New-York tribune., 1899-03-27

. a.. ,,oiua NJ merchandise exported In March
- - ,.,, MORT while the increase Of $6,5OO'Ooo
,r imports here swells Treasury receipts "u'
NOT tho balances due from other countries
Tho exports of iron products can no longer pe
expected to add nearly SIOOO0Oo mont" -
the credit side Some are yet gong U" o''
orders but prices have advanced - per
for products taken together since FEBRUARY -
and SO per cent for pig-iron' ana a''"oo
Bessemer has yielded some during the last "e0",
on,bracite here. Grey Forge at Pttsburg ana
Southern pig at Chicago are all higher. Yet '"e
idea that such prices must continue seems queS-
,,orob1e The bulletin of the iron and steer
Association publishes statement OF the iur-
oooa oxnected IN he blown I'm this month, or
later. showing eight with capacity or ',ooo
-. ooL,,, which have been or will be ADDED
in March, nine with a capacity OF o'"o' 'ors on
veekIv in April eighteen with capacity or Io''''
,ops vvoel,lv I'm May, and three others VII"
canacitv Of $3.50 tons weekly. when are eN
nected TO be added later. But moreover '"'
output Of furnaces actually at work II sa'" -
have been reduced In February by stoi''' 90
10 eight thousand tons weekly whlch acoou'''
for most OF the decrease In unsoid stocAS no
.o,,,o decroase in demand for iron products IS
oiroodv eeen because of high prices, 1t appears
rot inprobable that the supply may oe lou"u
ample before long ,
Tho voolen manufacture has been buylns
little more freely Of wool. with consideraDe co"-
cessions in prices by Eastern dealers anu "'9o
IN sales by Western holders. The Hlacni'e'S
not all fully employed, and the prospeo'
various cancellations appears to retaru puS'-
ross 70 some extent. In boots and shoes snip
ments during March have been cohsiue'"'''
sr,oIIor than last year but larger than In any
Itr,or
&, iootbor thcre seems to be more business al
though iobbers arc still conservative. 1t 10 Ian
70 noto that at the West the manufacture IL
-, .. he doing somewhat better than AT
the East ,... ,o,.o
poiIroad earnings in the United states nav
e,rraesed those of last year in March by -"
nor cont and those of 1899 by p per cent pu'
tho anthracite granger and some or the 0ou'"-
orr roads are doing decidedly better than 'iia''
rho overare Of prices for the sixty most ACTIVE
iroad stocks has risen 81 rs n share for the
,,oel not unnaturally in view OF such returns
and after the serious efforts to depress quo'a-
tions while the elimination OF the movement 80
Sugar has permitted trust stocks 10 ueo''''' or
average of 63 cents per share. But '"e ''"i
was not of the sort that USED 10 De Seei WV,
evorvbody wanted to buy everythins' 80
1o5 600 shares sold. of which five trusts Au'
,.1 . ouorter and two street roads over
.,.tb the sales Of the five railroads most larseiy
bordled we're only 60, 400 shares buI 'i'i' "
.,,hstortial buying nevertheless. and the Gus
,o,,or,, furry about money just before Aprli
will probably not hinder the strong opei "'oi
h ,ool, for an advance. While II cannot pe
soid that in all lines business Is making progress
&c evenly toward better things as 1t dld LOT
time the closest search fails to disclose srou"u
for general apprehension regarding the iu'ure'