Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 1, 1881, Page 14

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 000m, Th jonsumption has not shaded, but reaMrmed on Oct, 80, and there | ern combination followed Its oxany who were farsighted enough (a: year, and receding 25 per cent subsequently. | talters Iie ryer stacks of holiday zoods | packing o1 tooo 4 ee ha cal cine PI has been no matorlal jehanga sine: | i ‘ana faltuce, to malutnin | an organiza | ensg {with our, leading, felaes) ah at In aiiitlery nn hares Bonds there aro four than usually I ei im tha ea ua of bas e Ai FR rh pce at Ree ep ! % Jan, 22, 22, July 20, Aug. "ins y el % X mT con ouses, ‘I “mpetition here la sharp, ane nst week haying kept many within doo ne vy Tho recelpts from lake ports for tho two Mean? Mien tain, 188 profits were xo srent, that tho temptation te simmptive demand of this country tyestimated | the market is nvery popularone with Miser ite ED more during tho four winter months. 'Thoso oast years wore as follows: Pironnon, ory. S11.00 $iL.00 S11. ent”? the established rates was more tan | at 1,000,000 tons per anni, fi the manus | who have almost forsaken “New York ane MANUFAC! TURES. who ench ent moro than 100,000 henit during Lumber, Lumber, Shingles Fonemmcatee 0.50 10.09 en the average manufacturer could withstand. } facture of enr-wheels alone 312.500 tons of | other Enstern headquarters, Ono factory Is Same 4 pane tho twelvo months ontdlng with Inst February 180. Ra, ITY ae 3400 100 TH | ry | phe 4 ody 'E : ‘mn600 | Common Uris, dry 16.00 fo 1S 46,00 Nake the market In all ils branches, how- | ple-fron are annually consumed, The total | running here aue filly, and there appears ee wero: Muskegon. i a. By eyor, and dealers find Mttlo cause for com- | cabacity of tho furnaces now in blast Isestle | tebe room for others, "Pho three, enbinet- The manufacturing interests of tho city tH dudington Nove boar nthe a ae am plant. Collections were uniformly geod, | mated ot 6,500,000 tons. ‘Whe quantity of fron | hardware houses Inerenserdt their business, lave developed a largely Incrensed actlyity. ‘Allerton Company Grand | in aclect....% ieoo iho Be09 | Aue the losses In the way of bad debts were | handled by Chicago dealers Is given nt 000,- | and priees were quite steady after tho early | rho avern sin In value of proditetion was ) Atmour © Co. white Take Flooring, tito pog «—eeo0 | Hover befor xo Nght. for Instance, a dealer | 000 tons, of a value of 818,000,000, ‘This isan | decline, ‘Tho sates of saddlory, harness, | oy, Feabtanal "1 i m Iotaford & Co, Teena 00 00 whose sales foot upa million and a halt re- | {nerense over 197) of nearly 100 por e Tho | cabInet goods, cte., npproxinited $3,000,000, about 15 pereont. ‘This isin great, part duo | Chapin & Ciulaby ec. fa bi oo ¥ A) ports ‘8 total loss for the year of only one | shipments of iron-ure by Take from, ake STOVES. to more activity In the business of hog-pack- | ChiengoP. & B.C x ne res undred dollara, Superior mines during the pastseason are: 285 é M 4 u "Tho aniea of stoves nro estimated at $3,000,- | Is aut those In which tron ts the leading | [Thy & sant” average nite of piece stu atlont was Pile The yenr's business would have | {OM Escanalia, 2,938 tons fron Marattette, i ett fA nll oe ovine to pared with that of the preceding year, ‘Tho ae per 1,000 feet. | oii fF - ALA GON tons'froin LiAuse. Of tho whole | Frente rise tn trons but priees afterwards set- | record of both Is somewhat Irregular, bene Toby & Host Piece stuf opened In.April nt $0.00, ronched | Shown a still larger, Inerenae Jul He not beets Amott Marguette County mines contributed fied hack to tia December tevel, tn sympa r tata te Menominee Peshtizw.. Other Ianike Miebi= $3.00 in May, advanced in Juno to $8.75, con | that during as Tass t iy i i With the fallin raw material, nnd the total | relatively dutl during tho early months, | ‘Tint is, there are moro than a dozen firms, oh segee . ‘owing to the freight blockade) the 287813 tons, these of Menomines County tic - a Moa rity S70 wits, vay f oe (hd Hinged age to $0.40 th Augusl,, receded sowie igto th fr igl iE blockany tho raltraails HO L3, and those in Wisconsin 22340 fons, advauce over the lowest point in 1870 did not | Most of the activity of 1870 was, howevar, | each of which cuts tp mora hogs than wero 4 2 if xeced 15 per cent. ‘The enst of manufacture |e KX A into a brict period; while it | kilted in Cl y 7 | ihe fotlowhue tate shows iit tons of 3,000 exceed t ite 12 en t compressed into. brief period; i tet In Chiengo in any one year previous to onths of the | ins tic production of pig-iron in the United ing stoves hns been greater than In the year | gprend out over na innge part of 1880, ‘Tho | 18%S~'0; and there are three among them each oa; imide Oe vember wired, During tho first two Totat by lnke...1418 074 IHL AvE BSH TO in November, Common neh opened at ear prices Avert stently at 1 jt Cc before, the mi bo Tis COUTE: OF THE MAIKET $10-500011.00, deelined to SeroeEt0.00 In uly, {ingeltor 190, 209¢0 Tae aM States feo Ise to 187M, classified according sneee. Stn hast Hupnrtant factor in in oe Iabor market has reeeived a wonderful. sthu- | doing a business which execeds the ontlro has been comparatively oven as referred to | MyOctoher to $10.00, and. closing at $10.50@ | 17% nnd =e for elaine, Karly in Mareh | to the fuel used: and nest the higher rates forlron, “Notwith- | Wits, workers having been really scarco In | packing of the city fn 18639 or 1800-70, ‘Tho that of 1879, not varying on goin crate 11,00, Medium ineh ranged from $11. ere ns bl rbrens Ae mired arene slnthra- Char Tita mite atansllng the alli uted entis: the eenaniy : not ney Instiners: and tsa ate Hb those ) big packing record of Chleago began with moro than 81,00@L50 either way; and the re- 00, a i oe : 2 % a cite, coal, } minoua,| Total. wel ins been moderately rewtinerative, and | wanting to work, but not ablo to obtain em- | the winter followlus thof great fir it 5 continued to work downward until May, |__| —--— | price: Hever i § y at ml ape now turns haye -been uniformly satisfactory to | | ‘Sliingles were 20250 per, 1,000 Mighiey thon | (yen the higher tests shower a Me liatied aT) Be Toran | basis. ate Howe “bell veil to, be ou regents ployment, lias been reduced ton smaller per- | exceets that of all tho othor so-called leading