Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-27
FORT WORTH mARKErs-DAILY nm.
VIEW
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oFTIoD on THE GAZETTE.
FORT WORTH. Tx. Nov, 20. 1880.
Trade In retail lines was little OF 10
day, but the wholesalers were busy. Eggs
and butter are stIll firm at present quota.
tons. Turkeys are somewhat weak. Re.
ceipts OF cotton fair to-day, with prices
unchanged.
TuK STATE or TRADE,
Special kilograms 10 Bradstreeps from
leading trade centers throughout the
country show moderate gain In the vol. |
ume Of distribution in few lines OF sta.
pie articles, noticeably In dry goods.
This is reported at Chicago, st. Louis,
Peoria, Omaha aud Davenport. The
primary cause Is the arrival OF
cold weather, and reasonable goods
are In more active demand. There has
been no special change In the coudition
Of general trade at Boston, New York,
Philadelphia, Plttsburg Cleveland, Evans
Vile, Nashville, Milwaukee, Kansas City,
Galveston aud Dallas. At Cincinnati,
New Orleans aud st. Joseph. important
distributing center there have been de
clines In tle movement OF goods in sew
eral lines, although at New Orleans
prices generally, except OF rice and
-four, have advanced. Mercantile
collections have been fairly satlsiac-
tory at Philadelphia, Cleveland ST.
Louis and Kansas City, but at Peoria,
Omaha, Davenport and Dallas they have
been more difficult TO make, at Dallas
mainly owing to the low price OF cotton
The total bank clcarlngs at thlrty-one
cities, specially telegraphed 10 Brad.
streets, Is 81 ,00G 1856, 800, against 81. 03G,.
99s, 0S7 last week, and OIL ,l95, 1868, sl6 last
year, per cent. over last week,
but s per can't less than for
the third week In November, 1885
The increase ut New York city, due TO
largely increased railway share, petro.
leum and grain speculation, and TO heavy
dry goods imports, amounts TO S47, 1860, =
| 900 this week, but the total Is STA, S87,.
900 less than in the like week 1886 The
remaining cities reported show an In.
crease Of Sl2,578 900 this week over last,
and of about sic 400 900 more than Ia the
like week 1885. Clearlngs at Chicago
declined S2,400,000, and at So. Louis
| 81, 900, 600 as compared with last week
AT other cities reporting the larger clear
| lug totals, uniform gains are noted
There il less demand for funds at the In
terror, though Chicago and Milwaukee
report good request. AT Kansas City
tue movements TO aud from the country
are about equal.
The settlement OF Chicago labor
troubles and prospect Of the Baltimore s.
| OHIO and Pennsylvania roads adjusting
differences led 10 confidence and strength
In the New York stock market, and the
Improvement in the coal and iron trade
lends belief that "boom" In stocks Is
not impossible. Speculation ran largely
into tho low priced fancy
stocks. Richmond & West Poin,
Terminal company WAS the feature, and
made a phenomenal advance. TrOnsac.
lions were G25,92b shares, against
1889, 522 shares last week, and y 442,20C
sh.res and ,345, 0l2 shares In the CORE
spending weeks OF 1885 aud 1884. Bond,
were active and advancing. On the New
York stock exch. nge the dealings aggre
gated Sl4,1ll, 800, against sl2,lH,80C
last week, and s9,sl6l0 the preceding
week.
With the practical settlement Of The
packing house strike at Chicago, news T.
received Of threatened strike Of 10000
Fall River splnners, who demand the re
storation OF the 1884 rate OF wages. NJ
advance has been made in Eastern pig
iron prices, but the market Is very flrn
and $50 for No. Y IL locked for
At st. Louis and pittsburg prices
are advancing, and are relatively
higher than az New York. Thu
checked movement 10 dry goods at Phila
delphla and st. Joseph Is regarded as sea
sonable only. Az Boston aud Now Yorl
iobbers report trade duh, but with no nc
cumulation Of stocks. A few addltiona
makes Of cotton have been advanced IL
price. Raw wool continues dull, though
stronger at the interior and abroad than
az domestic seaboard markets Hogs are
higher ut Kansas City and pork Is expecte,
TO follow, though speculation In hog pro
ducts has not been active. Wheat ha
been little nrmer aud more active, bu
prices are stil below the level antlci
pated, owing 90 the enormous stocks II
sight ana heavy receipts Exports con
tInue quite large. Petroleum cuntinue
very active, bat cents per barre
below the highest figure touched In th'
weeks adveuce owing TO sales TO real
lie profits. There were 227 failures u
the United States reported 10 Bfadsireet
this week, against FOG last week. 1894 las
wear, 25l III 1884, 22s ia 1883 Rnc l49 u
1882. Canada has 10 this week agans
u last. The United States has had 800
this year to date, against 91sl last year &
decline Of s %, 9j2G Ia 1884, bG6i In 1853
G62G In 1882 II Bradstreets.