Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-10-04
GOOD REPORT.

The Weekly Trade Review Looks Decidedly
Favorable-The Immense Crop of Corn
More Than Makes Up for Deficiency in
Other Crops.
NEW YORK, Sept. Or. G. Dun 6 Co.'S
weekly review says: Doubt about the
corn has vanished. Estimates vary each
way from 2,015, ,0O0, 900 bushels, but it is
doubtless the largest crop ever raised.
The increase of more than 500, zoo, 600
bushels on this crop far outweighs in value
any loss in the yield OF wheat and also
any possible loss in the yield of cotton.
But the yield of oats is also the largest
on record, and the yield of hay and pota-
toes is excellent. 1t is safe to say that
this years agricultural products will rep
resent at least 100000 600 over last year
ataverage prices for both. Trade has been
checked by artificial prices. A corner in
wheat put the price for September to Il. %
at Chicago on Thursday, the rise here be-
ing five cents for the week. Seaboard
prices have for some time been relatively
too high for foreign markets. The demand
for cotton goods is slow and conservative.
Print cloths have declined to 8. u cents
and the market is more moderate daily.
Speculation in wool has checked the
manufacturing demand. While the
supply is short, the pressure Of
foreign goods at low prices prevents ad-
vance in prices by producers here. In pork
products, prices have yielded but little and
packing falls much behind last years.
Corn has fallen but one cent, notwith-
standing the great yield. AT Kansas City
the market for cattle is overstocked and
prices are so low as to check movement
The boot and shoe trade is large.
The reports from interior points are uni
formly hopeful. The cotton crop is about
three weeks late and is delayed by stop
page of traffic. At Western points busi-
ness is reported good or improving, though
more complaint of slow collections is heard.
Money is generally in ample supply, but
stringency increases at Cleveland and
the demand is strong at st. Louis and
Milwaukee. Kansas City reports loans
paid with unusual regularity and money is
easy at Omaha. The exchanges for the last
week show a gain over last year of per
cent. outside of New York. August i'm
ports exceeded exports by 81, 1852, and
the excess for eight months was 1920, =
92S. From New York the exports for the
past four weeks were per cent. below
last years, with imports equal to those of
money freely by purchases of bonds, tax
ing nearly 5000. 600 on Thursday, and its
disbursements for the week have exceeded
its receipts by S4,2O0,OO0.
BRADSTREET.
New YORK, Sept. 29.-BradStreet'S, in its
review of the week, says: At cities East,
West and Northwest the customary re-
ports of a fair or satisfactory volume of
do ha
BrddstTeet'S special kilograms from South
ern cities show that the fright having sub
sided, quarantines against points having
or suspected of having yellow fever are
being very generally raised. A weeks
business has been lost south of Kentucky
and east of the Mississippi river. Prac-
tically all towns in East Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and all but a few in
Georgia and Tennessee have quarantined
themselves against Southern Georgia and
Florida. Commercial travellers have re-
turned here.
The total number of failures in the
United States reported to Brddstreet's in
nine months of 1883 is 1880, against 6,95S
in the nine months of 1887, and as COM
pared with larger totals in the three pre-
ceding years, speculation in stocks shows
increasing strength and buoyancy, which
was increased by the agreement of the
Granger roads to advance and maintain
rates.
The wool market continues steady with
prices firm, and tendency to advance on
some qualities. Sales are not as heavy
owing to large consignments to be sold at
a stated price. Dry goods are in fair re-
quest only at jobber's hands, but quiet
with first hands. There is some gain in
clothing. The cotton movement is slow,
the crop being about three weeks later
than last year.