sellers, Manufacturers, many of Whom tnd | Tee eer ot the year, and thio antes wera | from tho opening rates of 5/4@iurge, the then On TAO | sold throughout the West. ‘The newly-sut centage than ab any other tino since the | polnts comblned, though some of them haye Tada bard row to hoe In provlows years, | qt satisfactory prices, ‘hg market fluctuated auotutions being 1046 for 110, 1 ¢e for Li, MS | tleddlstricts have furnishedmuch custom, ant | close of the War, houses whieh aro operated by Chicago capl- have fared well, Yard denlters have not been | with lumber. Standard alingles arrived sev. 1ige for snow-white, and 16)¢¢ for 145, ‘These trada in the old sections has tot been so gand The following are tho the princtpal totals | tal. ‘The work of packing In this city seems fayored with any such booms as fell to them path Wwoolts carter Wan extras, and fod, at | Were pate brleus ae thy ne Early in einee sete tho city bustiens has augmented of tho census report by the United States } to be really limited now only by the hog pro- In 1879, but thoy have found themselves uble font fey Ung ot Le nd a of net $2 month ial ge of tho deeline had been reeav- who are always the best ettstomers, have had Commissioners for the yenr ending May Ot, | duction of the greater part of the West, and to do business on a suiticlent mariin to givo loo Jy’ Sontember, and, thon receded to eral. rr ust of this urdvanee wis Joxt in Sulyy plenty ot work and fair compensation for It. | 1880 exept for browlng anal Alsi tho | ittakes Ineven more than that During fair profit. ‘Che middlemen have been re- | 225, Extras sold nt $2.25 down to 82,00@ | but about tho middle of August the marke Hi Bed Bev The number of stove warehouses here ts in- | figures on whieh are for the ealondar years] the present winter we hayo netually drawn warded, though the quantity of lumber solil | 2.10, turned In July, reaching $3,05@2,75 again took an upward course, which was inesTa] 1k Yes] LO. | creased by one, being now thirteen, Chicago in be 2 on conslgnnjent has hardly kept nace with | September, and aftetwards fell back to $2.40 | Wis continued until Get. 8, when preaint The quantity of unsold plz-tron so hetd at fs declared to Have niarger trade in this line Tt on) ar ‘Ui nth h No. | Wages | Vaine of 350.4 prices ‘were established—viz.: 183(e 0, : ye than any other place In the world. Capitat, |ro'rk than it was In 1870, Lath sold early at Si.c5_ green, and $2.00 | aNd 2{c for vlalne, Sines the tirstartl- | peo oF aT) IST : BUILDING MATERIALS. Trowiiug and CURTIN ss 7,000,000) 1,400}$ 1,002,000 ‘TI RECEIPTS OF LUMBEM dry, declined to X40 and SL50 dn simmer, | cial (2) well was sunk, twenty-one years Azo, pier oni 1S sein cit 7 Areurn eines nl cant vena) Ouse] SiGe aa eee f nil the | nnd'roso in Angust to $1.65 nnd $1.70, closing the production has stendily and rapldly ine A LARGE INCREASE engines and, Baller « B00) RE) ALI nt Chicago in 1880 exceeded those of ni 6 | and rose in Angust to $1.65 and $1.70, ¢ BY creased, th t bell trained In the volume of business Is reported, and Migcolluncous machinery. YON) Ma A) TNC] other like ports from Duluth to Oswego | a this range. Fee Ee tea ein tachad ae yrrumd |, Not for many years has th iil afer ported, and a | Gaivanized and corrugated iron, ‘cun} Mes ani oie nad, When Chieago received over ‘Lumber freights averaged $2.10 to Menom- cc ener rit ée belie v nnitite unl | more satisfactory tontition thin itt the pres- | Plgher scale o} hel ees for nearly everything Jirars ‘and copper worl cern 435,600) rs) u s a thousht she Ince, and $1.00 to Ludington, eas pris war ee pet aeret ytho | enttime, None of the large consumers have in tho Hst. ‘Tho sales are estimated at | Carriage, wagon, and ear aprin 3.000 5] 000 nt tO es ei eeninall patroleum eee eaerett pact geuravns the | AUS stock on hand, aud. as thers ts Ukely, to | SlA0000. Hee ening ApNAPAUUSeor vse atin ae had reached her zenith, and would gradually COAL, etrole' st ye e ya zd it on bon continuously good demand, many ithe | ‘The Ic Hote 1 PAU) = SR) SO dcetine as number mart.” Many people are : wrgely Increased supply of crude oll, It IS | tradg aro of tho opinion that thore will bo a brick dealers had an tnusually good | iw nant scato ropa aa fatto . i f aie IN THE SALES OF COAT, estinuated that there [s at least a quae SUD | substantial advances before navigation opens season, Priees ranged 85@40 per cent higher Saw. Tante iH ‘ze A 15,740) giteil that ono port could nny ont ae conti tho past year’s business far excectls the total ply naw in tho jstorazn tanks hrowhont in 1651. than in 1870, ‘Tho cost of manufacturing was | Miscellaneous nacdwaro seers ces ie lumber satisfactorily, thnt t nett a beet tho { foray previous year, the Inerease over 1870 | 1 oat reulois, onto tveraRe dally yield ne also tnerensed, and the brick-yards turned } Bridges and rallroud rolling-stoc! 440602] not furnish it, and tin the th at re ‘pil boing 280,734 tons, Apart of this inerense | sumption ts about. 65,000 brls, During tho WARDWARE. out a larger ‘supply. ‘Ten new machines, Bulldtog and revalrinu vessels and bonte, als Aa crowing eomnpetition aL But Hie earth was, of course, incident to the natural | past season hundreds of thousands of barrels, THE SKASON HAS WEEN A VATIED equal to 20,000,000 brick for the season, were | Wiro vals anil barbed-wire fone Bt punler section, svar abel ME ee oeivieh | Browth of th city in polation and manu; | hive run to waste, ‘The exports have grown | and excited ono for hardware. In tho first added to tho capacity of the yards; but the | Plumbing and yaa and stentn ittin we] densi ton was not ver i y tie i main each of | £cturers, and to the inore prosperous times, Grau les tian =00.000 ) alls in 1963 10 Ate part of tho year tho “boom” that developed | machinery was run irregularly. ‘The manu- Gis LC ree ee pd net a: See show that Chiengo has rece bal ‘ fe ot | Whielt rendered unnecessary the rigid econ | Pret eS nt any nieago produecs | in the preceding fall was strained to Ite ut- facturing season oponed s week lator | Jron abutters and di 4| ° 2athuo| the past ten STE ti iy 7 at the |, ‘of former years; butitis chiefly to be | country, having a capacity of 200 brian day, | Most, and fually broke in the spring, demor- | and) closed = week arifer than in ibe eels plas bead aud an piles. 