nuns report that trade drags. not With
standing cut rates, and that the oIf1nol,
Is t,'tt there will be more cotton mill
nlaehinery. The demand for woolIen
goods Is slower and stocks in hands ~
ported iast re-, re-
In addition to renewed actfvitv IN +has
Eiass industry. large orders, spring delS
livery are being placed for boots and
SHOES at the more important distributing
.eutres' ana manufacturers report trade
n.Ne 49, ana prospects encouraging. Lead
| His money markets are easier az The
close, but mercantile collections so,,tt
| anu particularly at the West, have ran.
| en OH and are unsatisfactory. 1ITSf<
| III .he south general trade is o,,ief;
anu SLOW IN nearly all lines, there being
an exception as to agricultural imnIe-S
ets nnd -, a. memphis, dry goods at Atlanta s
| ana In the movement OF stapIes al NJs,,
| Orleans. ~. pieS So o.. q EsWs HseW
| 1uI.e.hllVely unsatisfactory reports from,
w, @ merchandise markets are tbe,
iu'e. put Omaha reports an inurovemeItS
az business with Indian corn moving
a"oie rapidly, and Duluth the prospect az
Tbo Iboa % rnoush late spring trade. s,9l
ihe price movement OF LEADING ~ aS
pies is more favora BILE 4 4 81 IA '1Atsl t'sS =
| ihe IaiIing OFF In the total number ~
BUSINESS failures throughout the fTnifad5
ota'es ,'es week ago Is continued. tha tntai Il;
os, OLE t ~ compared with 276 last 7vsetr2s
80 r. me corresponding week of 1884,;
a.. a. "a the Fourth week of Febr,Iarv 1ooIss88
In 1892 ti 1888 anu 5247sss
,,,t,i mew york. Feb. 2S-R. G. Dun a. "a, r,,sl Il
III say tomorrow in their weekly, re-
asrW or trade: Failures in three weeiS,si
- neoruary show liabilities of $40. sss eas sS
in 1895 sIiio |A1,42O, 4la
Failures for the week are o7s ,n 4h5S
70 70 Snitea ~ States against 25O last wear and \
90 lh canada. against 3s last year. e. t.l1Ss,,
- Hs IN some quarters gains atg,
thor rather than at the East. blIt5
tnr no general change for the betsS
mates. Foreign affairs grow more -, {.ss
enc. public opinion turns more rae,a.slss
lutely toward sound money. hnt ,,thaEs
want or sufficient demand for producfs Y
ol great industries still retard acfnaIN
Strikes OF some irnportSS
H. ~, sarrnent making and kindred n
ines nffect trade in Chicago and Rs1SitS
more but there are fewer labor dttfic,,f 81
tlts than usual. as existing conditionsF
warn wage-earners that controversies
al TINS time are unwise. SpecnlatfyaS
markets show little life. GlSS:SS y,
me volume of business does not frn.tS3
@ ploNt' Exchanges through the prIncf-2.
gain over last year, but the months
comparison with 1893 is the only instrIrLS
1--WE one. and shows decreas sc OF s20.7S
for February >5t'lss.sss -
The market for textile goods ia dis
appointing. Material reductions in cot-as
TONS nave not brought out the needeass
demand, and further decline in LaW-&
renee l.. L. Brown sheeting this week to 4
as cents corresponds with reports thatTs
mills or some Importance may prefer3t0S
arrest production for a time unless de-Ss
mand improves. Woolen mills are re. =
ceiving considerable orders for spring.
goods, but business for the futuretSioea
not mend. Clay worsteds are ngainf az
shade lower. The range for all wooIeasE
is scarcely per cent. higher than a year q
ago, although wool Is more than per-
cent. higher and good many mills Are8
closing or reducing time. 5sS
The feature in iron has been the leSgesa
demand for wrought and cast pipe
Large orders for structural work are re-
ceived ut Chicago, and expected at th6g
East, as building plans are unusually4s
large, but sheets sell slowly. and ras,as;
very little, though bar is fairly activs.ssE
with many orders coming for cars |IrofsN
quotations average per cent loWers
for the week because Of the drop of
Bessemer at Pittsburg to $3.50 and In
grey forge to s10.75. sS$
The Modern Way. sSss