The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21


.acter5 shall not be irceel ynble for Gu 7ai'
nor redesmabie at the treasury dttsllt
iment except In the bonds pttiyidsd ~,
that purpose. L y h,
TIE WAR CLOUD
Sis not "a neeting the N tion,s Indnslsls.,
on TIN Contrary, q % stinnlFlillss
many, Lines Key Of tiieI sltantion NJ sl,s
Prosperity Of the Srsst. n
i:aNEw DIRK, n fay %; ;--R G Dun
Co weekly review ot trade viii atis
tomorrow: ~ ~ d; svi's
Growing accustomed to- war pos ~
lilies which are mostly far from probe4
5blitiesg gof evil, and flhd ding the nh tI6li
moving along steadily inf Its IND dnstsies
people are grasplns the Idea that tit 81
throwing away some months or fgs stiss
and profitable life TO walt until the war
clouds have passed "A
Western prosperity has so W
oyerbalanced timldityi Of eastern co PIN.
that actual business done increase.;
railroad earnings promise better ser
May than a month gago for a prll, AMI
Payments through clearing houses ST.
the week In May3show q gain o. Sc. 2 pfr
cent over last year. and j. per ssf SIS
over 1892, while q mont sag so he In
crease over last year was SO. per cen,
and impaired ~ 1892 there was ia DE-
Icrease OF; ~ per. cen 81 4
tGseveral large econtracts kept back f{y
some ~ eelsa because OF hostillt ties shnt I'd
now been placed, and instead of Sworks
closing or reducing force. returns 5shog
the of some works long tdla,
land d5increase s of force or OF q hours IL
Others. Government work occuplSs
many esta Adjustments, but Il counts fbr
little; compared with other Demands
The key Of the situation. Is the spfot-
psrityS the west which the altogethtr
unprecedented marketing Of; breadst tifa
has caused, with the Sproopec Of gpsd
crops to come. These Iprospe ects and RIO
actual receipts OF wheat atno otlntirs %
5,S78, TIC bushels for { the week Inst
2,43s, 1853 last year, with advances also ID
other grain and cattle,$ have produce d
demand for rails, cars, car; materials.
fencing agricultural implements, b9o.s
and shoes, and lall textile goods, whlel,
which was not anticipated from SeaEls
ern Indications. Exports OF wheat go
mot diminish but in three weeks from
Atlantic ports flour included have 9besn
1856, $50. bushels, against g. IT'S, 1929 lat
year and from Pacific ports y
bushels. against CLIO, ,637 last year. 20
price Of May wheat fell 4 itc on sattlt-
day rose &c to Tuesday and closed s5llssc
higher for the week. q
In iron, Notwithstanding the greass
estoutput ever known. the demand fiss
caused some advance In Bessemers splsi
with only. a slight decline In the price ii
grey forge at Pittsburgh, = but full SqaS-
lFtations are obtained 3%at VI Chicag ard
liPhiladelphia.8 u In bars and sheets The
markets are dull but t e the west aie
l5stronglys sustained BY demands for cfr
I5building, ;; tin plate manufacturers on .
Other Suges..t.e In pla tesS and i structural
forms all the works are fully employsl
Sand generally crowded for mouths
ahead Y. ls !. 4. I; s
& One contract for, ak thousand toSa
armor plate for Great Britain has t,esn
taken byEworks for; inland with another
OF smaller quantity showing that tho
export demand, lin spite OF higher tpcssn
,freights, is: not yet arrested. Tin is sus--
itained atlas cents by larger EconsnmIs-
ton and lake copper at s12c, in spite Si
American production amounting co52
800 tons for the month, 10 per cent sIaS.
ger than last year, with a slight dsS-
crease in the production Of fore.l.u
mines. 81 y H ~
Il The textile works are doing rattsr
better, even the cotton mills In spite 81
their over-production.i for some Of large
Importance have recently started again
and print cloths are a sixteenth hlgheE
Numerous Z woolen z mills q have be-
pushed to new activity by goyernmett
orders and prices for q few grades 81
goods are better with q stronger tolia
liz Ao1f hat tfytf