The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-10-05
GOOD REPORT.

The Weekly Trade Review Looks Decidedly
FavorabIe-The Immense Crop of Corn
More Than Makes Up for Deficiency in
Other Crops.
NEW YoRK, Sept. 29.-R. G. Dun & Co.'s
weekly review says: Doubt about the
corn has vanished. Estimates vary each
way from 2,015, 100000 bushels, but it is
doubtless the largest crop ever raised.
The increase of more than 500,0 900, 900
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 pota4
toes is excellent. 1t is safe to say that
this years agricultural products will rep
resent at least S100, 0,000, 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 81 -25
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 377 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 adj
vance in prices by producers here. In pork
products, prices have yielded butlittle 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 forthe last
! week show a gain over last year of 6 per
| cent. outside of New York August inn
| ports exceeded exports by S11, ,671 1852, and
| the excess for eight months was SS7. 420,
| 929. From New York the exports for the
| past four weeks were per cent. below
| last years, with imports equal to those OF
/ 1887. The treasury continues to. supply
| money freely by purchases of bonds, tax
ing nearly 81, 900. 600 on Thursday, and its
disbursements for the week have exceeded
its receipts by 81 100000
BRADsTREET.
NEW York, Sept. 29.-BrddStreet's, in its
review of the week, says: At cities East
| West and Northwest the customary re-
/ ports of a fair or satisfactory volume o1
general trade continue to be received
( BFddStreet's special kilograms from South.
ern cities show that the fright having sub.
sided, quarantines against points having
or suspected of having yellow fever arr
being very generally raised. A week;
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 il
Georgia and Tennessee have quarantineC
themselves against Southern Georgia anC
Florida. Commercial travellers have re-
turned here1
The total number of failures in tn,
United States reported to Bradstreet's il
nine months of 1888 is Z, $50, against 6,95
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 th'
Granger roads to advance and maintain
rates.
The wool market continues steady Will
prices firm, and tendency to advance OF
some qualities. Sales are not as heavy
owing to large consignments to be sold a
a stated price. Dry goods are in fair re
quest only at jobber's hands, but quie
with first hands. There is some gain il
clothing. The cotton movement is slow
the crop being about three weeks late
than last year,