The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-03-19
NEW YORK, March Is. -R g. Dun q
Co.'S weekly review o. trade tomorrow

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& NEW YORK, March is. .--R G. Dun q
Co.'S weekly review OF trade tomorrow
Will say: \. s.
Neither peace nor war reports have
changed tho onward current OF bust
ness. Orders for more than s25, ,oOo, 900
gold from Europe have blocked any
drift toward s,ringency in rates for
money, and treasury receipts OF about
sl,loO,ooo per day have kept In check
any question about the currency, while
exports OF products have continued at
n rate considerably Increased, and tho
demand for products OF the great indus
tries shows steady expansion. Prompt
action by the senate and house has re-
moved all fear OF embarrassment
through conflicting purposes Mt Wash
iington. The government Ia making
ready without any, waste OF time, while
frankly assuring everybody that 1t
looks for peaceful settlement and
hopes that Its preparations may prove
Unnecessary.
The backbone Of the situaton Is the
than s4l, 900. 900 In February with, an In
crease Of s2.90O000 In miscellaneous
products. $780, 600 in provisions, 81, ,50,-
900 In cotton ard $1,000, 900 in bread
stuffs, compared with last year, and
Sl5. 5.000. 900 In all products. In two weeks
OF March Imports have gained but 81
per cent, although especially sweiled by
receipts OF India rubber, sugar and
hides. The outgo Of cotton surpasses
all expectations, though the price was
stronger last week and the export de-
mard apparently paid no attention to Z
market fluctuations. Receipts from
plantations continue much greater than
at the corresponding date from the
largest crop heretofore produced, SO
that guesses about the future crop are
now the main reliance OF SPECTATORS.
Wheat also moves in spite OF all spec- 4
ulation. Atlantici exports, flour inclu-
ded, have been 1.S24, 500 bushels, against
1,25S,390 last year. and from Pacific
ports 1,3n, ,S26 bushels. against 26S,505
last year, making for three weeks from,
both coasts 1o.659, ,125 bushels, against
4,5SS. AL last year. The price has varied
with conflicting reports. but closed Hc
higher for the,week. Z, &, II
Wool shows no change In quotations. (
though eastern markets are extremely Z
dull and the Indifference OF manufa factur-=
et5 has made transactions only ,O62, 800
pounds. against 10, S91, 800 for the corre-
spending week last year and 5.OSS,oC0
for the corresponding week in 1892 The
The London market Is rather higher
and holders in the Interior are expect
Ing a material advance In prices.
s Little encouragement appears in the
market for cotton goods, with prints n
sixteenth lower than a week ago and
standard grades undersold by many OF
less note. The demand Is large but not :
large enough. In woolen goods, on the
contrary, the material advance In prices
has raised the only obstacle to incrcas-
ed transactions and somewhat frequent
cancellations indicate that dealers have
been disappointed in their distribution.
The small yielding In wool may result
in q greater decline II this tendency in
the manufacture continues.
Bessemer pig and grey forge are both
slightly stronger ut Pittsburgh, Il tho
proposed combination OF valley fur
naces helping, but ple Is not changed In
price elsewhere, nor are finished prod
ucts at any point, excepting wire nails.
which are Ave cents per keg weaker,
and steel rails, which are said to be
sold at s17.50 at the east by some estab-
ilishments. Contracts have been made
for 10, 900 tons with eastern works for
domestic delivery, 1900 tons for Aus
tralia, and the Illinois Steel Company
Is filled with orders for the year. The
Carnegie company has sold 5000 tons
deck plates to shipbuilders in England
and several Chicago orders for plates
exceeding 1000 tons each are for rail-
roads, car and agricultural implement
manufacturers and projectIle works.
The wire combination having failed TO
effect the broader arrangement con-
templated, Is seeking to complete con-
troll OF about 50 per cent Of the wire out
put OF the country. While activity is
great in the central and western region
there Is less demand at the east.
Failures for the week have been 9os in
the United States, against 216 last year.
and q in Canada, against 50 last year.
Purchased by an EnElishman.
ST. PETERSBURG, March ia
dispatch 10 the Novoe Yremya from
Paku, Russian Trans-Caucasla,, says
the great ATantaschoff petroleum busi-
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