10} 30,050} limber, itis thought, a Na teterettt Riteituted to the prevalence of wnprecedent- | (rleca ave averaged tateriniiy higher than | alizing the market for a time, As soon as | 180, and this, with tho strike | Hlcetrleal, photognamites and tolephono A 200 - business has now ens he fr ey fall edly low prices during the season of 1879, for 1870, pit tha sensol closed on the lowest | order was restored the demand revived, and | In summer, took about ono month of timo out, | Blacksmithing and horsoshocing .. 7 Alor umber Was Lies tha eh) eat the | WV HRt was then regarded asa misfortune (at | Dice? tne ae Coca tien for many | trade during the past six months lias beon which shortened thoproduction, Mora brick | Garrlixo nnd wagon malciue ane repairing 100 than the yards had tlocl Kroon or Haier the low prices of 1870 tho dealer reaped little | tay, and We Mor boiled, though before | conthiuously heavy. For the year jobbers | Were used tu tho elty and, subtrbs than in Puenitdce of ail kind: 7 na aaa market suffered in causequence. | Al) OS Ths | or no profit) proved to be greatly tothond- | thoe’end. of Jantary tho. market had | estimate an Increase In tho tonnage sold of several gensons past, and prices were ad- | ssotdmys and plewu i) Aen Seeder < tt ea tho yantnge of the trade, for the cheap rates of | advanced to s0@tic, ‘There it remalned un- | 3, and some say 50, per cent, ‘The business faneed rood dnl i te fl whieh check Pattorae al inode! 45) ee nde of the trade. “dut itis onty aques- | that year was tho means of introducing ut Tate Jn April when ,\eaeelined ta agsle, of thopast elght months has been done partly | 10.00 early, at which range tho old stock was | Hung, plugs, and wooden f1 i tio of n few years how long the pine forests | coal into thousnnds of homes _whero | i9¢ PE aban ths Middle of June tho price | O08 falling market, yet ! has been found | gold out.” Naw common brick opened Jung | Wood turmng and wood carving. 10 can stan such a Se ele of | it Never before hind bean used. Maving } was reduced 100 in 9. singly day. to B5@se,— | faltly remuneratlve, ‘Tho gain in territory 1 ab $7.00, fell off ta Sih OnGiu.2r, nnd selene Foonerana, cistern ad foul gi Hb steers at HT Jan 1, 1879, | One tested St, and become convinced | chiefly due to # brisk rivalry between local | by the Chicago trade has been principally in} fy September, t 2307.50, and to $0,000.50 | nats nnd stincs. x 7a Timber In stock here, than on Jan 1, 19, | oe, cuneriorlty, economically, there 1s Iit- | crushers, In September a firmer feeling was m vy Jn September, the Inst being the rage since. | en's cloth ama and with lngeer supplies, reported in tho | Of fe athens ieee att yh ie et | davaloped; nnd TE OE eee en lEwortl tho direction of Dakota, Wyontng, Colorado, | A tew million more brick are on hand now Mons furnisiing soe a Northwest. ‘Eho new stock wns also expect He ange ue ede ined ne Hey tele peta Of oe tut cn ‘Octet Siveruele and New Mesteo, All the older sections have | than Inst fall, but thoy will probably be te 0 ed to bo heavy, thottel Ati Foreine Siete] addition to the nuinber who consiime con! is | ers’ combination abolished the system of re- bought more heavily than in Inte yours. wasted in the spring, and sooner if the Ay had not been very favornblo except in West | iesured. Not anily hos the focal trado large- | bates which they had previously allewed on The yenrcloses with tho business npparently | Winter, Is an open one. | Ienvy bulldings ia ern Michizan and around Green Bay. ‘Piis | pss anne the quantity of eval (buth | round lots, und made tho price wntform for | ina sound and vigorous co ition, ‘Tho | Ma the extensive | worka at Kensing- 2 outlook made it good mi i enk setlers, nnd 1 thenctio aia Siiinincus) ae oad te the | any quantity. and siiico ot SR Hy nl gorous condition. The | ton and South Chicago linvo taken is mong thom were several local firms who had counitey pa ue than. ever poet ats RENT eS At to Soave. i as | speentative tendencies are now believed to | a large part of tha stock of the year, 13] fone 000 ane setae ee se ts wine gearelty and consequently enhanced TAND Off bs cme pletely obiiturnted, and nobity “ae see AS Siaughter! eeded 7 i Act a 4 f 2 + anxious to reduce before moving... In order value, of wood {s causing its gradual disso | has yarled from 5% to Te during tho year, | docs not want to, have priees’ pushed up in tho first five months, except n few weeks | Hakertos % ut fo do so they mado prices to suit buyers, | 95 an ‘articlo of fuel; and during the past sea- | the minrket being tho highest at ain close. | again to a point thot Invites frey import in the winter, owing to the senrelty of brick, notes is : sl ‘ Lumber Had son hundreds of tons of coat have been | tho price opened at. Ore for extra, aud ad- | tlons. eel Sines Fine b brads ing been heavy. increas. Bea perito milan. oe Eaten + Fil DECLINED FULLY 10 PEI CENT shi ped to localities whero previously notice | vanced to 6se before the close of January. | _ ‘The total sales of articles under this head OE Nee int of 17H fully 20 por cent. Vrices | inking and yenst powders ni a 4 ap ’ siulpped to locallties were We conalderablo | yuused to 68 before the close of Aan uNEy: | oc 900,000,000, (fT $24,600,000 ST eee ee ete ea lon tote rig tn | tus ad alitorad waters oe 4 previous to April 1, ‘Phen navigationopened, | quantities to Michigan, Wisconsin, Nebras- | to (ie, In “May tt tonched. Bre. and ei P $30,000,000, ngrainst $24,000,000 In 1870, | year, bint hardly in proportion to the Tigo tn | jtoot beer and dittora and bottilny e H about aimonth earlier than usual, letting In | Kn, Minnesota, and even as far away as Da- | j2¢, In August the market li ntl ‘worked back e BIELF-MARDWARE AND METALS. the costof manitfacturing and teaming. Still, | Vincgnr, piokles, snuces, canned goods, cto, x 2 _ a Jot of lumber that hind been carried over at | kota. to” bie, nt in October. to Wwe. Dur Thosnles of sliclf-hardware, cutlery, nctals, | the profits were greater, taking Into fecount | Tobacco and ela rs out the nifils, and effectually checking any tend- Shipmonts ton much greator oxtent than | ing November and Deeemnber the market Balle and cognate Hines are estinated at | the increase Iu sales, ‘Lhe competition is ‘i 6) nay to ‘advance thnt the very aciive spring | formerly are now made direct from the | fiictinted frequently, in. sympathy with $15,000,000,—nn._ inereaso over 1870 of 25 per | sharp, Chicago is Wberally supplied with 0) trade would naturally have brought about. | mines, much of it not touching Chicago at | tard, but closed firm at 7@72c. pathy cont. ‘The capital is raised to $4,500,000, ‘The | lime-rock, aud'nny advance that ninkes the Bi] 2th} Bt) 178,083] 743,116 _ The early arrival of the Jos ab the mill | qi, though sold by Chiengo dealers. Wore : anneatae year wns less profitable than 1849, but taking business quite profitsble js a signal for aug- 0) 1,205,400) 125) RHR5) 2,508,180 booms on the Western rivers and Green Bay | such sales to he included inthe estimate ‘of TUMPENTINE, ihe season through tho profits exceeded the | menting the production, Higher priecs also a ion 2082] ONG IRG) 4,120,577 ports also cased weakness, thongh it wis | the year's business, the aggregate would be sold for Ste enrly in January, but declined to | losses by n respectable sum. The generni | draw here Ihne from outsite points by .ratl, 718755) BH] BH0,00L) 1,117,010 thought at the thine that the fresheta tn tho imniensely swollon, ‘The year 1880 was by dhe before Feb. 1, It began’ to ndyance in | market was very sensitive early to every and {tappears to ba an easy matter to in- 1 ar) espana} pent Mississippi districts would shorten the saw | nil odds tho most satisfactory that the trade February, and before the middle of March change in fron, and must staples advanced | crenso the supply. ‘Ihe past season the Be Geos} "7e8'709 ing season several weeks, ‘The Michizin | has experieneed since 1813; for | not gold at be. A reaction soon aetin, however, | with that "ietal, during | January | dealers have heen taxed to thelr full capacity | Tura oll, oleomnrga: Gis] Sannto} otras rivera delivered. the logs: gradually, In 3) AY | only has the demand been larger than and the price steadily declined until tho | and = February, When =the. crash | to supply thelr trade. Priees were S3(@t0e | Rendering and bono ‘OU the feeling was “decldedly bearish” $1 cer- | over before, and the business done more on a latter part of May, When it touched wc, | came In fron, hardware was quick to | per bri for ‘bulk lime in the spring, 65@70e In | Axle grease und glue, 00, tain quarters, and ono house in this vity | cash basis, but prices even during the sum- the lowest quotatlon of the year, ‘There was | follow, and was not very steady befors Au- | duly, and an. attempt was mado Inte to put is, ort Ss 50,718) sold avout 3,000 m ft of plece-stull short ) mor senson, when thoy always are ot their not much change until August. Then the Rast when prices were nearly as low as they | the price at 7c. ‘The average was about O5e. | Cy et fyin a corn! S581 at $7.50 for delivery in 00 days, and 1,000 m | Jowest, were inaintained at a point which | market jumped up to 89, In October it ad- | had been before the big advance of the pré- | Sales are esthunted at 460,000 bris, Hong, bdrpentt Peal geller the year. at $7.373¢. ‘These sates were | fnsured a good profit, while during tho inst vanced to 0c, declined to 48¢ in November, | vious fall. ‘The brenk had a stunning elfect ‘fhe cement deaters estinate an inerease | ‘trunks, val ba scftied at a loss, and the seller hedged with | four months of the year the profits were and closed nt that figure, ‘The opening price | carly, but after confidence was restored | In their business of fully 20 per cent for the | Fanoy leather and rubber godus. 41170 bets on the olection of Mancoe! ‘he mat- | targo—from £2.00 to $3.00 per ton. - for . business assed 1 healthy tone in evory de- | country, and of city. sales about 25 percent. | Papor boxes and pigs ...... 550 kotsoon recovered from the early depres: THE RECEIVTS BY LAKE WINTE-LEAD partment. ‘The money that wns nude in the | Priees advanced i5¢ per bri in tho spring, | Tuskets, willow aud rattan ware, AB TUM gion. Manufacturers were ablo to adjust wero somewhnt less than for 1879, owing to was 8c for strictly pure, but on Jan. 5 tho first two months of tha year, when the hoom | averaging for the yenr $1.40 per bri on com- | Brooms, brushes, and dustors. ‘1751.890) their consignments to tho wants of the trade. the fact that Inke navigation clos “dint much | combfnation advanced the price toe,where It | W8S at fever heat, was laraely wiped out In | mon American cements, ‘Lhe cost of pro- Upbolstery, earriugo trimmung, and society goods. 10,373 In fret, thoy scemed nblo to govern tho mar. | the rant tims ne eT The. osed atn much | remmlned until July 17, when a decline of se the eittours but inthe past six trade has | duction was larger, but the season hins beon a | Paver-hanuing, draperies, window-shites, a J kot for along time. When cargo prices did | Cire arain movement durin Pine closing | tok pince, From that date until the mitddle been uniforinly heavy and falrly aatls(actary. good one, ‘The enlarged demand hns given | sraccressea ane bed ay not suit them, they stopped shipping, and wee Sta teal tee A ae ine of December tha market was nominally un- | to Jobbers nd ell coti¢erned init, ‘The earl Hf innnufacturers plenty of orders, and priees | Carpet wonving. ‘ Ret compelled yard deniers to buy nt the mills, Ban ‘ forward ‘Of supplies with the fen | changed though considerable cutting wis losses fell Inrgely, on speculators, though | have ruled Feryateady, yielding lnrgor proiits | Sails, tents, awninus, ot 94485] Probably ns much juber wns purchased on | oF) aah Ol eivinien OF ree Soa hectty ides | fone 'on the sly.” On Dee, 13 the Eastern merchants, of course, hud to replenish stocks | than in 1879, ‘The sales of Imported cement | Umbreltas and parasols 2510) the Michigan side this Inst settson qs in the | On ite ea slits, Fat tho’ ently gente AY | combination dissolved aud the price at once | Mt high figures, and lost as well, were much heavier, the mean price belng | Sowing-machines, wttachmonts, MA previous one, and tho prices have In some | return Teele tose carly advent OF | dropped to 7." ‘The Western, combination ‘Tirplaes advanced early, and closed 35 | $376 per bri. Less of tho American Port- | Burial-eascsand undertakers, woos, 7070 cases been higher than tho market fore thea with a short supply, About fitt: heli together until the 3ist and then it ceased | Pet cent below the highest price of the year. | Iand was manufactured, tho. parties who Gold, silver, and nickel plating... 