Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-17
IMPROVE EMENr IN TRADE.
A Better Demand for Dry Goeds,
Boots. Shoes and Other Staples.
INDICATION OF BETTER PRICES.
More Wool woyen..-Spindles and Cards
or New England Working to Bet
Ter Advantage.
GOOD NEWS For OHIO SHEPHERDS.

NV YoRK, August i5.-Special .tels-
grams TO Bradstreet's from leading buG-
meas cen,ers report continuance OF theim.
provemen, recently noted IN the movement
OF staple dry goods, Of wool and q boots and
shoes. This is especially noted ut the East
at all the larger cities. At most Western
ceniers this is reflected in reports Of ssome.
what heavier movement Of merchandise and
q more hopeful feeling amcng merchants.
Chicago states tha. Northwestern farmers
are in fairly satisfactory position to nsse
iall purchases, but tie expected csal tcr
funds to move the crops has not been felt
there. The situation IS rather better at the
South, where the brigh, cotton crop pros
poets are encouraging serchants to purs
chase in excess OF earlier expectation.
At the East bleached soitons and Han
nels are stronger Brown cottons are firm
er and print cloths are fraction higher st
Fall River. Bleached co,tsns are tSic
per yard higher, and on other brands there
has been a gain o! p per cent. FiAnnels
are selling at an advance Of per cent
Wool maintains its late frnness. Pur-
chasers are iairly liberal, and while many
buyers are very conservative IN taking sup
plies, il remains true that sales are heavier
than at the like period las, year. Prices,
however, whale firm, are unchanged. The
improvement in the print cloth market has
been followed by decided advance 10 tho
quotations Of numerous Fall River mill
stocks. and shares which have for q. long
time been offered freely have within q lev
days been withdrawn from sale.
In grocery staples the deliveries OF coifs~
and sugar are behind those OF last year.
Dairy products are still depressed, with .
falling of in the exports OF cheese
Wheat 10 dull and weak and lower.
Heavy stocks and the light export demand
are the chief depressing influences. Indian
corn is moderately firm, with light stocks
and small receipts The statement from the
West that no Official reports on the grain
crops OF Minnesota have been made BY the
Washington Agricultural Bureau Of late.
owing, us stated, TO .he lack OF funds. opens
10 inquiry The value OF the August report on
the extent Of the damage done TO wheat In
that region in July, Qur own sdvices, IN
cludipg those received by wire yesterday, rs-
port a greater amount oi damage than bad
been previously reported.
There is no Improvement 10 actual bust
ness in iron or steel The few new inqui.
ries thus tsr have resulted in new business
in pig iron. The late orders from rail mills
were from Southwestern and Southern
roads. but the decision OF, the manufactures
TO curtai production neit year points 10
the extent OF the depression in that line.
There were 100 failures in the United
States during the past week. ~ compared
With 1872 the preceding week, aud with 2sI
ia and lag respectively in the corespond-
ing weeks Of 1884, 1888 and 1882. About
II per cent. were those Of small traders,
whose capiial was less than 5000 ~ CON-
pared with an average OF from s3 to 80 par
cent. weekly during the past year, Canada
had II, decline Of z.