New-York tribune., 1896-03-30
~ ,nr n.uv rRmryE MONDAY MARCH 30 ls9s-sxTEEN PAGES

when foreign competition closes OF nc 'ea'
that II will close mills mines along roaos ~
which he has stocks or bonds, he knows enoue"
10 sell. Selling Of that sort began tue W."
Of President Cleveland's election ana mas
renewed In some measure since the reiu'a' -.
Democrats and slver-bolters to act OF TIC '"
question. The customary gold outgo IN INC
spring would have comparatively nttie a''e"
ton with business 30 slack that the supp'
money Is largely beyond present needs' ~
money market were not at present ski'lis"' "
as TO commercial loans, quite close Oh a..o".l
NJ the failures Perhaps the acton Oh 'ne -
urv NAV be criticised little. since any ".'e"'r
br threat to prevent gold exports "ne" .''ee
settlements are needed, Is apt TO hasten '"e
90 Certainly the measures taken Dy ."e
ury do not have the influence apparently oe'"e-
snd wn,,. money can indeed be made less easy
by calling in the rest OF the armour. ~ 49,
hords gold settlements abroad will hard'y NC
long deferred by that STEP ro,r.
Tho boot and shoe manufacture has pee" ea."
ing rapidly In new orders CURING '"' -,.,,,
weeks. and, although there Is much 'o'"p
that prices do not pay ana 'ha' ..u,
ro,n,v Of the cheaper qualities. there 10 s.
a much improved feeling. shpme".S r.,,, IN
e.. orc as vet small, the smallest TOT Maro" -.
five years Though prices OF leather "a
changed materially. hides have again rsn
Chicago an average Of about per e." ....ar
,ron industry has some encouragement III oe''.'
orders but the average OF prices o.e' ~ .e,s
vance single sale of 10000 tons OF steer r~'''
y. I.n.n :. mentioned. and some promising ne
got,at,ons for bridge or building materials are :"
x-o.. and there are some individuals WHO
49,. .,o,r whole minds on the fact tnat '"e
r,o.. Comnany. OF Alabama has sold a tho"-
.. .o,. ~ mig IRON for delivery In Glasso"
-. .ors current expressions one might
,.,,u,ro that the British and Scotch 1urnaoe'
- ohou, ~ shut up. The Southern "o'n'
n.,o hoer undertaking in Northern markets io'
.o,,,o time "a they generally must wneh tle ue-
r,and 10 much below the supply Inc piou"
q, Lake ore have fixed upon ~ as the'' ~
passemer this year, which Is 81 ~ h'sne' ~
,ost vear,s price. but there are many wno uo'D
u,,etber with the demand for fnished prouu''
,,rrov and not increasing. and with - pei
demanded for Connelisvie COKE the p'''e "'
for ore can long be held. -ooas
Tho cotton industry Is still accumua.i"e
s,ccks Of print cloths going ABOVE al,
though only 81. cents Is asked, close ~ TIC NV
- r.oord Last week an auction OF gins-
80, oo,,od I'm unexpectedly large buying out
-, ~, re,narkably low Some concerns nave
...o1 o,d feyy more have reduced "o'h''s
,aa hr, the greater number continue 70 'ur"
.' ,,oo,s ,s ~ we'll assured that April VIII prns
49, ,o..os, .demand ever witnessed Tnere Is
,,.c. &, the argument that long delay oh'y III
crea s.s the quantity Of goods to be pough' so''o
,,me tut the signs for April are not as se'
o,oor Only n minority of the woollen gooos "'a :
oh,,crv can now be at work. but the duantity oi
ooods turned out n still large enough 10 oe-
press prices or prevent their recovery. sa'es "
rooi In four weeks OF March amounted 10 10
soa ,,o mounds. OF which s.227.35o were domest'c
AGAINST 1885 200 last year. OF whicn H'os''S'v
uers domestic and 2l.9SA.S76 pounds IN 1884, oi
which a. g5s. .s2s were domestic.
Wheat rose only a fraction last week. anu
cotton declined fraction. western receiptS Vi
-,heat continue large enough to discourage specu-
la,,or for advance. and the Atlantic exports
arc still smaller than 4 year ago. Hour inciude"
Thare was little more nuctuation In the COTTON
trading last week. but figures are still OF the
same general character. The quantity wh1ch mas
come into eight. now s342ss2 bales is 100000 bales
larger than at the same date In 1ss3 and the re-
cs,pts have not yet begun to fall behind those OF
that year. No further increase would mean
,p,,v 900 900 bales and while the commercial
s,ocks now visible are 2936540 OF American alone
,hers are besides mill stocks here and abroad
known 70 be very large II the next crop should
no a. unwisely enlarged many now anticipate.
tho result 20 the South would probably be un-
fortunate.