The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-03-05
BUSINESS NOT DISTURBED
The Volume of Trade Is Not Less
ened by Rumors of War and
Other Complications.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONS INCREASE.
speculation, However, Feels tho Eff
fccts of the Strained Situation
The Price Situation Is One OF
Strcngth-All Sections Share In tho
General improvements.
New York. Feb. 2e.-Bradstreet's

New York. Feb. 26.-Bradstreet's
says:
"While business Of speculative nature
has been quick to reflect the increasing
strain in political affairs in reduced values
and Withdrawals or curtailment Of activity
IL some lines. there Is little to Indicate
that the volume Of distributve trade had
been reduced. and reports to Bradstreet's
this week. SO far as the latter branch Of
business is concerned. are among the best
received this year. With few important
exceptions the price situation "a one Of
strength. while the enlarged demand for
coarse grain IS taken to reflect the turn
ing Of attention from higher-priced cereals
to those OF lower-priced character. At
the east last weeks squirt In the dry goods
trade at Boston does not seem to have
held, but at New York there !s consider
ably more doing in the jobbing trade.
The best report as to the distribution Of
trade made so far this year comes from the
ported earlier than usual. Kansas City,
perhaps the most important market for ag-
ricultural implements in the country, re-
ports the demand exceeding all records
liver orders The demand for iron and
steel at the west still continues large and
prices are firm. A feature of Chicago
trade has been the placing Of an order for
5000 tons Of steel rails for railroad in
Alaska. Almost equally good reports come
from the northwest. where trade Ia reported
either fully equal to or ahead Of last year.
The south seems to have shared In the Inn
provement to q notable extent. Collections
are reported retarded In Texas, owing to
the holding back OF cotton. The word
'Klondike' accurately pictures the situa-
ton on the Pacific coast All eyes appear
to be fixed on the Quitting trade and the
transportation of men and supplies north"
r. e. Dun G. Co., in their weekly re-
view of trade, say:
Foreign possibilities have much affected
speculation and caused hesitation in some
large business operations, possibly ac-
counting In part for check in the rapid
advance of wheat. but Industrial produce
tion continues larger than ever, few more
works being added to the active list with
decrease in the number Of hands on
strike, and renewed evidence that the vol
ume Of business Is larger than In February
Of any previous year. Nor is there
any symptom of O. senseless craze based
on rising prices. The legitimate export and
domestic demand presses closer to the ca
pacity of works. and though there Is no
rowness Of profit is matter Of complaint.
new business for this dull season is un-
precedented.
Wheat continued its progress upward
until $1.O8A was reached on Monday, but
declined 81 cents later, as II there were
fears that Spain would somehow stop Brit
ish vessels from taking wheat across the
water. Any yielding based on foreign pos
Bibilities deserves little notice, but the price
has advanced about 10 cents since Chicago
spectators last took occasion to shake off
weak followers and the opportunity for re-
action was inviting. There Is no abating OF
foreign demand.
the United States, against 2ss asst year, and
20 in Canada. against go last YEAR,