Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-11-12
DUN e. COMPANY.
The Volume of Legitimate Business Won
derfully Well Maintained.

| The Volume of Legitimate Business Won.
derfulIy Well Maintained.
New YORK, Nov. 12.--R G. Dun & Com
| pany's weekly review of trade says: The
volume Of legitimate business has been won.
derfully well maintained during the past
week, as during the whole political cam.
| paign. And this is the most remarkable be.
cause, in the months preceding those of DO
litical excitement, speculation had been un.
usually active and extravagant There has
come a more confident tone ia many
branches of business, and larger trade with
improving prices usually anticipated as a re.
suit OF the postPonement of very many oper,
ations and purchases in past months.
In the reports from interior points gener.
ally it is noteworthy that the aggregate of
transactions was large for only FIVE working
days. At all cities reporting money con.
tinued in fair or active demand, while
scarcely any complaint of stringenoy is
heard, and collections, though somewhat in.
terrupted, have been on the whole satisfac.
tory, with improvement noted in several
cases. The large volume Of currency in cir.
culation, together, with the temporary mac.
tivity OF speculation, explains the matter.
The circulation of all kinds of money
j,
$4l 100000 larger than year age In the
past week, the treasury has also paid out
81, 700, 00v more than it has taken in.
The report of anthracite and bituminous
furnaces in blast showed q weekly output of
12S,S40 tons, against 1ly, ,lS9 a month ago
and 1904 year ago. In output Of char
coal iron the increase of about per cent. in
the month Of October makes the weekly out
put only IL per cent. smaller than at this
date last year. The increase of late has
been mainly in southern production No
change in prices is recorded as yet. Steel
rails have been at very low figures. In all
10000 tons wera taken by the Vanderbilt
roads and as much more by other companies,
and it is reported that large orders can yet
be placed ct not more than s27.
The wool market has been decidedly more
active and stronger, but while more conf /
dent feeling prevails in the dry goods trade, 1
improvement In orders of purchases is not |
yet observed Cotton goods have been firm,
with strong undertone. The boot and shoe
trade is firm and actual deliveries this year
thus far have been to per cent iarger
than last year, with net prices averaging a
shade better, while stocks arc unusually mar /
row. The coke and coal trade Is very active
at Pittsburg, and the output Of anthracite
coal, 9l3 $40 tons for the last week, has BEEN
for the year thus far 81. .l6l, 500 tons, against
s7,S79 463 last year, q gain OF nearly IL per
cent. -
Exports fell 8 per cent below last year'sf
At New York, while imports here. In Octot er
we're about 4 per cent. below last years.
Prices Of the chief erpoftable produrtA still
'slae so high as.taprevent free movement,
md wheat has advanced during tbe past,
week abott one cent, With sales Of 81, 800, 90
'ushelS. oorn has advanced two and 'afourtR
epts Wibh sales. of a, 500, 600 bushels; oats 4
AYE advanced five eighths OF, a cent?, pork
cents per barrel; OH one and
onfth cent, with small trading; cotton one
fxteenth .eept, with sales' Of 36s;ooO bales;
nd coffee has-remained steady, with sales Of
$1,000 Bags during che week. Transactions
a stocks hase hot been heavy; prices have 4
shrcely chauEed,et aliiRfthe aggregate
tHAe business failures during the past week
9Rber 2Z6, as compared with go last week,
m 2h4 the week previous For the