The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-11-22

-neerease Ia NuWbor OF faiigrss,
INV YoRR, November I'LL a. Duni
weekly review Of lade will siyj The 70
ylyal " trade resulting from removal Of
political uncertainty has male s0me pro
gfpss during the past week. though not 10
extent Or direction quite according 70 anti
o%ipatona, The speculative tendency hai
been distinctly rspreised by Singular com
binatlOh Of influences, The volume o.
legitimate trade continues large, but Ia im.
poriant branches tho transactions IN anti
olpauoR OF M improvement IN g..eeI
Wefo 20 large ptior 10 Tho cleo
won VlAl Comparative dnlnesa hai
followed, Tie war Of rates between trunk
limos 10 tho chief Gauss Of disturbance IL
speculative circles, hit there IL also some
foreign realiliug and men afe beginning e
consider whether disputes between thl
country aud Great hrIian may not disturb
the current Of Investments Tho stool
market therefore has been heavy, though
i|ransaNliona have not been large, and do
ellnes have been alubbomly resisted, The
average OF prices has declined durlng
tho week about sue per share
with mare signs VI weakness Al
London Than here, Wheat speculation
hps heen sat upon heavily by tho stoppagt
ot eippra from tho Atlantic ports and lhe
enormous movement from tho Pacific
c0Aal, IN tho month 0f October = 20b, SOC
buhhelA Of wheat were exported from
Pacific porta, and only sos 800 from all the
principal Atlantic portsi and during the
last i've weeks Atlantic shipments have
been Only 1000 bushels against A, ~, ~
last yepf, Yet speculative holders are
stubborn, and tho price has declined only
NO for tho week, VIA halef
here Of 100000 bushels, Another do
pressing feature has been tho export
u 4, 700, 900 bushels Of corn In live weeks
against 2, 100, 900 bushels last year point
Ing 10 loss foreign demand Tor wheat
Wlh assurances Of larger supplies, corn h
%threedourtha u a cent cheaper with spec
ulatlona narrow, and sales Of only 10000
bushels Tor tho week, oats are one oenl
deareF, Cotton has rlson IN plghth, with
sales Ot 1000 bales, and coffee las risen o
quarter, with sales of 10000 bags while
oil, after q little advance, CLOSES ~ las
week. The failure Of monotary abundance
10 stimulate further speculation h
products h q significant feature
The larger branches OF Industry ara al In
an uncerlaln position, The market for cot
tona N rather qulet,a break In fine bleoohet
goods, aud changes In favor Of buyers Ia
medium and oolOred goods, do not affect
prices Of Other staples aud print cloth
with light goods Of low grade afo very firm
Woolona move sluWahly In part because
OF mild weather, but Without some I'D
vance In price, which the cheapHom Of
foreign goods reslsla enlargement OF
production II scarcely ~ bo expected,
Wool has nomlnally advanced about one
aud one'half oonlA on the average within
the past month, but sales NJ prices asked
do no not Soon 10 bo encouraging, The
boot and shoe trade continues decidedly
active and promising, II 10 estimated that
100, 0O0, 900 pairs are now produced an0
marketed annually, Excessive production
has weakened the anthracite coal market
the Interior demand Tor bituminoua hu
fallen OIL, and Mononmhola operators talk
Of reducing output but the coke output In
western Pennsylvania exceeds all past rec
ords, While the demand Tor jton and
steel IL larger the production appears Al
present 10 have increased oven more rap
idly, and the market booma rather weaker
Buyers Of pig hositatcd because, with many
furnaces about TO blow In, aud the weekly
production already reported NJ lil, 900 tons
including charcoal Iron, oluau ~ the maxi
mum, they hope for lower pflcos Sales Of
No, 1, southern here at Sl1,dOaro reported
Bar is also weaker la tone, quoted NJ $3.50
and II Is stated that steel rails have beer
sold AZ $50 In one case NJ rlttburM and The
Chicago quotation, $1,000, u hardly cquiya.
Lent 10 the figure, though some eastern Wlloi
at SIS are also quoted, Reports from into
rior points vary moro than usual as 10 90
tlyity OF trade, though complaints Of
dullnoss NJ some southern point
are attributed TO lutcncss Of the
cotton crop, Attic west, the movement |,
generally large, though not NJ all point
quito up 10 expectations, Money IA not
oasy at Nashville, firm ot Kansas city and
Ia active demand at Memphis but nearly
all points an ample supply and the treas
ury observes that the demand for currency
has fallen OIL Scarcely any complaint L
made OF collections, aud yet the number Of
failures has boon considerable In some
quarters, and on the whole, larger than
last year for the past six weeks, The bank
olcarings outside Of Now York continue
large, as we'll rs rMlroad earnings,
but foreign trade docs not improve,
In October, exports Of cotton, broadstuit,
provisions, oil, and cattle amounted 10
S5l, 7B7, 500 against S57, 0o3,0 35 last year q
decline OF 5N per cent, and for tho past
two weeks At New York the decrease hu
boon 8 per cont, while tho decline on In.
ports has been 5 per cont No important
change In treasury operations has occurred,
Tho disbursements for the week have OK
ccodcd receipts by only 100000,
The failures for the last seven days mum.
bori For the United States, 300 Canada,
80; total 1851 as compared with 800 lasI
wook aud 0Ql for tho c~orrOqDondinp wonl