18,085) hero at tha time with the frelght ndded. } oo 3 (most a Ciraelte) Were t Teen 1 Y | to oxist.. ‘Tho present price is 7. Prices of Tho great rise In the last, half of 1879 siimu- | have mado ft heretofore linding It was moro | Jowelry, witeh-cusos, and repairing watebes and ata About the Ist of July the recolpts and ship- | enreies tnt aie nehieaclts) ere wad thie WINDOW GhASS 7 Inted the production til it exceeded first vsti | to thelr advantage to use the Foom and ma- | god’ nsonze, Sie) ONG ients wero both less than In 1879 to the samo, | 0 is fed Revoral ines that quantity would | have varied. but little. ‘Tl facti mates, and the imports Into thiscountry were | chinery in turning out Hine, e Show-cnaes, and motal and qinss 1 aor ants Shey on Se ean ad fOr hnwe been added to the stock ab this point readin it tha fautateps ot tho Tend an vary lire. anes Bias ret San a inactive te ae Wore Iigher in prieo and | Sratned snd ornamontal glass te arty : 3 les 4 i nutste 0 , being an impor. | innetlve reat Photo; i warded a smaller quantity, mui tho ery Was hind bavigation rene oe ae Ce mesial TMANTHLAGLUTETE, Jornal a nasnelas tant clemont ii thelr composition. ‘They are . - Senate pat Bi) jas soon raised that the Northwest would not | Weers,, TOL famme” scare, by the nideot | them nt aehighn Prine th Ete Wat Oleg | new nearly ns low as at any tlmo in the cent. WINES. AND LIQUORS. Perfumery and medicinal preparations... BO) produce so much lumber ns In 187. Tho ht fh the ore enilited Ieaterl a he aide tou ty ence po! uF : iron Doss! ihe ury. The direct Imports wore Increased, ae e Artificial Iinbs,doformity appliances,trusses, dontat| . stocks, at lending markets, however, werg | Which thoy were enabled to mater ad | fo timport the ‘art elo, at a Hardaome ro! ie Pig-tin and copper also fell to about auti- IN THE VOLUME OF NUSINESS roe DGS GEG ss ons 58) me larger on July 1 than on the same dato of Sete a ene iit ree a eae atta ae rhe reaul waa hat aut Ing the ra and early | boom figures, though ingot copper was more ‘an Incrensa of 8344@50 per cent 1s reported, Forza outte an Instor ne Tr i00 the" ear brovious, eee wens iinilerstant ee ‘a bit Trelghts whe, iene ve TH doo biases PE Ae eee uniform, in price, | Sheer ita sineellival ced and gome houses think it would oxcced that | Sronoceutting ae AES DEE hat Lu on and 3 istea We + _ 7 . ia e # per cont, and ling lately stiffened up, as thero | estimate. ‘The business ts deseribed as being Brick-makiy 1,230) 700,400 only a moderate quantity of piece stuf, the | yanca would not have been possible had | the first half of December), and tho market | seems to bo no surplus of it on hand. ts teat a oa f 2.90" mill-men at those polnts having determined share hee beens temporary “acarelty ant became somewiint deuorallze. During De- | Lead foll with the risk, pla selling at oe i avery Vealtby shite collections ‘having aa a a et io Sass) tosaw more inch than in previous yeurs, | frelghtcars, com pa esa enranils | cerulier url cos wor. realy cut and the year } per ib enrly, and closing at tue. ‘Tho busi. | Pech prompt during the year, the percontage | Pingterers.......;-e000+ d ny DUBE thelr logs being goot, nnd they calculated pon tue ft Hebel wall ootalst py. ae closed ona declining mar! a ness of tho first months wns active and | of loss being sminil, and the trade has fully | Roofing-material and ro 2 27 618,001 that inch, would Bay satter than ale | shipp A eb tie brovisions, g ali nd ‘ profitable, but It has been dull recently. ‘Tho | outgrown the depressing Influences of n fow ‘Vault and sido ene ira ” ‘O00 inane mensions. The recsors ek ea Cae freely by rail, and as it fs only worth $4.75 ‘PIG-IRON. Feeolnta were ia fi wine eantkonert some, | yenrs ago. Prices have advanced; In fact, | gowor-vuiiding....... 0 14) 31,705 135 get roce of tar inelt advance a onto ateon | ne Bulfalo, and costs on enrs Nera ‘only $8.00 THE UPWARD MOVEMENT A a goods Was 25] thoy haya been on the up turn for tho past | Btrect-paving, dock-butiding, and dredging........) 1G} 1 AiO, | 710) 1,897,501 early in’Augnst, At this, time Mr. Van } per ton, thicra would seom tg bo alitie excuse “ tne ele Ok Aron seth sot In Ants HH peenils opencd at $4.80 rates, and were ad- | eighteen months, and thoprofits of the year’s AELESHOHINUOOUE seasieretgrne! senses *28/_15,000,701) 8,50) 1ST “Schatck furnished statistics showing that tho | foroxncting 1 brices. Tho year open! ‘August of tho previous year, continued | yanced by factory-men to $5.45@5.50 In this | sales were lnrge. Jobbers report a-heavy In- 5,000 3] 7,782,000) available pine stock in the Northwest fn 1850 AS STO for Joukavanna and qitaton, without Interruption untll the Intter part of | market, yiieh Yallawed the chess in its crenso in the demand, capeciaily for alt tha Total for tho City of Chicago...... Su75,000 [sos _Srstsao00 en0.050,000 was 5,056, im ft, nenlpst. 5,260,700 m fteut | Which pric e feb. I | Bobrunry, ‘ho country was bare of stock, "Pittsburg card. They tumbled with fron, | 4, rt rT 1 . | Town of Hydo Park, 1S 1,000,000) 142718 614,000/8 3,015,100 ey owiving ndeerengo for the past yearof | When the market declined Hoc. Thera was + | and tho decline was aecelurated in tl on, | finer grades of goods, from all the older set | ston af Lake: asl” “pst'ooo| ‘or7]_atdye20]” 1,440 310,708" mi ft. Mennwhile tho demand for | no further change, wntil Tuly.’ Prices thon | While the demand from the railroads and | py tng eee Hissantieet Of eae ines tled sections; and an Important gain in trade | town of Lake Viow. Br 16,850 03] gatzzo} ‘100,000 Jumnber had Hoollyed to su. 0.25, wilh rere the low: from manufacturers was of the most urgent | thathad been held by speculators, Compe- | with the West and Southwest, tha torritory dt totat ne aan a | a gor 010,000 REACHED ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS. oe He ailynil Me ES S05 1 ie cent si ie charneter, Scores of furnaces which had | tition from the big mill nt South Chileago has | In that direction now canvassed by Chicago Grant total... «1 4,818) 837402,0001 01,140] $38,708,000] #273,010,000 Tho older States were heavier consumers | ¥7.50, ‘and-on Dee. 1 to $8.00, ‘The lowest been out of binst during the-previous | helped to cheapen nails, Tho market de-} houses belng Ihnited only by the Pacific than for years before, ant the sales were sta "7 A t} two or threo