The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-08-15
DUN's REVIEW.
CHANGES m THE BUSINESS WORLD
eLleHT, euT IN THE RIGHT WAY,


cage RJoioos In Abundant Crops,
philadelphia % Gausral improvements
Galveston Happy over Favorable Crop
Roporla, and at Rostou Hardening Of
tho Money MARKET
NEW YoRW, Aug, lO,-R, q, Dun 4
Co.'S Weekly Review Of Trade saysl Tho
changes In the business world during tho
week, though but slight have all been
In the right direction There h little
better movement Of products, some im'
proyemont Ia crop prospects particularly
IN cotton, and with more confidence aud
strength Ia tho stock market, less chance
Of disturbing Withdrawals Of specie for
Europe, In manufacturer all changes
are In tho direction Of improvement, and
the reports from interior pol4t Indicate
volume Of trade exceeding laat years.,
aud on tho whole, steadily Increasing
OF all tho Cltig reporting this week,
scarcely one notes dullnem la trade and,
though business Ia "rathor Inactive" Ia
Kansas city, q bettor demand for money
Is seen, AZ Detroit, while general trade
Ia fair considerable building ~ la pro'
gross and collections, slow In some lines,
aro good in others, Omaha finds trade
good, crops never hettor and collections
fairs Milwaukee notes excellent crop
propocH except for corn, and bu5Inoat
goodi Chicago reIuieoa Ia assurance Of
abundant cIupa, aud dealings Ia pro-
visions exceed thdaa Of the same week
last year by 90 per cent, In wool by 20
per cent and In live stocks and hides by
10 per cent AZ Philadelphia, there ID
seen general Improvement NJ Galveston
very favorable crop reports give strength
and NJ Boston there Il significant har
| dening Of the money market,
The glad news that the coke strike hhf
ended removes apprehension OF tho ol1h'
ing Of many iron works In the litlnburg
district,
Upward Tendency In Iron,
Prices Of iron and manufactured iron
and steel had been advancing there, and
the upward tendency may now he
checked, though az Philadelphia there
has been confidence that success Of the
| COnnellaylll0 strikers and an advance In
wages Of coke workers. would itaure an
| advance Of ~ per ton IN pig iron, The
price has advanced about 80 cents, and
manufactured iron N strong, The glaa'
trade h good, and possibly helped for the
| moment by rumora Of combination Ol
makers, The copper producers have
agreed 10 continue present pricci, though
their ability ~ gtill distruaiedi tia !.
weaker, but tho American demand h
larger than ever,
Ia wool and wOolong there N not much
change, aud while ordom for dress
goods, carpets and staples continue
tolerably free and there ~ some demand
for clothing, buyCr are disposed 10 don
closely because many houHca Htlll have
part Of last years stock on hand,
Cotton Marhot Satisfactory.
The market for cotton goods Ia more
satisfactory but tho market for raw
cotton does not yield, though the new
crop " now expected o. bo largo Nnt
from two 20 three weeks earlier II
boots and shoes the severity Of compet
ton makes profits very narrow and The
Shoe and Leather Reporter notes tina
after general reduction of 81 10 81 pei
case last year aud u further concession
of 30 cents per case In March Of thii
i-vrH,,--yvl "a n decline OF 90 10 90 cent
| Der pair ON ahoca In the two years
manufacturers can hardly bo held 70
aponablo for occasional failures nmonf
dealers. Rubber is weak and declining
with parailino offered At q l-2 cents.
With steady improvement In the 70
ports from the northwest wheat hai
declined about thrCc.cighths on sales o
only 5000, 900 bushels here aud corn ono
half of q cent on sales Of 5000, 600 bush
ea Oats arc nearly cont lower 0no
hogs 10 cents per 100 pounds. In OF
| there h an advance of Ono-hOlf Of cent
and In coffee prices have been liitoC
throc.fourths of n cent, but with many
protests from buyers who note tho grow
Ing disappointment Of those engaged
m distribution. Sugar is strictly
nominal with 0 l-9 cents quoted above
any bid NJ present, and Che narrative
that an international syndicate Ia getting
ready 10 buy Cuba from Spain aud q
control all sources Of supply Of raw
sugar. may bo mentioned rs indicating
the difficulties which the trust and the
Madgoburg syndicate begin TO realize,
strong stool, Market
The stock market has been strong and
advancing ON the rather thin theory that
recent failures and consequent distrusl
OF commercial paper hovo driven IN
vcstors 10 buy securities. There h IN
fact no such diBhUst, and money In
ample supply for commercial uses Ia
| quoted at about usual rates all over the
country. A moro rational explanation
| Is that railroads are assured OF large
! fall business, aud 80 viii bo powerfully
nressod 10 adjust differences, II only for
d time. The average price of the more
active stocks Ia about 90 per share
| higher than week ago, and foreign
realizing no longer appear, The tendency
of capital toward Industrial Combina-
tlons may naturally have been checked
Of late and this would lessen the disposi-
ton to realize on good securities, During
tho week the treasury has talton In
81 900, 600 moro than IL has paid out, but
tho merchandise exports from Now York
for The week wero nearly 8O p0r cent,
above last years, with nm increase Of
about 20 per cent. in Imports Tho
AVERAGE prices Of commodities have
slightly advanced.
nuslncss Failures
Thehusiuess faiureBoccurrng through
out the country during the last seven
DAYS, as reported TO r. g. Dun q Co.,
number for the United States 1914 and
FOR Canada "a, orr total Of POI failures
as compared with q total Of 9l0 last
week and 2l8 the week previous TO the
last. For the corresponding week of last
year the figures We're 238, representing
2O5 failures in the United States and 2S
In the Dominion Of Canada.
Two Hospites Granted.
FonT SMITH, Ark, Aug. TO- Every
thing was in readiness for the execution
l.,.,tn.I and Ili1i \Nutlsnt