The copper country evening news., 1897-12-27
||CE HOLIDAY TRADE
...st for Five Years at a Num-
Der of Points.
!, .,rs,LERs TOO BUSY TO REST.

.,ts Kent at Work That Usually
or r.rlier-I Increase I'm Wheat and
situation I'm the Cotton
woolen Trades-Iron In Strong De-
and Prices Rising-One Company
|. Eight Months-B Business.
york. Dec. 27.--R. g. Dun g. Co.'S
y. review of trade says; The week
ar,s show a remarkably large hol-
,,ade. at many points the largest
sso wears. Moreover, at the season
Wholesale business usually
he the pressure of demands for
.aiate deliveries-which results
urnrecedented distribution to con-
.rs-keeps many establishments at
!. that usually begin their yearly
.no,l somewhat earlier. Instead Of
Easing. the demand for products
s an unexpected increase in sever
.rnortant branches. Foreign trade
unues satisfactory, even in compar-
with the remarkable record of a
AGO. when exports exceeded S117,-
400 in December. Bank failures at
,o5elphia, due to individual opera
: cause no disturbance, and COM
[,cial failures for the month have
L less than half last years to the
he date.
rheat and Corn Exports Are Heavy.
he outgoing flood of grain is not
8cked by Chicago speculation, though
10 corn than wheat has been NOV
| Wheat exports, -four included,
10 been 3.69S, ,321 bushels for the week
Inst S.56s, sos the previous week and
s4S a year ago, and in four weeks
tss sos bushels. against 9.0S9.5S7 last
Ar while corn exports for the week,
loses bushels against 1.751,740 last
Rr have been in four weeks 14,420, Isl
Rinst S,176O73 last year. Last years
IN movement was by far the greatest
r known. and this years wheat
yement for the half year nearly
led has been close to the maximum
kehed in 1891. Wheat has varied lit
closing cents higher for the week
Ter deliveries Of surprising magnitude
Chicago, and corn closes nearly a
IN higher. Cotton has also been NOV
largely. and has risen a sixteenth.
Trade In Cottons and wooiens.
cotton goods have further declined in
Ares of bleached. which meet active
bthern competition. and the Fall River
inners insist upon reduction Of one
hth in wages, other New England
bis Joining. Out of 101 New England
rks forty-five have passed dividends.
brteen at Fall River with fifteen 9TH
paying 1 per cent. for the last quar-
The fall in the price of cotton when
lis were holding heavy stocks OF
DDS placed this industry in a most
bbarrassing position. Woolen mills
Ne begun buying domestic wool heav-
especially Montana and territory. as
assured Of large business for the sea-
b about to open. Contracts of un'
own magnitude have been made, L
ksaid-many at previous prices bu
srs al a moderate advance. Wool II
re firm, traders having disposed o.
pO,OOO pounds territory and 1,50O,0O
|unds other domestic at Boston anC
)es at three cities reached 1909 10
binds.
Strong Demand for Iron.
There is a stronger demand for iroi
its products. Bessemer rising to 81
gray froge TO SO at Pittsburg, ant
Eastern Bar association has ad
need the price to IL cents for refined
d l:021s for common. Owing to posi-
changes in freight rates southern
is offered 25 cents lower. A strikinI
Rture is the unusual demand for tn
bson in building cars. of which 60
ve been ordered at Chicago by on
lnk line. and rails there have ad
nced to $20in new business, with sale
pc Of 5000 tons for home use and 2,OO
Mexico. Building contracts
)usual number for the season com
also contracts for three drainag
nals at Chicago. The Illinois Ste'
Prks have eight months bushes
bked, with more orders offering. Pin
dull and weak, but rods are quite ac
&e and billets have advanced 30 cents
Failures for the week have been =
the United States. against 297 las
ar. and 32 in Canada, against A las