The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-06
ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SATURDAY sEprEMB r s. 1879

S53, 100000. including foreign exports aggre
eating nearly 900, which is an increase
In the value Of exports Of over S2,Ooo,oO0
while there was an increase Of Ss424 In i'm
\ ports The receipts Of cotton footed up 502 995
bales. On increase Of about $4,000 bales over
the receipts of the previous year, and about
13 100000 feet Of lumber were shipped, an in
crease of 4, 500, 900 feet over last year. The
! grocery sales aggregated -, 100000, being a
respectable increase. Good progress is being
made on the jetties, which promise to add
I largely to the importance Of Charleston as q
shipping port whist at the SAFE time the
railroad connections Of the city give greater
facilities than were ever afforded. The News
and Courier, commenting on this improve
ment, says there is every ground for CONF
denee that II will go on, and that Charleston is
entering upon an era of assufed and substaR-
tial prosperity.
The New Yorker publishes interviews with
leading business and manufacturing firms,
which show facts and figures Of a decided re-
vival Of business. NJ. w. Cooper, who repre-
sents the Norway Plains Company at Ro-
chester, N. FL, the Winthrop Mills Company,
OF Winthrop, Me-; the Clinton Mills Company
and the Norwich Mills Company, of Norwich,
Conn. and the Mantle Mills Company, Of
East Lynne, Conn, says they have been all
running ON full time since May. Mr.. Har-
rison Jaffray OF the large firm Of E. $. "a fray
u Co, says ID just like the good old times"
Other authorities equally good are cited.
just now st. Louis Is enjoying several ex-
tensive strikes. The stove mouIders, the
coopers and cigar-makers are all contending
for an advance in wages, which their en-
pIoyers say they cannot afford to give. And
there the matter has been standing for some
time. Each side Is firm In the position taken,
and at present there appears to be no prospect
Of an early termination OF the Trouble. En-
ployers are trying to get outside labor, but
with only partial success.
THE DRY GOODS OUTLOOK improved
prices for wool ana cotton are decidedly In
favor OF prices being sustained for cotton
goods, while for all new styles AND qualities
Of WOOlenS, especially new grades, higher
prices are fixed tact. The status and course
Of the wooden goods market are exceedingly
satisfactory to manufacturers and early buy
ers OF WOoens, and present indications point
to q no less even and regular trade for some
months. There has been full opportunity for
manufacturers to shape decided course for
the future and those who have been through
similar periods nave but themselves to blame
Ii they are not successful to & more than
moderate degree. u.-"5."
AS usual to the season and occasloned by
the early purchases OF cotton goods the prae-
tice OF JObber5 cutting prices" Of leading
staples has been indulged to some extent, but
at no time III the last ten or more years can
we recall the season whan 1t had less effect.
Purchasers of such offerings comprehend the
motive and accordingly take the bait and
leave the HOOK. The fact is, buyers Of all
classes have learned by experiences that II in
duCemPntS are given i'll one article they are
recovered III others, hence are skeptCal as to
advantages aceruing therefrom unless pur-
chase5 are confined TO the "bait' alone. The
indifference with which agents have treated
such attcm pts to weaken their hands clearly
shows the strength Of their position, and as
the1 alone know the character Of the supply,
demand aid stocks, It iS fair assumption
that their position is much stronger than con-
coded ~ distributions New York journal OF
Commerce, August 30.
THE PRINT MAKKET-The print market
continues to move fairly along, the trade APP
parently purchasing about what they feel in
cumbent upon them to buy for the purpose
Of Keeping up their assortments The break
in the p1ices of some makes or prints during
the week from to 81 cents evidently in some
respects took the market BY surprise, az but
few agents of prints, In the present condition
Of the trade, imagined that any reduction
would be made, particularly iii face OF the
advancing prices Of cottons and cloths. How
eyer, as the Harmony prints have been placed
st 81 cents some other makes will have to
follow suit. At ~ cents there would appear
to be no difficulty IN disposing of large guam
titles. and as result sales have been very
active. The change In the market value Of 50x60
prints, While for few days sornew hat affect
ing thgyfews of large buyers on the higher
grades, has, on 8 sober second thought, con-
vnced them that there Is no valid reason why
6fx64 calicoes should not maintain their
present low price. Printers feel that good
the present prices st the present cost OF
cloths without making loss, and it a
sstrikh" among the weaver5 Of Fall River
shouf occur on the first OF Septemb Der, which
Is more than probable, cloths would advance
to a point that would oblfge many printers to
cease operations at their works.
The production OF the print-wofks through
out the country has been composed mostly Of
high-colored fancy prints somewhat In the
Dolly Warden" style that was In vogue
produced in colorings which In q sporting
view would be called very EAST" We are |
sorry to see oId-establlshed printers going
into this kind Of work. as it will ultimately |
ness much harm. The real results do not
generally eliminate until the second or third |
season after production, and then the con- |
sumers will speak with telling effect. Con- |
sumers want good, sound PRINT and, II |
they know, will not purchase anything else. |
On the first proximo the operatives Of Fall |
River will probably decide whether prints |
shall remain at present prices or advance.
The Harmony, Chester. Lodi, Freem an and |
Lancaster 56z60 prints have all been reduced |
from s TO .51ac at which price they seem to |
have found ready sale. The prices Of 64y64 |
standard prints remain at the same prices as
quoted by US In last ISSUE United States
Economist, August 80.
MONETARY.