Show WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW ACCORDING to the report of dun bun coy confer for the week ending feb 28 1891 toe the condition of trade in the south and northwest was dull business Busine ea in general was waa slow alow during the week the question of monetary legislation Is 18 set tied for the present though there aber 6 may be a possibility of an extra session of congress capital is d discourage iscoe raged owing dowing to the legislation pending in several of the western legislatures regarding loans mortgages mortgagee land titles and aad railroads farmers are experiencing experienc li much inconvenience owing to shortage or 01 crops they cant find means to buy the usual requirements at the same time the collapse of the real estate boom which so wildly inflated prices rices throughout the went aal south aas has affected business more than has yet been reali realized ted cotton is reported very dull doll at the south the report says business at eastern cities hais been irregular the wool trado is strengthened by comparative scarcity and prices of some grades are higher highe r the knit goods manufacture has apparently gained in moat and next the manufacture of dress g goods which has orders well ahead with a market market never more bare of goods at the end of february but clothiers clo thiers have bought much more cautiously than usual and while some medium have sold well and some fine goods better than usual and for low grade goods the orders have been eairly liberal I 1 yet continuance of purchases ur chases at wd more than than the usual rate will be needed to make the season a satisfactory on one e in mens wear goods trade in cottons is dull because the southern demand has dropped remarkably in rubber tride trade is unsettled some makers having advanced prices with those of crude rubber while others have not the glass trade is fair at pittsburg and light at philadelphia more activity is seen in lumber at boston but in general at eastorn eastern cities a marked decrease iu building has caused dullness in the markets for all materials the coke strike is causing an activity in the demand for iron and should the strike continue much longer the price of iron products will ivill be materially affected coal is dull the output so far this year is tons an increase of tons over last years output at the same date the price of wheat has not advanced advance ed western receipts continuing heavy while exports are light but corn has risen 2 cents and oats IX 1 cents A speculative advance of over half a cent is also seen in coffee the exports of merchandise from now new york for the past four weeks have been 14 per cent less than for the same bame weeks last year and imports also albo decrease about 10 per percent cent little disturbance is caused by further shipments of gold to europe and as treasury disbursements for pensions are just now enormous the money markets are likely to be streng strengthened for a time the treasury lost over on balance yesterday and has about in all to disburse by the end of the month while appropriations are so heavy t that at some operators in stocks are rocko reckoning ng on a large treasury deficit and emy easy money in all the markets this and other reasons are given for an adv alioe in tocks stocks which began thursday and the movement is not unlikely to prevent further unloading by foreign holders As a rule the adjournment of congress usually promotes a sense of greater confidence I 1 business failures as reported to dun co for the week mentioned were in the united states and in canada 34 por for the corresponding week last year the united states had failures and canada 44 |