Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-18
THE COUNTRY'S TRADE.
Weekly Review, as Gathered by R. G.
Dun 4 Co.'S Mercantile Agency.
In All directions the BUSINESS Ou.l ook I'm.
proves and the Vol ume OF Trade Ia
Increased.

New YORK, Oct. T.-R. C. Dan & Co.'S
we KY review of trade says: In all directions
the business outlook improves, and the volume
OF trade is also increased. Notwithstand ng me
recent enormous increase of circulation the
money markets growing strong. Export
have been remarkably large, and domestic trads
Issues outside OF yew York exceed last year {
by Is per cent, but while the New York and
Boston money markets are fairly sup
Piled and steady a. sac per cent;
stringea: at Philadelphia, only part OF the com
mercial paper offered being taken al and per
cent: st. Louis notes an active market at lds per
Savannah light market. Trade is strong every
where. At Boston wool is rising and goods in
better demand. while cottons are selling we'll
and firm. At Philadelphia wool is
more active and slightly higher
the output OF cottons is increasing.
There is an increased demand for paper, with a
ten lency toward advance in some gra les. The
liquor trade is stimulated by new du les. Chi
cago reports smaller rec ipts of grain, cured
a year ago, but slight increase in lard and
larger transactions in dry goods and
ens merchants are
themselves to the tariff conditions, and
trade is strong. At savannah trade is brisk.
la.6 rer cent. larger than year ago. There are
all manufactured iron Is In large de-
mand. AT Pittsburg pig is little
weak. Bessemer notably. but the demand
for all manufactured iron and steel is growing
stronger. At Philadelphia steadiness in pig is
encouraging; though Bessemer is weak but at
finished proGucts in strong demand. The note
worthy fact in New York is the of Tennes-
see iron, Lucy Ensley brand, and strict num-
btr foundry SIG per ton. Futile industries
increasing The demand 70 cotton
and wool bears witness. though the
production Of print cloths at present prices
are held unavoidable. Speculation in wheat
his male further progres IS this week, prices
rising on. and one-haif cents on sma / sales, but
expo Is practically stopped. In September
only 59j, 25g bushels against PIG, l04 last year,
went fro II American DorlS. aud thus IT small
part OF last years exports Tor few
days OF this week l63, GOO bushels.
against 4 z, or last year Corn also goes abroa /
only one-eighth, whIle oats h I'VE risen lAc but
the export movement of cotton is extreordi-
nariy large; in September 2O7. 1OI,0W pounds.
AGAINST l16, 100 900 pounds last year. and in
October so far there is a large increase, helped
by the yielding in prices. Expor.s of pro-
visions are also very heavy; in September
ST. 9lS, 4l6 in value against s.. 10 So last year.
The new tar f has caused an advance in pric
OF some kinds of goods, which, together with
the rise resulting from the partial failure of
crops, have moved up the general level of
prices materially. though less than experienced
on all commodities since October 2. but higher
range OF pric accounts in part for the quick
absorption of circulation far gr alter than that OF
last year.
business failures during the last seven days
number ~, as COMPARED with 2l5 last week.
For the corresponding week last year the fig
ures were l2I.