The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-07-13
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Trade Reports From New York and
Cincinnati

Cincinnati
CINCINNATI, July Business contin-
ues dali, though perhaps moi .nure so
than IS usual AZ this season ai the year.
when SD many are absent AT the sumner
resorts. Dry goods have Il 1t !. check .,y
reason Of cool weather, but The firInncss
and advancing tendency in common
goods gives n better tone 10 the market.
Wooden goods in light demand. Grocer
les continue dull. The clothing trnde
shows nn animation. Boots aud shoes
in fair demand for this season. PrOvis-
ions are decidedly stronger and higher.
pork having advanced To 23 aud lard To
12A, while clear bacon has reached Is.
Sales are not heavy at these prices even
The growing deficit in the hog receipts
and the apparent shortage in corn tend
to cause holders to expect higher prices
In grain there Is a firmer feeling as to
wheat and barley, while corn has adj
yanced at an astonishing rate, selling TO
day as high as SO. Oats is slightly cas-
Ter, but sill sells at So.
NEW YoRK, July THE week las
been q broken one on account of the
holidays, and business has been much
retarded On account of the strikes: but
the outlook is regarded as favorable tor
trade. and the reports received as to the
crop prospects, on the whole. steadily
| grew better. Dry goods especially have
been restricted by the strike of freight
handlers. which. with the interruption
of the holidays, caused the business OF
| the week TO be unusually small, as a
large amount of trade has been temper
arilly diverted from this market. The
main feature IN the grain market was
the heavy break in July wheat, there
being decline of Is to 10 cents peI
bushel in one day. Later in the week
the month suffered but little and the
market has been quite steady, with some
thing of an advance at the close. Corn
has been active and steady, and advanced
4 TO 5 cents for the last and near by
months, and closed Il fraction off from
the highest prices. Oats have been quite
irregular, but the fluctuations have moi
been wide. The market clases somewhat
weak, at an advance of cents over q
week ago. The lard and pork markell
has been active anu strong, prices stead
lily advancing. The market Close:
steady, with indications of a further
rise. Raw sugar is somewhat quiet, bu
prices are firm. Sales are limited 10 tn,
wants of reiiners. In coffee and tea
there is nothing special 10 note Th'
market for American pig iron is still
influenced by the holiday period, anC
very little business is TRANSPORTING, bu
such sales as are reported are at full
figures. The feeling is steady, but n,
transactions of any moment are reporte'
In Scotch pig iron or nails. The boo
and shoe trade has been very fair fn
, the week, broken into as it has beer
Retailers were very busy and constant,
in the market replenishing, which mad
up most of the trade of the week. Maj
ufacturers are supplied with orders an
duplicates enough TO last them till ID
fall trade fairly commences. AuctiO
sales OF boots and shoes were good, an
the average amount disposed of Til
leather market was quiet; nothing ne
I'd prices unchanged. The arrival {
+ cheese was very large-75, 900 boxes
two days. The market dropped from
to = cent, and a further decline is Al
ticipated. Butter held its own the pa
week; no change in prices. Arriya
about equal the demand