Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-11
The State of Trade.

Special kilograms to Bradstreet's the
past week indicate q fair degree of &C
tivity in jobbing circles and among
manufacturers, particularly as to the
distribution of dry goods, clothing, boots
and shoes and hardware. At almost all
cities reporting, business is said TO be
fairly active or satisfactory for the sea-
son. The most pronounced activity in
distributing circles, as heretofore, Is at
Chicago, New York in special lines, st.
Paul, New Orleans and Kansas City.
At the latter city receipts of cattle ana
hogs have declined, while the demand Is
fair. Prices tend upward. At St. Louis
provisions are steady, with large South
eru orders for better classes of meats.
The labor situation, on the whole, has
rather improved. Several of the more
threatening industrial disturbances have
practically disappeared, except the brick
boycott and strike at New York city.
Stock speculation at New York Is dull
and subject 10 bearish attacks upon the
Granger shares, based on the deficient
corn crop. Raw sugar is Slice, and
refined 5-lGc. up on good demand, de-
creasing stocks, and bullish beet crop
reports. Wheat has reacted on more
favorable foreign crop reports, aud corn
has sympaihized.
Dry goods are in active demand and
distribution from jobbers. Recorders from
agents are brisk, while orders for spring
goods are OF good volume. Cotton and
wool dress goods and general woolens are
in chief movement from jobbers. Men s
wear woolens are in moderate call. Cot
ton goods prices are firm. Foreign goods
SC
lots are in chief demand. Fine territory
woods and carpet grades show most firm
ness. Foreign woods have relapsed into
dizziness at Boston. Prices are I'M
changed. Cotton is 3&@58c. lower on
large receipts, weaker cables and long
selling on Southern account. Specula-
ton is quite active.
Iron is steady for standard brands, and
that is about all. The domestic output
of pig is so large that 1t is regarded by
some as doubtful whether an advance in
price could be sustained. The American
syndicate operating in Scotch warrants
have sold their holdings. Anthracite coal
is dun and heavy, with productio this
year TO date nearly 500 200 tons behind
the like record last year. Copper remains
firm.
Stocks of available wheat August 80,
both coasts, aggregated % III 900 BUSH
els, the smallest total reported on q
similar date since 1882. East of the
Rocky mountains available wheat sup
plies have continued to decrease each
week down to Date, August heretofore of
late years, always furnishing increased
stocks. In August, 1890, Eastern coast
available wheat stocks fell away ,397,-
600 bushels, while in August, 1889, they
increased I 800, 900 bushels, and 4,S62,-
coo in 1888.
Exports of wheat, both coasts land
-four as wheat. equal l 1915, 6Z2 bushels
this week, against 2 ,679, OO7 bushels the
first week of September, 1889, and
= ,562 322 bushels last week. The total
since July l is 20, 545. l47 bush
els. In like part of 1889 the aggregate
was 10, 720. $50 bushels, and in 1888 it
was u 1907, 5S7 bushels. Exports of In
dian corn were 659 COS bushels this week,
against 500, 600 bushels last week.