years were hastily put clined to $2.80,—more than 43 per cent from , y ‘Tho aggregntes, for tho calendar year 18:0, | hogs from 800 miles enst and southeast of larger of eon stuf, "The 3} pg trade was prec of ein, ore $4,00@4.25, and the high: | 1 operation, and tho finportations of the litgheat rate, aul closed atendior nt, $!,00 OEE EE ee AT resus tureajenrs will compare with those for 1870, about as | Chicago. ‘hero isn growing disposition to Dig; there was no Intermission In suminer, 'TPNICKS OF SOFT COAT, Scotch and English iron wore immensely Hi} cs, ‘With slog 8 reported not Inrgo nt any td, whitoh hi be s % "1 follows: market the product directly. ‘Three of tho a nar eens assured a henyy fall trate, + See ari Haden ely | place, | Lrado tn nails during the year was | old, which have becom very seares with the TOTALS, MANUFACTURES, Inrgo firms pack oxeluslyely on foreign ac- itis estlunted that the business was 24@30 | have nlso avernged materially Nigher than | 1 3 lemand was unsatls- arty he business of tho first two or three | big increase in consumption, and the product 68), 1879. | oount, sending the stuff to Europo without por cont in excess ot thatof the proviousyenr, | for 1879, the silvance i ane snu Ula TMi | ded, Nothing like the projects fornew roads | months being heavy. of 1878 and 1879 was notvery heavy. The high {1,000 80,000 | melita It th 8 ts i PI ) 1 August prices nisu advanced at the yards, | being the Inost, meio ‘or i ho Inter tha | which had sprung Into existenes in. this IRON AND NEAVY aoons, price of rye fins also (nerensed tho cust, Pacer $$ 35.00.009 | lasing: 1b on tho that) et here, Soma of tho put the higher scale was not long maintained ear nponed at $7.00. but early in February | sotntry in the Inst four or flvo months of 1879 In hea (ware and iron the tonnage eee tho gard or suie-docks. ‘he uood | It decllned to $6.00, from which fguro there in The Kentueky distillers have run nearly tho 4 soll wa: eerie for mantfacturera encouraged them | Wis, No. chanzo until July, when it was had over beon known, and, as all the project | ith ‘mark eB 000,00 Byer sinniler ones are operating In the same way, ons per cont TEN ta than in wei. whale Ot the cut your, aint, Arreranate the 000,600, or nearly’ 16 pad the inet who do tae Jnrgest business * Ae eons et was greatly disturbed early, | production of fie goocs proba per eon als hore hays recently opened up depots for the to secure and saw all the logs they could, quoted at, $5.00, the lowest paint touched | ors wero In urgent haste to mako, thelf con- | ‘the great iron boom that atarted 1 ‘July ot Wis hetleved that tig product 0 iss has ake | Percent, in annual production, tMatetttion of Ined id meats tn tho, British Rostaliy in’ Michigan, amt Tuinber arrived | 40 the fall Ii advanced to 87,00 and in Der | tracts, every available pound of fron found | the previous year coutiy i ready been sold. ‘The sales of domes| ‘Uhose figures agree rather closely with tho | Isles and on tho Continent beyond, ‘Tho Int- frre faster than ivcould be taken care of, | cember to $8.00, ‘The lowest price for 1810 | ain eagor buyer at any priee the producer had i: ih 30 and oxtibited n msl t : first three months of 1880, and. exhibited | goods have gulned largely In volume, with | results obtained by the Clty Luspectors of | ter is now our best customer for Inrd, whilo ¥ onlet _ solving pit nerue! wis $4.50 ond the highest-87.00, Wilming- 4 ti : . ; ‘r ot a xa CH ET an kc te nia He eet $100 during tho renter part ot the hardihood to nsk; and prices “boomed” | symptoms of weakness a little befora April yriges averaging about 5 percent higher than | workshops under the control of tho Health Enginnd still leads In the matter of meats, a Sov ‘ right along up to. the middle of February, | 1, in conseqtience of the heavy lmportations | tn the preceding year, It may be Interesting to give tho total nyer= + - | $4.00, Dec, I~ y fall 58,00, | Y ve el o> | yy; Y , sequence, and dit ot Tally even vith the {alt aoe fhe dem ae eee fe Ae price of 187) of more than 100 per cont, ant latte lota wero thrown out, and. these, with peng ag mich ager that Fok NIG. foasans | industry of Chicago is the business of ‘antl 86 ths siwy—tota, mm Bs. The remaining ing to pllo thelr stuif at home, and tako thoir | “ons of softepal. The receipts of hard and | your, Even. when prices wero at their | ket. From Aprilto August prices had de- bau her cent, and a strong market on both iis fins Beat DEnseclletl nen TT , x Pai HES grense, bristles, snusnge enses, ote, In this Aa ee te eee oning, dhe tow Inst | Soft coal from. Jan, 1 to Dec. 1, 1880, com- | highest ture were no! rt clined 44650 per cont, reacting In Septem: ex the Atiantle in consequence of the par- | ivaly thin in auy provious year; In splto of | connection wo reproduce the following table cargoes that arrived fn, November | Parr with the recelpts for tho same purlod in whe. A ocunied bee ligt ang taoay ber; Airy clinnge was Not Matuineh Due | Hab fatlure of the Kuropenn grape crop. ‘Lhe | tha Inbor troubles at the packing-houses, | from the Cincinnatl Price Current, giving Srore sold ut an ndyance, ‘Tho sawing | 1870 as follows: : } tomand for the native product oxcceded that ness of the market, and even” pro- | Tates advanced in December. ‘Che highest of i th he opr ME | whieh were nt tho worst about n year azo, the relative cost of hogs and product; * season was unceremoniously closed Noy, 26 Huse Of tho anarket, and qvet di | rate on common barron was S40 enrly in | ftaner "than usiinds Callformin, win sani yi HOGS, FoR 100 Ls choss, bya vigorous cold wave from the Artic ro- (bon tho estimated importation of Enfsiists | to year, nud the lowest $3202 Hf Mgher than usin,” Callforuin wines wero | and lasted into tho middle of January, ok u gions, which froze the water at tho mills, S 5 in sum: | plenty, aud wero rather freely. exported, | strike gavo a respit to moro thin 200,000 {rom whlelt was placed at about 000,000 fons, | mer; tho present rato is nbont 2.50. Money | Complit has Ea i 200, and compelled them to shut down about two Fe ate Mthe inst year of our’ provious | was made rapidly and In ble sims in th Eomuane CS re eet eters hogs In tho firat two months of tho yenr. | sides, rough, por 00) weeks earlier than was expected, ‘This cut Infinted rnilrond-building. ‘hese sanguine | firstquacter, bata good deal of it was Jost | Dt having boon diluted so much that it did ‘Mint Joss to us, which wns thotr gain (in Bldes, short ri Sta thied off several autilfon fext of" Iuuiber, from Me- fellows, howover, ti not properly es; wn the subsequent heyy slirinkage, ithe hot stand the test of age. welaht), was, howevery moro than made | Finnie, averse, por ion ttn i “ity Fe 4 Would otherwise have been put Into stock Hinnte | tho wroduelng — eapaelty | a . racts fone f tho Jobbors, ineludin ay » my Aased, unpaokud, par 100 Ns, this country, “or tho eltect ~ upon | before the boom hind renehed its hight The siles 0! the diss | up in tho summer montha, Tho nuinber | Pir piper oon: ner 10) Ibs: Wore pesldes stiortening. He receipts i Hs catty ot Gheno ostravamant prices | did nat shoulder tho. full burden tilting interest,that also does a Jobbing trade, | of hogs cut between Fob, 20 nnd Nov. 1 wag | Moss pork, por brl..