The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-03-26
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OUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW

While business L. stili nelow tn. volu.,.
Of Former Years. aud Many Expr... n,-
appointment, a steady and lons.r,,ti,
Growth ~ Almost Al branches az Tr,a.
and Commerce h pcrceptibie to Clos. 80.
servers.
NEW DIX, March COR. q. Dpn 1
Co. say to-day in their weekly reyi.,v
of trade:
Though steadily increasing. business
il still much below its volume Ia fnr.
mcr years of prosperity, and many cx.
press disappointment. lct there i
some gain every week. with mora
hands at work and more mills in op,r.
alton. and the sure result larger Bur.
chases for consumption cannot be
long delayed. In some branches n i
felt already. There is larger disirihu-
ton of finished products. and the de-
mand Tor commercial loans has sharnlv
increased, especially in dry gooas ana
the iron and steel branches
The progress of the iron and Steel IA.
dustry is hinuered by uncertainty r,-
garding the cost of lake ore for Ina
coming year, though the repeated ad-
journment OF producers NEE tings (, IA.
terpreted as evidence that an agrees
meut i'll bc ultimately reached ii
is reported that Morris ore at sa,5
Will Toe taken rs the basis. which would
imply about $50 for Mesaba ores but
until the question has been settled.
many important transactions are de-
ferred.
While there is no great activity in
a. : 4. 4. -. 4 d
increases. Contracts for several great
buildings at Chicago are pending ana
for good many bridges and other rail-
road works. and the demand fer black
sheets for tin plate manufacture.
Tin tends lower, at Is. 30, with heavy
receipts, and with weaker London quo.
tations. Lead is inactive at 5.31 ana
copper is weaker, although the triting
decrease in production in this country
is practically balanced by the small IN
crease in production elsewhere.
Although shipments of boots and
shoes are almost as large as in any
previous year, il is announced that one
or two of the largest works have closed
for want of orders At the Same time,
many other concerns are taking very
large orders, it is claimed, at prices be-
1 low those generally quoted.
No change whatever appears in quo
tations of leather this week ana The
I Chicago market for hides fiUctaates
I without definite tendency. although
the sight changes reported are down
ward. While manufacturers oi cotton
goods are looking forward with much
confidence. the present demand j. not
equal To expectations. nor has the cur
tailmcnt III production of print cotns
accomplished the desired chan IN
condition. The buying ol WOOL. mainly
OF speculative character in yspeta-
ton OF new duties. continues remArN-
ably large. Sales at the tnrre chief
markets, for the past week were To-
e9l. 300 pounds.
No great increase has yet appeared
ia she demand for goods although
few more mills have folnd enon-h
orders to start perhaps in part aniiei-
pating future demand. Inc cNpsc,a'
ton OF new duties does not yci la-
iiucnce the goods markets ~ might oe
expected.
The demand for wheat has not given
much help to speculation. Alanuc
exports nave been only l263. 80 pA sh-
els. against |. 1885 -four Included
for the CORE spending week last year,
while western receipts have been oniy
!. 3g.. 34I bushels, against, 40, 0N9 Dush-
els last year.
Accounts regarding the coming crop
have been less favorable this wee" ana
the price has advanced cents Inc
exports of corn continue heavy. f.'fh-
700 bushels for the week. ana qa''A-
tions advanced seven-eightns' 'Ae
ertton market has also been Amos.
lleless. and while the price haN ga'le"
"a small fraction, the narrownes'o' 3
mand mere and abroad has its nala'S'
. influence. a
Noteworthy sales of about f'V"
shares of stocks by foreign ho'"''
, have not materially depressed p''1''
, even OF the stocks 50 largely he'a' ~
the average of securities has ~"
, firmly held the sixty most act'e I'll
road stocks ranging about 20 Gems
j, share higher than "A week ago
The volume of business inuifale" =,
cl.arinvhouses is smaller than i'''
. wear. The average OF daily eNVi'"nr
for the month is 3.3 per cent. iess ''''-
Z last year. als
Failures for the week have be'h ~
!, in the United States, against W. ~"
, wear and 30 in Cauada, agaihs' y
, year