Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-24
SOMEWHAT BETTER.
Summary of Last Weeks Business-Fail-
ures Fewer-The Outlook.

Summary of Last Weeks Business-Fail-
ures Fewer-The Outlook.
NV York, August 22.-Throughout the
West, as reported in special dispatches to
RrGdyieefS, there is a distinc: improve
u,cnt in the general feeling in the mercan-
Tie community dependent on the excellent
harvest of wheat already secured in
prospect This is not carried out, however,
in Tie reported transactions, country dealers
net having ordered goods with more free
dom than noted week ago. At St. Louis,
Kansas City, Peoria, Evansville and in som e
lines at Chicago, St. Paul and Minneapolis
the sales of dry goods, notions, hardware
and general groceries have been moderately
full, though the gain has been rather by
comparison with recent weeks than with
- lier expectations.
Receipts of new wheat at leading Western
markets have been in 81 me instances greater
than anticipated at curreutrates. In others,
notably at Minneapolis, the receipts have
been very light indeed. Our own advices
from the Northwest are that the recent low
prices fixed By the Minneapolis millers for
spring wheat are likely to be advanced.
The Northwestern farmers are said to be
rather better of than expected, and there
fore likely to hold back their grain at cur
re,t rates.
Breadstufs.
Breldstu.ls prices during the week have
advanced on buying squirt at the West, a
rerortel cold wave and the small stocks
OF contract corn. Wheat has since declin-
ed. as was inevitable in the face of excel
LEM harvesting reports at home and abroad
and S,agnant foreign breadstufS market.
Com is relatively stronger than wheat,
though sympathizing Flour is no better
and rules in busers favor. As compared
with prices on August Is No red wheat
has declined &c; No. mixed corn gained
!c per bushel, and shipping extra -four lost
sc Her barrel
The corners in hog products continue
though the general speculation in those
commodities is less, and quotations are
lower. Demand Is dull, aud the supply is
abundant, and the strong market is due to
Chicago operators.
Iron Dull,
Iron is still very dali Eastern furnaces
feel able to take care of themselves, and
fail to see the advantage to them in joining
in the proposed restriction Of prediction.
Steel rails have sold at S27 per ton, which
lowers the record again 25 cents under the
previous lowest price. Manufactured iron
is dull, and competition for orders leaves 1t
with little profit Anthracite coal is bear
ing harder than ever on the Market and fur
ther agreements to restrict the production
in September and October are likely.
Stocks continue heavy. Petroleum has
has begun Its long-wsited advance, the gain
in the price Of certificates since the 18th
inst, being &c per barrel. The Wardwell
tract is known TO have declined 80 per cent
in output, and some msks II more. The
wool trade has been fairly active, and all
markets show increasing frmness, particu-
larly for staple wools, which are scarce.
There were 20s failures in the United
States reported to Brsdstreet's during the
past week, as compared with 264 in the pre-
cediDg week, and with l79, l32 and 70, re-
spectively, in the corresponding weeks Of
1883, 1882 and 1881. Canada had IL.
against II last week.