The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-09-09
lhtQntelIisenters.
Tnc business Outlook.


The New York Erening Post, a we'll in
brnsi and reliable paper, makes 'h'
IJIDring cOmments!On::the bH'ines" out
look; ,
.Ffon,eyery brauch3Of trade Gomez
IL. ,eUOrt that the despondent and at bes
s,,,t,in tone which prevailed 4 few
nou.h. ago have given place to hope
hlieeling. I.'
In every:branch there are indications
lb,. at least bottom has been touched
and in some the proof is conclusive that
,permanent improvement has set in as
br example. in the trade devoted to co., y
np manufactures. How extensive '"'
,,ersss cen.crcd iu cotton manufactures
,,.. and how important In their lndustri'
,,'' u ss,.ing., s arc matters well under
.oA, Atter a series Of years oil con-
,;anoo, , depression the extreme point
hu Eseu reached and passed, WIN
!. n. last few weeks there has been
an ,dvanCe OF y 10 o per ceh'uni Il"
bI.,cAsl goods, y to 10 per centum
in prinl'.and S''per cenlum IN printing
cloth" WOolen manufactures uo nv' y. ye'
show 80 decisive change a''hUugn 'n'
condition OF 'hat 'traue Is n"'Ii 'e''e''
10 silk manufactures 'heFe h" pee', a'
advance oil D to 70 per ceh'uu'' WHICH, "
.hOuIibe said, IS due more 70 eAeep'l0n'
al than to general causes In o'aet 'Faue
markets there has been a large advance
in wool, which was begun ny Tue pufi
ChaseS Of manufacturers VINO SOU 'h''r
good, atanctiOn earl J IN the summer anu
were lhereby,enAbIed TO BUY cheap WOOL
Hides within the past two weeks nave aa'
vancel to 9 cents pound; coiiee anu
sugars have during the last lew week au-
vanced considerably, and IN exportable
articles there has been rise In petroleum
from Is cents to 25 cents a gallon, which
i enough to make difference oil nearly
sejOOO,OOO in the value oil our eSportable
.urpns Of petroleum.
These changes in prices are valuable
ior what they indicate, namely, that IN
The estimation Of the best informed, bot
pn prices have been reached. The pros
pct is that the main crops oi the country
ill be 80 large this year that prices oi
CEREALS and cotton will rule low, the out
look for cotton and gram has not Deen
more promising, 30 Tar as large yield Il
sOucerned, Tor many years, anu what n
lost to the producers oil these crops IN
price will be made up IN tne eS'r'
amount they VIII nave 10 sell Inc "gf''
cultural districts nave h"u n''"i"s ~
complain oil during '"c '''St 'i''e' years
aud they are Ill a -, SOUND anu prosperous y,
condition now 4he ulS'F'eS ~ "',sn
manufacturing interests ''os''y centre
have been Inc seVeFeS' suaeFers, ''u "".'
ESPECIALLY gralI'y'ng IN Tue S''u"''o" !"
that they now give evidence oi recovery:
WIIII tIle recent decline IN '"e p.i'e u
Goa! tile last oil 'he hece'Saf!eS o' NE nus
come down, and We nave now che"p i0ou,
cneap c'o'"'nS anu cheap i"e'' ''i y,
which make low wages tue equivalent VI
high wages wheh Tue hecessaf'es o' '''e
are hIGh' WIN raw materials 'o"' ""u
'i'A low wages Two oil Tue most Import
'n' conditions necessary ior .ne u, acIiSo
employment oi ca l'i'al exist ihat THESE
are recognized anu appreciated Is SHOWN
W the recent revival oil the most import
AMI manufacturing interests and the trade
which depends on them.
Mye' snete Is no speculative ieelin9 III
l'lde' anu tins Is something TO De thankful
''F' " IL ~ better that trade sAo"la DC
'oalaea as long rs possible 10 supplying
Tue legitimate wants oil the country. II IL
'Oo @ue''' howeVer''o 10 expect 'ha' wheh
"e Stea! majority oil those IN business
,0us IuLy oreat'ze exact mat 'ne Tue
"s uf"eu 'ney Will long refrain from
@H'nS ,',' speculative advantage oil 'he !"rh
"ne0 'aey 10 t''is IN impetus VIII DC
gwen 10 'ae reaction from Tue recent de-
preston Which will make II a strong' gen
t'A' ana clearly defined, II nota violent
movement. From present indications the
BUSINESS .n OIL 'a'S l'a!l oil 'lie current year
S"'eAceeu 'hat OIL any SIX n'oh'',S S.''''
~' pan,c' ana ny next year a'i sisn
,,t ,% m' IL 'nefe IL not soi""'
VI UOa''He'' larger lhaa Inc country ha
prOWa Of industrial reconstruction has
been steadily going ON, and it is indisput
ibIs that trade was never on a sounder
basis than now; trade Indebtedness wa,
never smaller, and careful management
Il" never more general. There will, oil
course, he failures, us there are always
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