Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1896 — STATE OF TRADE. [ARTICLE]

STATE OF TRADE.

Tks Haatses* SltasUnn Shews No Material Im pro vemanfc ■ ■ \ New York. Feb, 29.—1 L 0. Dm * Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: “In sems quartern busmess gains at the west, rather than aS the east, but there la no general change for the better, although hopefulness still aredonsfsfes, Foreign affairs grow mors paeUlo, public opinion turns more resolutely toward sound money, but the want ot oulßoleat demand for the products of great Industries still retards actual Improvement. Strikes of some Importaaeo la aarmeat staking and kindred lines affoot trade so Chleage and Baltimore. but there see fewer labor difficulties then usual, aa nrlstisg ooodltlena warn wage-earners that controversies at thl» time ere unwise, frpsswtattve markets show little Ufa, Tfts velums of business does aot improve, BaohaagM through the principal stearin* houses shew l>.f per cent, gain over foot yeas, but ths month's comparison with IfM is ths stafr tsotruotlve-one. And shows a doors*ss of »f for February. "Wheat has tai* • flight toward, affvaaciog *U cents lev each sad 2% tor May, with rueaoeo of f* rotes etugUeo as the only bask. Kettasaua of Wheat la farmers' hands are lower tbea tag* year, but still indicate, with vtatbto Mtooha a Supply much bogoort yr»had* i aoeffo, OoOOea has been weaker. With ealrf fttar reoetpta, the Important deoMao la goods Imviag much Inflaeooe. Ths price ft mlddlfag uplands derived • Het sea th. cad preparation for a targe Is ere ess erf owiepi so etfft reported. The amtfost for taostrfto go eta todteappolntiftg. Wist— adifo are reaetvtag oonslderabto ooMtosa for BPedh bet business for the fotnre does abt HMod. The feature tn the Iran nsactoot boa been the targe demand fa Woomrtt and coat pipe. Largo orders for stmetusoi word she received at Chicago and eapeoted at Itas east, as building plans hrs nanauefly targe, but sheets sell Mluafo aad ratio veig MtNb. "fexporta offlomaMde products from New Teak for three weMtta show a rfafn of W per eeat, ever taut year, while imports tn the same time soaroeiy Increase, ftut export bate are diminishing rapidly at this sooMon, white later imports naturally come in succeeding months, and many security bills have to be mot in the near future. It is therefore beHeved by many that gold exports are not for off. "Failures jn three weeks of February show Itabttttiec ot »0,»B,»38, against $«.- 523,08 s last yeas, and tU,480,413 in 1894. Failures for the week have been 278 in the United States, against 208 last year, and 68 tn Canada, against 8t last year.”