The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-09-27
OUN'S Trade REYIEW.


The Gonaral Average Of Priees Eighty On the De-
cline.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-R. G. Dun s.
Co.'S. weekly review or trade:
The volume of legitimate business
continues to improve. Crop reports are
altogether favorable as to corn. The
general average or prices has again de-
clined slightly.
In stocks a severe reaction, ayerag-
Ing three dollars per sha re, eliminated
last Saturday, and there has been an
average advance of 81 so per share.
The crop which is most important in
railroad or financial aspects is not
large, the yield is $1,000 900 to 80. co.,
900 bushels short of full crop, and
the heavy rains late in the season.
have also injured the cotton to some
S STosnf as as to ousgn 1aaS a bSt
that large business may be expected
for the coming season, although fuller
supplies Of money at western and south
eru countries may cause demands upon
New York to be lighter than usual. Of
fetal reports show that the money in
circulation of all kinds was about ST.
36l 600, 900 September LIST, against 81, :
321 600, 900 year ago, and the treasury
has put out this month about 81, 200, 600
ing to circulation the amount of gold
and silver coinage. For the past week
the addition 10 circulation has been So
%, 900 and on Thursday 8 ,76O, 600 more
bonds were purchased, 1.30 being
paid for 4 per cents. The reports
from interior points show that money
Is generally in ample supply though
there Is some clOsenesS at Cleveland
and Detroit, and the market is light at
Atlanta fNOlInQffnn0 hoNyo frnnrOxyoff
for speculation and money here is in
abundant supply, but for commercial
uses the market is growing harder.
business Is fairly active at all interior
points reporting and at most it is bet
ter than a year ago. But while the
principal ceDters report good and in
creasing trade, the accounts from sew
eral of unusual dullnes5 at the smaller
towns, in regions surrounding, suggest
that the distribution may not be an
swering expectations.
The iron market grows harder al
Philadelphia, though one company
still sells at S1S for No. ].
Coal Is largely on past contracts and
the years output thus far is per cent
in excess of last years to date.
In wool priSes are shade higher
but the speculative demand has abated
Foreign trade has improved a little
/ Oub 0NpOEJ5 IOE Lie past JuTOo Wooks
from New York are still 11.9 per CEN
below the last years, while import!
here show an increase Of o per cent.
The preliminary statements for Au
gust show that the exports of bread
stuffs. provisions, cattle cotton and oil
were o., ST. 1888 smaller than for tn,
same month last year, or % per cent
but the last years exports for tina
month were exceptionally large.
Wheat has been moderately actiV
with sales of 20 ,O0O, 900 bushels an
only one-quarter net advance in price
while corn has declined IL, oats a cen
and oil I Of q cent.
Pork products are higher, dresse
hogs 10 cents less and lard Is cents pc
100 pounds.
Cotton has advanced sixteenth
with sales of 404 900 bales and COTE
half a cent with sales of 4O6 900 bags.
Hides are steady, but leather has az
Yanced fully one cent. Meanwhile q
ports of wheat from this country fl
July and August amount to Is 500 ,OC
bushels, flour included, against 80, $40
: 600 bushels last year and the suppl
remaining for export is probably aboT
"a, OOO, 900 bushels greater than la:
: years export for the rest of the Gro
J year.
The business failures number %
as compared with PIT last week, an
pa the week previous to last weel
! For the corresponding week of la!
, year the figures were 1873.