New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-02

| I o 200 600 bushels and the price fell only IA
| with n fall of 3-s in oats. Oil dropped 3-s
cents. tin nearly l-2 cent, and iron warrants were
| weaker. Lead rose fraction copper 10 cents
nor 100 pounds sugar 1e and coffee q" Genus
| per 90 pounds.
Another rise in raw cotton-1uily l-4-canie
in spite of very good crop news and decreased
mort demand Tie decrease in exports has
been II 900 bales in May, or nearly 90 per cent'
though the decrease in receipts was only o,oo"
haIes and what seemed to be beginning of re-
action came on Thursday. The advance In prices
If some bleached goods and wide sheetings leads
On the belief that more general rise is at hand,
but print cloths have not changed for weeks ana
coll at less than 3 IL cents for CAS- The sltua-
tor as TO wool and woollens does not alter The
HIGHER prices demanded by growers for the new
lin arc not maid by manufacturers, who nave
icl,ed I'M considerable stocks of old wool ana OIL
tro;on under existing duties and the iall III
orices abroad There is better demand lor
no,nbinO wool bnt the market for mems wear
goods does not improve II is satisfactory 70 see
that the silk manufacture goes on without INTER
ruption. having increased imports OF ra" SILK
about 0 per cent this year over last year. WHICH,
the quantity was greater than IN any year pre-
cedino The boot and shoe trade Is also gooo
.to,,7hout tho country and the demand for build
;n, materials does not seem, even in Boston, TO
have been unfavoraby affected by strikes.
Tho iron trade looked stronger n week ago. put
ni0 does not advance, though somewhat larger
orders are rcporcd for manufactured iron ana steel
Actual deliveries Of steel rails were o3oooo loiS
to MAY or at the rate Of over SOO,ooo TOT ule
half wear. against 642,653 last year, but prices
are not stronger. AS there is better dematp'
for structural iron and plates, the consumption
i mt faric
may suffice to prevent decline below present PIoo''
particularly if the new tarlh Dill snould create I"
large additional demand for the supply OF uh
nlates and other articles now largely lmpor'eu'
The price of anthracite coal has been advanced ID
cents bv another circular, but the market shows
no approach TO activity.
Tho volume Of trade in the month Of May must
have been nearly, if not quite, the largest ever
recorded in any month Outside New-York the
increasc over last year was about % per cent,
thouch little less at the principal cities toward
tho close In five months ending with May the
increase has been 1872 per cent so that the gain on
tho first five months Of the year during the laso
five years of continued expansion of trade has been
% I . pcr cent: for every 500 paid through
CIoorin, Houses outside New-York in 5sj during
those months. about Sl72 80 has been so paid Ill
IsoO The extension of the Clearing House sys-
tom and IFS Use accounts for part Of the increase,
but legitimate business has undoubtedly Increased
faster than population. The volume OF money IN
use outside the Treasury has diminished during the
month. for the Treasury increased IT'S holdings
s. 90 600 last week and about $500, 600 during
the month The New-lork banks gained ABOUT
81 ! 90 600 for the week, and both Treasury and
banks hold 81, lo00 600 more than at the beginning
Of May But foreign exchange moves upward,
Europe having been selling rather than buying
stocks. and New-York imports exceed last year 5
by per cent for May. while exports here gain
- per cent. which points TO an excess OF imports
not much smaller than in May Of last year, when
the excess was $685. 1913.