The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-16
G0dAgRCIAL AND FNAHCIhL.
Prospects for Iho ran Trade.

From hc Philadelphia Ledger.
The summer Is now 50 nearly over and
tho period ofR resumption OF active business
80 near ut hand, that The inquiry u ire.
quenlly made "What OF tic iuture Ol
!mde" From all that we can learn, from
Maine 70 Tennessee, that great source Oi
prosperity, abundant hRrVe6ts and flourish
lng crops, have been. and are, the reward OF
the industry OF the country, Not ouly have
the great staples been large In yield, but all
KINDS OF vegetables and fruits promise nm
usual abundance OF nne qualify. Thee are
tne sure OASIS oI. and guarantee for, 'Ihe
good time coming" On the agricultural
interest Of the country rests every
oiherinterCst. lit fails ali the other puf-
suits are lanyuld. II II 10 fruitful all are
prosperous. Raasonitg from this data, an
active iaIl trade may, with great reason be
counted upon, Uns good uHn or better
tilneS In the near future Is, that among the
dry goods JobberS IN all ihe Atlantic CltieI
There has Deen not only llSht business
slnce Last sptinH, but prices or Stocks OF
sOo1i on Aand have gradually Weakened
~ prices. They aro NOW At Q lower point
than many clabses Of them Gun be produced
At. AZ II Ii u well-knOWn fact III at no mar.
ket II ever VersLatlouary-that prices are either
failing or rlAlng-DeIng now at about the
lowest producing point under the present
cheaPened currency, It follows conclusiveIy
That the approaching fall market Tor NJ
classes Of staple manufactures Ii likely TO be
q rising one, aud, like all rising markets,
that II viii bo active. Purchasers are always
quicker and larger buyers when the prOsptc.
ID that prices Will bs higher tomorrow, next
week, Or next month. Everybody Iees de.
hlrOuH Of getting in at lower hguEes than his
neiyhbOr, and takes the very mean, In quick
nLd large purchases, VI etiecLinE inAL pur-
poSe-tuat IL, OF making all who come ailer
pay more. by his quicker and larger traffic.
lho southern states have produced beapll-
fully, and Of u greater variety Of crops tnn n
many year since l8UU. That region will not
oniy be largo takeG Of mAnuIautures buL q
good payer lOr what 1t dOeI talks, Us the
years labor has been employed III the pro
uuctlOn OF cash articles IOr all tnlt Is sur
plus. they Will buy less OF aXrIcult urAI pro-
dnce than formerly, their lQOor having
Osen engaged on more diversified crOpS, Tne
West, the great grain region, not only OF
thlS country, but OG the world, there 10 reA-
sou " OeutveI VIII loot larger aggregate IN
crops, aS well us IN values, tnOn ever before.
A literal outlet for SO mucn OF thus as n sur.
plus must enrich tue producers anu give LIE
Anu activity TO business. The jObDers In all
the several sections OF the country speak In
very mucn the same tone-tnAt tbs CROPS,
80 Tar aS they have mAtuTed, have been
large, and III Jse that are u follow promise
as we'll In the South the planters are re.
ported pretty Well out OF u6ut-InIeel, they
nave had little crSdlt TO Incur dept-and me
In the very best condition possible 10 riSe
huu W klNu hIu W tla bU1utWQ2t uARRLQR
lIade OF the North. Their trads Is now Or \
character that Well challenges The cOmpeti-
ton OF our Northern meTchRpN 10 com.
maud IT, for II u the Richest and mo,
desirable Offering. The farmers OF M
West are not IN as good d condition,
financially, as they were q year ago
They he'd on too generally 10 theIE
last years crop for advanced prices, and
debLS TO some Considerable exteut were M
culred IN tho carrying process. Tnere n
now O yielding " The situation, and pro.
uuce II IN preparation IOE. Zee dalVeFy 70
the Atlantic HeADORId in limo 70 put Tho re.
glon IN funds 10 'neBt more prompt Y ONT.
standing accounts aud encourage iiberal
purchases for the future. II the latest news
nun europe Is teltRble, foportlng Injury ID
the growing crops there by bad weather,
with higher quotations IN tue EnYhgn VraIn n
markets, tue Western producer WIN bS adj.
uluOnalIy enrIehed. There Is but QUO draw.
BACK 10 Oe n1ehllohed In this cohpe,tIOn. W.
10 NE DsGLeF time coming. 1t ILne finnn.
cla htuRtlonl Arising nom afdeprec .aI6ti
currency, which all feel must sooner or IniaT
De ch0nEed for one OF mora value. WhBn
LnlS cnauBe IL 70 come, We ca mot divine,
mol probably ever by premedIIaIion aud
the legislation OF Con GrsEs; but come il will
Anu most likely, through some Gu Iarnlty that
oahnoL1 be toreLOld or resisted. Ihers n
nothing " Indicate sucn = change now, and
win tutB simple Observance TO avoid dent nd
Much Us possible, we think producers may
AAlely enter upon trade with spirit,