The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-29
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS.
Dun Says People Are Doing More
Business Than They Realize.
LITTLE PROFIT IN TRADE, HOWEVER,
staples, which Is Now over,
Has Bccn Disappointing.

New York, May IS X G. Duns weekly
review OF trade tomorrow will say People
are actually doing more business than they
realize They reckon BY values. but these
are much lower than IA any previous years
OF prosperity and leave little margin for
! profits. In quantity there is almost as
much business bolng done as IN the years
OF greatest prosperity. and though the In
crease In population would call for mate
rial expansion, tho COMPARISON IL not dis
eouraging. Tho recovery Is Glow, host
| iatinG anu gradual, but more has been done.
ON tho whole, IN NAV than IN April, while
returns of April showed the volume Of busl-
ness only 10 per cent smaller than that of
inc bet year heretofore Yet hesitation is
dolng lie work every week ana multitudos
are waiting because vi possibilities at
Washington, who ought 90 BE- iiiitnG the de
mani Tor labor ami the products OF labor.
Cotton la unchanged, although AZ this
season exports are inHiSulilcAut Manu-
isctutcts have caucciai caurea Of delay.
OWING 10 the possibility 81 competition with
foreign goods. largely imported. but there
has hoeh no setback ln prices. although cot
ton goods are dun without large demand,
aud print cloths arc al the bottom pric.s.
IL is evident that production IL far beyond
tho consuming demand aud has forced the
iuustry into a Watius attitude. Dslrlbu-
Ton @, all dry gopis is & present retarded
also hy cooler weather tb,ta is usual at This
season.
The woolon mills are producing more
lNan they have done Tor years though much
ltts than they could or would Ike To pro-
duco, and Manufactured are doing almost
nothing in tho wool trade though spocula-
ion han kept the sales large In fouf weeks
OF May y. sos JO1 loNuis. against 20. 80 $50
iu the corroY pondiug week of 1892. There
is some weakness observed with Western
hol1eib and Eastern ur!cta begin TO feel tho
weight OF enormous Imports. although tho
holders sun calculate on a rise as soon lie
new duiiea take cnoct
The iron manufacturers gain in spite of
the closing OF some furnaces, The produc-
ton Of pig exceeds consumption aud Ia
somewhat decreasing Nh.ir the consnmp-
lion has gradually gained this week. In part
because OF several structural contracts, In
Guiding 1000 tons for ihIe atty alone aud In
pant hccAusc tn" agricultural implement
works have made larger demands aud he
cause of the proposed leasing OF nearly all
rnd Mills In the country. which snuaeh some
huyinH, l'ig iron shows no change In
prirta. bni 1t Is nui WORTHY that an ad-
vance Of - ccnis In tho Brlieh price of
American ts considered !, rclirl as Reasoning
Tho urgency 90 iisuos" ut SOU hern pig IN
Norihcrn markets, Cotton tues az 80 cents
per hnndlc have quite ahu' out foreign com
petition.
Tan and copper arc stronger hut tin pinto
makers nave agreed upon an advance. aul
yet the best grade sells 0s before ut $50.
against 1850 for the ton. i'm
Failures for the week have been Oh In
the United states tic smallcst IN any wcot
since september 1885, AGAINST o39 last year,
and 70 In Canada, ajgaiurt 20 laUi year