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.
The Wheat Reports--Money Disbu rse-
ments by the Treasury DEPART
mont Relieve Speculative Rather

A"e "hcat NePorts-MOney Disbu rse-
ments by the Treasury Depart
ment Relieve Speculative Rather
Than Commercial Needs.
special kilograms indicate very general
~ increased activity In general trade in al
most all leading commercial and Industrial
centres, excepting few Of the larger ones
on the Atlantic coast. Even ut Boston and
Philadelphia an Improvement Is shown IN
staple lines aside ON wool and woo,ens.
which have been affected by several heavy
failures and restricted discounts. At New
YORK there is no marked change In the vol
ume OF merchandise distributed.
since january there have been flfty-three
WOODEN and wool trade failures, against forty
one I'm like portion OF 1888 but the total
OF liabilities this year is IS. 600, ,OCO against
sI'fVo'OOV last, and OF assets $O,U0U, ,OOJ,
Sl,loJ,ooo In 1855 Prominent Western cat.
t'o markets are dull and prices lower.
A correspondent OF Bsttsf,refs at Kansas
SSty wires that tho sensational reports OF
le&ns cattle fever ravaGeS in the Southwe
are untounded; that les, trouble Is ca,iset by
NJ Nus u,sease now than for three years past.
NO case OF the Texas cattle fever has existed
IN Kansas City for three weeks
shipments of wheat from San Francisco
TO Australia and South America continue
neavy. crop reports generally remain
night, the Indian corn crop promises 70 he
The heaviest on record.
mere mas beon more activity I'm domestio
grain markets Flour has sold more freely
,1r W nome use aud export at full prices. The
Vienna Congress estimate OF n I5 per nent
deficiency in European crops advanced wheat
prices here &c per bushel This was lost later.
but wheat retains an advance of Isc on th,
week. The interior NOV, ment OF Winter
%neat mas not met expectations. Brddstreets
COFTRHnNnHnnf
kingdoms probably import requirements
Tor the coming year at 117.OOO, ,OJO bushels,
mp6s hnp 5Rs ~ roe q. arons
the next year. This he does not believe can
be secured at prices as low as they are now.
Corn is AaM, lower this week on heavy
movement at the W,st Oats too arc 31c oir
aud in active demand. Exports OF Wheat
tand -four as Sheut,) botn coasts, this week
equal 3.OSS,OOO bushels. against 2,703, l45
bushels last w ok, aud 2,0S5, I'll bushels i'm
the closing week OF August, 1888. Exports
since July leIual 1904 900 bushels this year,
against IL, ,976 81 bushels In 1888
More confidence is reported in the woolep
goods trude, notwithstanding shut-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, and improvement in cloJhing trade ia
reported. Lack of remunerative orders and
narrow margins render raw wool duller than
usual at this date. Prices are % ,lc lower
than two wesks ago Antwerp wool sale ad-
vices are strong.
From the activity noted last week raw
sugar has relapsed TO sta z gna ton, which freer-
arrivals and offerings by importers fail TO
relieve. Demand for refined, too. is very
sow. Raw sugar ut New York is or 10 and
refined is shaded. At San Francisco granu-
lated is the sc higher. Licht's Continental
beet crop estimates ara again reduced. In
phtlty. Is. discharge yesssIs owing to the
there o.. Braziliap coffee f1Gr1rs ard ,Sf,ases,
on reports Of drou;h. Domestic and Euro
pean markets are also of flrmer temper. AT
New York prices. are up &c.