Show WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE correspondence of the with perhaps more than the usual dalness for the first half of january business still progresses without monetary pressure or unusual embarrassment barras from the failure of collections in any part of the country while failures at some points are numerous the aggregate is less than for the corresponding week last year and complaint of collections is much less frequent than a month ago within 30 or 60 days payments on large fall purchases will be required and some increase in failures would not be surprising for the shrinkage in business toward the end of last year indicated that there had been overconfident over confident buying in some departments part ments but the new year opens with less embarrassment from that or other causes than was reasonably apprehended speculative markets are generally dull which is not a bad i symptom for legitimate trade industries are somewhat disturbed by strikes and legislative or business uncertainties the great coal strike grows more effective and outside of stock exchange circles does not seem near an end but the actual output of coal bior the first week of january was 53 per cent larger than for the same week last year shortness of supply and high manufacturers at and many other points anait may prove unfortunate for northern iron producers that they are just now led by the temporary stoppage of some furnaces to hold prices firmly when southern makers are effecting contracts at 20 for no land 16 tor mill iron in rails there is no change soles of bar at at philadelphia show weakness while the nail market is stiffer at pomares in blast january asty were in capacity tons below the record of december ast 1st larger decrease than was expected but the increase in comparison with 1887 is about tona weekly and the output last year is reported by age at tons a gain over 1886 of 13 per cent the association reports that teas of steel rails were made a gain of 31 per benl over 1886 the unusual prosperity of the cotton manufacturer with fair prices and well has led to demands for higher wages tor which threaten se strike at presenta effect is to hasten purchases nd stiffen prices the woolen business shows no dafin mg to laslo ars the some of cent leab of 10 ajda marjy fee and in copper the production of ibs surpass all previous records deports from the interior present fewer features of interest than usual trade being evev where quiet or dull as is usual at the season money be 1 mg generally easier with some tendency to at st paul and collections being at all points fairly satisfactory on the whole at philadelphia on account of the strikes in the coal regions there is some feeling of disturbance and tharo and at other points apprehension of congressional action affects some calca actions though most persons are confident that no really harmful legislation will result exports in december will probably show more decrease than has been anticipated in comparison with the same month in 1886 for the decline in j cotton was ibs or 10 oil exports were gallons lar gerbut prices being lower the increase in value was only at new york exports for two weeks of january show of 2 per cent the figures indicate that the return of foreign capital from this country has been considerable duriac the past six week sand though prices in the stock market do not decline movements indicate that foreign investments are just now in 1 creasing breadstuffs Bread stuffs have declined I 1 a little corn one cent and pork and lard are also a little lower coffee is lower with speculative reaction and cotton with sales of bales oil has risen 2 dairy products are higher potatoes with very heavy importations the treasury has increased its deposits and thus has avoided any increase m cask on hand the business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days as reported to E GL dun co the mercantile agency today to day friday by telegraph number for the united states and for canada 30 or a total of as against a total of last wee kand the week previous to the last for the corresponding week of 1887 the figures were being failures in the united states and 29 in canada this shows a considerable decrease in favor of 1888 NEW january |