+e-s Lower, Michigan. The cffect of the ently OILS, Ay SD GABE: woul have, Our imports from Trent of the decline, and hays made monoy In spite arate inne ae Sau.op0. coo, on cuntal of about one-third larger than during the samo |“ ixtending tho calculation sons to show closing of the Scasou Way to atrengthon Lhe I ie futiy 18 ne {i Witain for January and February, 1870, were | of the falling market, ‘Tho enormous do- | the distillers were nddcd In, tho estimate thie in 187, The summer packing was | what mess pork ata given prica represents focal market, and dealers who had depended | an increase of fully 15 per cent is reported, | 20,020 tons, While for the first twa manta of | wand from rallrouds hins doubtless prevented would mount up ‘to $60,000,000 or more, about half that of the whole year, though | approximately in yalue of hogs, we obtain on pth ees for. late. couples te Epiutste tho total being ulven nt $5,750,000, 18 ngalnst tho pak year they: aingu Nie to ra tons, {ron from doelintte atl Mgr \ he railroads ——s till very recontly it was widely supposed that ee following: pep ae cl y which was Tatoo YUN. hs To eae Sr atker. Toent ems. On Oak, | $6:0%,000 for 1870, “Th eaptia’ employed” | Teas in tuo light. o¢ EL, G00,000 Lon 8 oR | ate Tn trang lormorone: thogsistal | TOTAL WHOLESALI SALES, | hors could uot be packed qxtine dustin Ui | gg for moss pork Is equal to 8200 eross for 80 the yard denlors retstablished the price-list mented, remalning at about $800, Du trade began to realize that possibly prices demand hag been unusually heavy, extend- THE GNAND AGGREGATE, four winter months. ‘Tho banner month ta OHS fi et 1 to $2.80 for hi rae Bah Pare ae eces ing the "rat. alx months tho course of tho had oon Buu Just cries Bayan ee tng through, Decenibet oan, ae erat Tho total wholesnle sates noted above foot | our history was last November, Tho num- Fi.00 for mona pore te count to £d:20 for howe, . "RS ‘poss! ‘ ‘ | x y uh inflexible as wero the laws of the Medes and | market was very unsatisfactory, The high Ronit was ordered, ‘Tha boon hud | to make contracts for spring delivery excopt | VPS total of $961,500,000, nently, whlch may | ber eut was n IitHle over 1,000,000, 9 ith pai 18 for mess bork Is equal to 84) for hows, Porslans. ss ustness was seriously hainpered | Drees ruling at the beginning of the season spent ita force. ‘ho reaction set In. Evie { at liighor rates, ‘Tho market Is now belteved be necopted asa near approxtination to tho | of the work belng done by one establishment, enee: 4 y ¥ a y ne production was curtailed In Decembor 7 by tho inability of tha rallruads to provide | Served to greatly restrict the demand, and lence ot fee tapenade cotates Hogan to 40 Oe ae ony eatamtstar will pret ee Te a ree arreral ante Carros tf oP smaller arrivals of hogs, which was purtly Bed or moet por a oqual i fio for beast sufficient transportation room, Contracts | early In dantury a reaction fromthe boom" | weakness did nat develop out Thto an nc- | of tron up again vory soon to a polnt thas a other wi: havo the foll ra Pais | duo to bad roads In tho country and partially | ‘The packers employ altogether nbont 9,500 fited Serine t6 oH tg ee rs, It is nt Movunnbies nud Mawem bats. A hee ie tat sealing Hat pated Wy fiat yes wal pri fe nportaone EH BIL OS augregntes for four year pasts lowing ns tho) tothe Inck of ents for rallrond tronsporta- | men, during the fon winter months, and arte ad tag if all the umber ietualiy sold | Vues Sontinied to sare Well midanm= | ere i a ee iad 00 eatuae. the taf Nearly ail the heavy goods sympathized | Silcs of 1320, 61,600,000 | tlon, Tho big work of November was, how- neatly twothiirs of that humbor uring the conte Poceiensy Sree yen ya Hanthee yes Art foo Oe aie of $3,00, Nos. 1 and 3 Lake Superlor then with ron. Stool deel nod nnd ‘s a present Be aT over, for within the possibilities of the pack- | yeokly wages in cold weather 1s Mate B10 auld not be much larger thun a year ago, 310,00, vag | Nearly down to rices that ru Bt Tetit iy : Tee Mtock eneried here, vas. greater than ity | increased activity thus ealled out resulted in ae ee eemirasce che the bilge. ‘The bes Ameriean tool aeeL ie Broroovsnod | we district, ‘Cho frellities thora aro now | goo, the pay ot daa Idual workers ranging .. 1 to the cutting up of about 83,000 hogs | from $1.50 to $4.00 por day, any former season, ‘The ofileial statument | a pretty general hardening of prices, and now 13@18e per Ib. Owing ton sharp f ‘Tho (nerease of last year ovor 1870 ts | CHiN! to : for every month showed this, Although the | since the beginning of August jo bors have tonkel, ‘THE HOMF PRONUCTION amon See turers: bolts of nin least $40,500,000; or 155{ per cent. por day, which would bo at the rate of 9,160,~ NUMUER OF HOGS PACKED, deniand for dry umber hug failen off some | not only dove a inoro than ordi narily far sold for nearly the cost of production, Car-| ‘Che above fi 0 000 per month of 26 days, or over 25,000,000 The following shows tha number, weight, Beau atic ise mute cate | Mettowe of bates gens gay honog nee drain in myers | Hag ali wat fed Wepersint of | van of goin from rt nh an nt | HH zRr Ola ag Lrceauarter ofa th | Sg ene yas + oi Bely | heavy the market became panicky, and ob | \ nile now the discount tS) por cent, | inolud id sales, which hogs in the United States. ‘ ; itis heavy, and in order to furtilsh {tlarge | from the rallrond companies, and from + which makes them Just one-half the