The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-09-13
TRADE OF THE WEEK.
increased Activity Reported at
All Business Centres.

Ihe Wheat Reports-Monev D,sbu rse-
men's by the Treasury Depart-
hent Relieve Speculative Rather
Than Commercial Needs.
opec'ai kilograms indicate very general
y increased activity In general trade I'm al
must all leading commercial and indust rial
cehtres' excepting few Of the larger ones
on the Atlantic coast. Even ut Boston and
rhiiade!phia an improvement Is shown q,
staple lines aside ON wool and woolens
winch have been affected by several heavy
Iaiiures and restricted discounts AtN.w
York there Is no marked change in the vel.
ume OF merchandise distributed.
since January there have been flfty-tbree
wooien and wool trade failures, against forty.
on one IN IKE portion OF 1888 But the total
80 USes an, nno .h's year IS $SOOo,OcO. against
ssII'4,OVV,VVO last, and Of assets 5000. .OOJ.
Sl,io1,oOo In 1855 Prominent Western cat
''o markets are dull and prices lower
correspondent OF Brndstrcet's at Kansas
Ts;.s Tny wirss . that tho sensational reports OF
are unfounded; that les trouble 10 causaI b,
sn's disease now than for three years mast
NO case OF the Texas cattle fever has existsd
In Kansas City for three weeks
O., 'pnen,s OF wheat from San Francisco
10 Australia and South America continne
neavy. Crop reports generally remain
favorable. Without serious frosts Tor q fnr.'
night, the Indian corn crop promises to bs
the heaviest on record. 'S
Inere mas been more activity in domestic
grain markets. Flour has sold mora frnaIv
tor IGi nome use and export at full prices. The
VIENNA congress estimate of n I5 per cant
uehc,srcy In European crops advanced wheat
P,css mere &c per bushel This was lost later.
ouo wheat retains an advance of Lc on th,,
week. The interior NOV ment OF Winter
wheat mas not met expectations BrtldstreeE.s
LONDON correspondent reports the Unitad
tnnguoms probably import requirements
and the Continenl,s Al nn an i..S Iusuels,
Imports requirements Tor all Europe WITHIN
the next year This he does not believe eau
De secureI at prices as low as they are now.
Corn is &a%, lower this week on heavy
movement at the West Oats too arc sIc Off
aud IN active demand. Exports of wheat
lanu hour as wheat,) both coasts, this week
cqual SoSS,oOo bushels against 2,7O3, las
the closing week OF August, 1898. Exports
since July 1equal II, ,O4l. 900 bushels this wear.
against Ii, 1861 bushels in 1888
More confidence is reported in the woolen
soous trade, notwithstanding sbut-downs OF
various mills About the usual amount of
orders FOR Spring weight goods is reported.
Trade in blankets is better than for several
years, ana Improvement in cloJhing trade ia
reported. Lack of remunerative orders and
narrow margins render raw wool duler than
usual at this date. Prices are q ,lc lower
than two weeks ago. Antwerp wool sale ad-
vices are strong.
From the activity noted last week raw
sugar has relapsed to tion, which freer
arrivals and offerings by importers fail To
relieve. Demand for refined, too. is very
SOW. Raw sugar ut New York is Off &c and
refined is shaded. AT San Francisco rranu-
lated is the sc hig her. Lichts Continental
beet crop estimates ara again reduced. In
9ap1ty.I 70 discharge yesssis owing to the
there 0i Brazilian Coffee iIiaTi ard .sarqser
on reports OF drouth. Domestic and Euro
pean markets are also of hrmer temper. at
New York prices. are up &c.