The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-04-17
REVIEW Nt' TRADE.
european "nr scare ana Ntssi.si,ri
Floods Affected HuSincs.

'S'HS !Ahttsth hhSfiCsL.
thy Associated Press to The VirginiunJ
New York. April lG.-<R. G.; Dun & Co.'s
weekly review Of trade to-morrow riij
say: ',' "'''
an undcclarcd war between C;roncc
IN" turkey has bceu Responsible. more.
lnan any other single cause, for ,hG
ntil&eS III business this weck Actual
nhntlis with facts, which seem TO mako
- iHrinnl declaration OF war by Turl;r,
inevitable, have affected grain lnarkciS;
mncn aud stocks slightly Tho prorrCs.
oi MiSSiSS'pri floods does not chun-t mo
PfiCe3 OF cotton, ana settlement Of Tho
hioSl important labor difficulties has re-
.'Vc" works suspended last week. Thc
,tihiofary decrease IN exports ana larrc
increase In imports, at New York. %
per cent. Tor the IGonth--caused u,,rs
IONS about the financial future which
nave not much influences as Vet Thc
increase In import $50 900 ODO IN. o,or TX
per cent. from last year. ana SIT. 100 600,
or sS.o per cent. from Fcbrlary-f Ions.
c"htlhu2H may cmbarraSs some branches
OF business. but can hardly exhaust ba
ialces remaining from the unprrcetlent-
on ao, e%cess OF merchandise cxpOrts--$323.
% iai9-n nine months ondin. with
March '!''
Inc wheat market, after It's decline OF
V cents last week, was prepared to rlsc
WIN prospects of European war ana in
creased purchases for export ana has
.'''-' - 'Siitf' &c lISL tfiulY.t I.N port
lof tne week are very small ana for
Two weeks but little greater than last
year, Whlle corn exports continue over
three times last years, ana for two
weeks G032,0li bushels. against ,gG3 1893
,hSt year. the prices advancing less than
| cent. Western receipts OF wheat are
ihfEer Tor the week, ana for two weeks
Us large h9 last year, and the Govern
ment reports indicate a considerably
larger yield than that Of 1896, which has
Suiilccd TO meet an extraordinary de-
mand.
Cation has scarcely changed in the
week OF unprecedented food though this
years crop will ihc materially diminish
cd unless water soon subsidies But
mere are numerous indications TINT in
other parts OF the South q large acre
age IS being planted.
The output Of pig iron increases.
though fifteen furnaces stopped in
March. but others with larger capacity
started. and the weekly production TO
Aprii ] was 1922 tons. against 1896
last year. While 20 per cent. below the
greatest ever known, the output is SO per
cent larger than October /, ana stocks
nnSOld increased scarcely any though
the largest on record
The demand for nails and wire con
tlnues heavy, ana in spite OF large
transactions III the past, III structural
work and rails, is still fair while there
s much doing in machinery for export
70 Russia, Japan ana South Africa
Lut bars and most other finished pro-
duets are in narrow demand and Bes-
semer pig is lower al $3.50 or less at
littsburS with grey forge $3.50 there and
only S.75 at Birmingham.
Print cloths sell slowly without
change. Wooden mills are doing a little
more, though much machinery is idle.
iradstrcets Tomorrow will say:
The most conspicuous Improvement in
liz. It. conditions fbiS ir IN IN
weather throughout Central, Western
ana Northwestern Stutes where country
roadWuyS arc more passablc. There is
a better demand for building materials.
particularly lumber. In staple lines
there IS a more active request at Port
land. Ore, Minneapolis, Mimi, ana ST.
Paul. Minn.. Kansas City Mo, and At
ianta Ga, pointing TO ir-egularty OF
the tendency 10 recover .I0bbars ut
ChicaGo, -. Louis, Omaha, Cincinnati
Mld Chattanooga report trade slow, or
that demand Is decreased. There is no
sign Of trade revival IN the Hooded re-
@ions. where the danger point has
moved Southwark. If tile water rcccdcs
by May - ona-half OF the usual cotton
crop may be raised in Arkansas ana
Mississippi this year but the outlook
is not promising.
Demand for dry goods is Slow ana
some manufacturers remain at work
without profits. as the lesser OF the two
evils. Demand Tor wool is checked, as
stocks are badly cut. but makers of
WOolens are as active as before. shoe
manufactures; are working full time.
Iron and steel continue disappointing,
with lower praccs for Besselncr pig and
for bihets, few, If any new orders and 4
tendency 20 weakness rather than the
reverse.
Exports of wheat tGour included as
whcaO include one day less this week
than usual. The total from both coasts
and from st. John y. t., is ,3I4 900
bushels for five days, compared with
2,03G,000 bushels III six days of the pre-
ceding week, 2Oi7.O0O bushels in The
week a year ago. 3,1G5.0Q0 bushels Two
years ago. 3,0l9,00o bushels three years
ago. and as compared with 1858, ,Q6,
bushels in the like Week OF 1893. Total
shipments Of Indian corn amounting Ia
2.32S tSo bushels this week from the
smallest weekly aggregate in the cur
rent calendar. The corresponding total
last week was 4,B45.O00 bushels, in the
second week of April. 1897, it was 1.O74,-
00G.
First asceting.
The fra meeting Of the Christian AZ
lance auxiliary was held at Chapel