include sceond sales, which would largely “acks have become a nucesslty, Icha lume | uanufacturers,—sales te the “former have Aunts there was a decting at the East of J half the prico ai by bormen have prepared for this by enlarging | ing been largo beyond, all precedent,— stock hus ned Aly, 2 OAT ZMPLOY! has been increased during tho past.twolve | Murch 1 to Oct. t.........5 thelr capital afl fuellities for contuetiny FING | while tho ales of yi in | corresponding decline here. By the ndldle POST Om AR eo ei EA Rh Aekrd ae itis er tep gales ot | olls hayo been : rowlng scarcity. ‘The Wester! months, not by tho building of now houses, | November and Docombor, ‘73,000 thelr capital anal tuclittes for criers on-Dee, | quia. 19" por cont targor than for 1870. | fn Auras t Deft had fallen off vo $48.00, and | BTOWsN genrelty, The Westerns iron nulls | In the conduct Of to eee race 4 i t 2) Bote ene tee O'fur ako Superior and | HOW furnish most of tho stock thot ts sold | considerably Increased, ‘Tho extimntes foot but by extonding tho facilities of tho old ‘Total numb 1 was 500,870in ft; of shingics, SUL ms and |. WHITE-LEAD AND’ Zinc WAM 4 oy here, ‘Tho difference In freight enables . Wel ge Hath sea a ste eqyeelaly at havo baroly hold ‘nel own. ‘The wnfayor- feck prices tok eine wher: “mechan ae them to undorsell Pittsburg, which is now up about 880,000,000; but this includes the | One About five of ou lending firms have aie 3 doe Value of do 4 depended on chicly for Hehe sizes, ‘Tho | capital employed in manufacturing In sey- aided to their storage room, and Introduced | value of prodi x Loft far’ gale on Jan. 1 fy estimated ut bib showin Sierra reed goods Is coult abe successfully compete mud curae anies of iron, heavy liatdwars, wagon stack, | eral branelies, as In boots and shoes, and | tho scraplog-machine, which enables them to | ‘Tho Inst named valuo incluses salt and dm ft, ‘The stock on the Mississippl | uso of mixed paliits, whielt are net only | charactertzed by an unusual degreo of stead- and rallroad suppiles, excopting rally, nro es | clothing, Making allowauco for tlils fact we handle some #,000 hogs per day with eight to |. pnokuges, ‘The items of labor, salt, barrels, Hiver is tess than a year nga, 4 y, Ay f ! lng Ht r 1879, - THE PACKING CAPACITY . $10.00 por ton, witch Was soon followed by a | the first part of the year, Wood or wayon | Swell the aznregnto, anuary and Fopruarys ee. ANNO Hina 870,000 4 4 clivaper, but tothe general consumer much | iness. ‘The degling since February, us is tlmated at 610, ) and the capital om- I have about 000 as thi ten men; Instead af 2,100 hoga witha dozen | terces, boxes, and ico during the hot weather in ee ie he Fhae eet favorable for jnore conveniont to tac. ‘Phe principal cause | shown, has been $2400 per ton, Des! Ite tho | Bloyed at $3,000,000. shal ea arr goods, Nat honds at one of the old style scraping. | fovtupa little moro thun 87,500,009 o 3 es aa teree ced cost, Biumpaxa is | Of the comparative dullness of the palnt | tremendous shriukage in values, the loss OTHER MANDWATE, wholesale. ‘hits 1s nearly 18 per cent of the | bonches, ‘This fs ono of the fruity of the total, to which must bo added tha {tems of advancing in value, and fow thnbor tracts trade, however, 8 found in the fact of tho | did not full heavily upon the trade here, us "The dealers In saddlery hardware reportan | first salllng valuo of the goods. strongly organized strike of lust winter, Font, taxos, Inaurancy, fad, Water, and profits, ynow in market. “The trate ab lure tain existance of A inanufacturers’ combination | the bulk of the irou handled since tho Feb- | active country demand for goods, especially Wo note that the fine open weather prevall- | y, 0 th th + | to bate the wholy value of the product of our Better condition than for years past, anid It through whieh prices wero maintained at an | ruary break was delivered on contractstaken | from tho Wests and a murkoil change for the | tng in the Inst twa weeks before Christinas | | early all the houses use tho acraping-ma- | packlig-houses for the year. Deleved tha lumber will not. suitor why wnyarruntably bigh point; thus greatly les- | during the closing months of 1870 and the | better In the cfty trade, especlally in harness | greatly stimulated the retail trade of the chine now, but some of tho machines tro OTHER INDUSTRIES, bngthy depression for Kono years to come, sening the eonstings ion, ‘Phe outlook for | first two months of 1850, when prices were | goods, Winter artleles have been o little fioituays, Witlelh made it necessary to draw | littl better thon fallurcs, and none of them | ‘Tho manufaeture of canned monts has been 4 Bch + | 181 Is, however, decidedly brighter now that | at tholr highest. Some of thess contracts rau | slow, owing to the fact that retailers had | much more largely on the wholesalers than | do all the work that has been alleged by en- | proceeded with more ‘actively than ever, am YARD PRICER, ; the manufacturers’ combinations have gone | three months, some six munths, while others | slocked up heavily the previutts autumnn,and | had been counted on. for replentshlog ex- | thusiastlo describers in print. The more though the table of direct foreign expo: The p following table shove ths yard prices jg pieces, ‘aud, priees found thelr natura) | oxtended clear inte May, 1881, It will | carried guad many goats over to this'sen- | hausted stocks. We may roughly estimate | winvolyed” portions of the hog surface have given ona previous page, shows but litte -F 1,000 feet agreed on by city dealers | Jevel. ‘The Eastern concern (which embrac be seen, thercfore, — that the past |] son. ‘Theso wenorally felg the effects | that the weattier conditions above noted D BY have | inore than one-third as much for the past ay the dates numned. | They were not closely | all manufacturers eastof the Alleghentes) year, notwithstanding its remarkable | of the jron boom, advancing about 50 per | added at least ‘$10,000,000 to the total of the | Still to be scraped by hand, year as for 1879, ‘This, -howover, is no “do, ‘She August Hat was freely | collapsed Pec. 13, and on the alet 9 Weal | changes, has been one of bly profits to those | cent frow the lowest mango Inthe previous | wholesale trade ‘of the year, Whilo some see) ‘There are some thirty firms who do hom | gouge to the production, Our BY * ‘ v Oa } a