Omaha daily bee., 1899-04-01
BUSINESS OF FIRST QUARTER
Toral Liabilities Of Failures First of Year
Less Than for Many Years Past.
TRUST FORMING CAUSES DECIDED CHECK
Fluctuations in Wheat Market Are
Large Tor the Week ana Tend
Io Higher Quota
UiUns.
Trust FORMING CAUSES DECIDED CHECK

NEW YORK Ma-ch 3l-R. q. Dun *
Co, N heir Weekly Review Of Trade Will
sa..
Failures during he first quarter OF 1899
have been N amount OF liabilities not more
than about 52b.bhu, $50. against SaL.Ilu. L.
last year SIS, JUl5LU N -s"l anu S.l.o-s L-o
.l 1896. While ne .ater returns may IN
crease rle amount FOR The quarter little,
the complete IsJuru, which viii be given
next Week. VIII be very remarkable II COM
rar'sun with JlaL Jt any previous year.
Business - not al present Improving, there
las been something very like 4 check, partly
lie result VI heavy buying since January j,
10 anticipate tle market, partly caused by
ne uncertainty about TIE operation OI many
combinations lud ! shade OF doubt aDuut
foreign AFFAIRS also ldd some influence
The new rule OF the clearing house banks
at New York about taxation of country
checks also causes some shifting nf aC-
counts.
A period OF transition from one owner
ship 20 another ana from one management
10 another and from one .ndus-Tla. system
20 another where il affects many hundred
establishments throughout rhs country. in
eEltaoly causes some Hesitation IN business.
a little later the many hundred concerns
may ba doing more business than ever As
hey We're Just lefOns combinations we're
Effected. But at me point II transition
nobody knows Just what 10 expect There
Is much Withdrawal. Cf IRON business be-
".
Denagae great purchases made by many
works have not been met by orders ana be-
cause works affected by many other com
JlnaLuLs proposed ara not Inclined TO buy
more largely
Erices arc strongly maintained at Sl5.lJ
Tor 1rasemer plg at PilIsBurg, the Valley
association having sold 100000 tons for 4e-
livery N lie last hall OF the year Al Sl4.aJ
and Grey Forge is stronger At Sls.+U, nut
hesitation appears At Philadelphia about
Hr#H .H H..rn.aH
active compared with recent weeks. Win
no sales reported except lu goo tons It Chi
eag1, rails are quoted 81 higher thera ana
As much At PEsUurE, luu rIe sale OF 2a1u uUn
tons -t-e! 1IlleIs 20 rle Tin plate COMPANY
sets prices for LUu pounds Qi liate al S-uT
after July L structural demand Increases.
but bar mills All the vest and south are
consolidating anu are not disposed 20 take
large contracts, although ne PitrsUuTg mills
are asking Sl.au because behind rheir ar
teIs For plates The demand TAR exceeds
he supply a. Philadelphia ana Chicago ami
rho leading mills IT Fit-suuTg are full until
august or later In hoops, cotton ties
.lnr= anu other PRODUCES expected cunsC.i-
la'lln Affects business Minor metals are
stronger Tor I'm at "A cents, with r1nsum-
-uE demand. aud for copper az SIT 90. owing
10 london speculation.
More evidence appears that -le WOODEN
manufacture .s not helped as YET by new
combinations or the prospect or them ANA
ne buying demand has Jeen iisappuur.ug
N many ways, though IN dress gooug active
Sales of wool were 2g.sDt-lIa bounds al
me three chief markets .u four weeks.
against s.s-- 800 pounds last year. when
prices We're held al The --p 5a.Ss6 200 .n
1887 Vlen prices we're being rushed luwara
ann 33 '5-,.1l pounds .n 1892 vnen manu-
-aclure was normal, Indicating Il taIr. lut
not eNrraurdinary demand for goods Prices
aGs said 20 be quiet for Ohio Ky. IL ID
cents.
The buur and snoa business Ia syaf, halt
ing lpHgusa af difference Belveen 1uvpr5
gli sellers AS 20 prices
The 7ur.GaI-nus lt the wheat market have
been large aui tend on lie whole toward
liEaer quotations. Exports a. Atlantic
ports huur Included nave been Tor four