The New York herald., 1879-08-30
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

COTTON ON THE SPOT UNCHANGED; FUTURES
CLOSED wEAK-FLoUR QUIET--wHEAT LOWER
q CORN FIRM--oATs srEADY-wHIsKEY FIRAIER--
PORK LOwER--LARD QuIET-sPIRT1s TUR-
PENTINE NoMINAL--RosIN NoMINAL-CoFFEE
sTEADY-sUGAR FIRM--PETRoLEUM NOMINAL.
FRIDAY. August 29-6 p. NJ.
The fail season opens up under promising clrcum-
stances. The trade movement continues to show
steady il not rapid increase from day to day. and the
volume of business in all the leading articles of
merchandise is already assuming proportions OF
considerable magnitude. The demand tor nearly all
descriptions of manufactured goods for general dis
tribution is fair. but in dry goods especially the
movement is under tu headway. and large sales are
being made in all the chief lines of both cotton and
woollen fabrics The railroads converging ut this
metropolis doing good business. and as COM
pared with the same time last year report large
increase Tho European advsces give renewed
Of ssrge demand for bred,u that the large harvest
otwheat and with which this country has again
blessed will find market and fairly
remunerative prices to the farmer. making All due
allowance for against tho grain
before it reaches the With industrial enter
prises starting up In evcry direction long idle manu-
factories again animated by the busy hum OF machinery
the ngahorng the &c tho demand tor labor is
creator than for long time The future would seem to
be promising than It has seemed for many month
During the week past good has been done in
nearly all the principal articles Of The
kots have very generally characterized by buoyancy
and rmness Merchants regard the markets
dull whenever they decidedly active and fre
quenty report whom the reported and the
prices indicate different state of affairs; but at
the present hoar but little complaint although the
sanguine profess disappoin that the fall
TRADE is under full headway in their especial de-
partments. To-day (Friday) fair business done
and tho markets quite generally characterized
bv nd Of exS Y
where the demand light, thus evidencing
tnued confidence the Of sellers On Change bus
moderate. the markets irregular and in
decidedly lower. Flour quiet Wheat decidedly
lower. Corn frm Oats steady. Whiskey frmer. Pork
dull. unsettled and Lard without decided change
Cotton on the spot was futures closed weak
stores stores were dull and nominal -
ASHES still quoted st 4,sc $40 for pots and &c.
AsraoSy hrmes and quoted at 1875. a i2Ac. for
BExswAx was quoted ~ 24c a 24,5c Cor Western and
sales Of 79S bags Rio ex Laplace at a1e sol bags do
so OK Il iIc 90 bags Do OK Sibsr. and Bags
do in lots Laplsee both private torm. se7 bags
s @ Nj sss'
Hssiesn sx City Of Merda ali on prssss terms ms we
as Sms sar ss
lSs sSn,S tss gSSa % M mussy days.
25s Singapore; lec lie: Ceyion, i4c iec; Mars
s. o%ro i Ss Poe pe.;o Rnn re
I6xc; Costa Rics, lac. lie Mexican, lac. 1915;
Angostura l5c. l7c Savauilli Ike. TO-; Curacoa
lie l2c.
.cooPknAGE srocK was quiet We squote:-Molasses
Shocks 32inch with heads 81 is x 80; shocks,
with heads inch ~ 80 81 10: do do, 36nch 81 30
a$l 70; box shocks Soc SOC rum do, ~ 25 So 30;
pipe do s9a se SO; empty hogsheads 81 s2 o5 hoops
Is ordinary to prime, Ss3 S5 do II fest do s2s
$50 per NJ. 4. t4
CoPPER qniet but Arm at 1614c.. cash. for lakc
CoRpAGK dull We quote Manila, large and
small. 2c. 15c tarred Manila. l2c; sisai rope 1osc
o like E4.t. t.ta .s..
CoTroS tho spot quiet, but firm at unchanged
quotations Futures less active and closed weak
The movement OF cotton ut Interior towns for this
week as compared with that of the corresponding
week last year shows 2 falling of OF about Nifty
baes last 1894 bales The for the
ports $50 bsles. against 10 793 bales
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