The age-herald., 1900-01-20
DUN'S WEEKLY
 TRADE REVIEW Question Whether New Year Will SurpasS the Old One. GENERAL DEMAND IS LARGE Iron and Steel Industry IS Still Actively Employed on Old Orders Good
 Signs Are Shown for the
 Coming Season
GENERAL DEMAND IS LARGE

New York, January 19.-R. C.. Dun's weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
 Whether the new year will surpass or keep pace with the old Is the question which gives especial interest to every weeks returns. Comparing now, with bus mess by far the largest and most prosper ous ever known year ago, more than 40 per cent. larger than in January, 1898, which in it's turn had shown heavier busi- ney than in any year preceding, 1t cannot be expected that such a gain will be re- peated. But the decrease of 9.6 per cent. in payments through clearing houses Is who'll ly due to great speculative activity at New York last year with sales of 12 S32 shares, against 651S,920 to the same date this year, for payments outside this city have been 4.3 per cent greater than a year ago, and greater than is the same part of any other month.
 This week one contract of 10000 tons for western road and two for bridges requiring eleven thousand tons are tn eonly large transactions reported in iron products but heavy business was secured by concessions for plates at Pittsburg, going materially be- low 2.25 and for bars at Philadelphia be- low 2.20, the price of the association. Sheets are also lower at the east, but $l higher at Pittsburg. Sales of foundry pig at reduced prices include two orders for 10000 tons and number one Lehigh is quot ed at s24 but Bessemer and grey forge at Pittsburg are held unchanged, though with out sales The copper output of this coun- try in 1899 was 264 ,346 tons, greater by 9l,0oo tons than in 1895. The prices of copper and lead are unchanged with tin higher, at 27h cents.
 Perhans the most pronounced industrial event is the marketing of woolen goods at prices averaging 1894 per cent higher than last year. As wool quotations average @9 per cent higher than year ago, the rlse in gooos is not excessive.
 Business in cotton goods begins 10 in- crease. The goods now average 29.7 per cent more than year ago. and with the rise this week to 7.81 cotton is II per cent higher Belief in a special crop has helped the goods market, and still sustains it, though cotton is a little lower than 1t was two months ago. Receipts from planta- tions continue over a third smaller than last year. but exports decreased quite as much. Shipments of shoes from the east in expectation of old orders continue lar ger than at any time of the year, it is said, and in every line doubt about the maintenance of prices flinders buying. The market for breadstuffs is not active, nor have changes in prices of elevator wheat been of amy consequence, but the active May option shows sharp decline. At lantic exports continue far below former years in three weeks, 6,093,325 bushels against 13,224,OS2 last year, and Pacific ex- ports in the same week were 2291,77 against 1,S5S,994 last year. Western re- ceipts were in three weeks only S,632, ,132 against 13,0O5,4S2 last year. Corn receipts are smaller than last year by five million bushels for the three weeks, while exports have been 10,3s5,1 1855 bushels against 9,51O,- 49 fast year, and this active movement caused spot quotations to advance. Failures for the week have been PAP tn the United States against 249 last year, and 40 in Canada, against 32 last year.