The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-02
Commercial and Financial.
The Dry Goods Market as Affected
by the War..-A Contingency.
Ffom The Philadelphia LfdgW.

The Dry Goods Market as Affected
by the War..-A Contingency.
From the Philadelphia Ledgr.
The dry goods marked Is reported I'M.
proving, US well here as at Now York and
Boston. The feature most marked the
past week hAs been the great improve.
ment In woOlen goods, this branch Of
trade being reported at present in better
condition than for several seasons. Near
" all the wOOlen mills In tho country are
producing at the present time, with pros.
poets Of realizing a handsome profit at
The end Oi tho season. This state OF
things is gratifying to all interested in this
particular line, and Is all tho more accept.
able as an offset TO the dull business Gx-
pericncGd during the past spring. There
lIas been quite heavy trade Eastward in
fall wOOlCns and blankets from first hands,
and the active improvement hHs caused an
advance on nearly all the various grades.
Foreign goods are still much un'
settled, on account Of European difficult
ties, and nearly all kinds Of German and
French fabrics have sustained an advance,
with holders unwilling 10 dispose Of their
stocks even at the advanced figures Buy
Cis arc indispoSed 10 purchase at the in.
creased prices, except for immediate re-
guirCmGnts. Brown shirtings and sheet.
ing Of the best makes find easy sale nj
steady prices, and the movement in these
goods show q growing trade. In the
lower grades and less lnvorably known
makes trade has not been SO active.
BlGachGd sheCLings and shirtfngs continue
In fnir request as compared with other
cotton goods, with some improvement
noticeable. Orders arc coming in for mod
crate md well assorted lots TO rcplGnish
stocks and supply current wants, and this
together with tho demand from buyers
from distance, forms an aggregate husi.
ness Of fur magnitude. Prices rule firm
throughout the entire market for domes.
tic and fOrUign goods. The course Of the
future for hrcadstulIs no doubt depends
much upon the phases OF European poll.
tics. With n short war, and confined to
the leading belligcrGnts now engaged,
there Is little hope Tor holders that they
can get out withnut loss The intGrvcn'
tiOn Of RuSsin Nnd the closing Of the Black
Sea may enable them to realize u profit
but Is there any sufficient ground TO HntiC.
lpalr this? They were correct who dc.
scrihcd the speculation in brCadsiuils
ns prrcariuus, md experience Of tho past
fortnight should he m admonitiOn
to caution among all parties engaged
in moving the new crop. In all the spec
ulaliOns u the war IN Europe, ono contin'
gcnCy has To h6 borne in mind, which Is
liable 10 occur ut any time, and TO trans
form the whole aspect Of affairs like tho
turning Of 4 Kaleidoscope. We refer Ia
the death Of Napoleon. In our late war
In this country no one mans lnss would
have materially altered the struggle; but
this is contest orrulCrS, and if the French
Emperor should prove too old, worn md
weak 10 endure the pressure on his nerves!
there Is no prophet keen enough TO tell
what would become either Of tho French
nImy or the French Empire, much lcss oI
the spcculatoS engaged In furnishing pro
visions TO Ills army.