Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-09-18
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New YORK, September 15.-R. G. Dun l.
Co. 3 weekly review of trade says:
The past week has justified those who gave
warning that the monetary ease, caused by
treasury disbursements, could be but tenn
porary. The market has been tight, with
extreme rates paid in some cases.
At Boston and Philadelphia monetary
pressure also effects business: at Chicago the
market is somewhat frmer and the demand
active: at St. Louis it is stiff at and per
cent; at Kansas City more firm: at Omaha a
tritle close. but fairly supplied: at Milwaukee
very active and to some extent disturbed by
a large lumber failure In the interior; at De-
troit the demand is strong at per cent; at
Cleveland the tightness is rightly aScribed as
to the volume of business; at Pittsburg the
demand is fair at to per cent, and only at
New Orleans, of all the cities reporting, is
New York WIS about supposed enormous de-
mands for payment of duties. if the new
tariff should go into effect October L. The
fact as officially reported Is that less than
$4,000, 600 would pay full duties on all goods
in warehouses where the rates have been in
creased, but no one supposes that the entire
quantity would be taken out and meanwhile
the treasury is now offering to pay out
SO, 100000 for AZ per cents and SO, OK, 900
more In prepayment of interest on the AZ
per cents.
Breadstuffs had not been strong until
Thursday, the latest information as to yield
being generally more favorable, but the gov
eminent report as to condition September 1,
enabled Spectators to produce '.bear
panic" and the net advance for the wee:- has
Deen cents in wheat on sales of 100000
bushels; cents In corn on sales of 10, 00O, 600
bushels, and cents in oats.
Lard end hogs were also stronger and the
report that cotton was IN condition shade
lower than last year caused a rise of a SIX
teenth, with sales of 596, 900 bales for the
week.
The reports as to collections are almost
uniformly satisfactory. The crops are NOV
ing fast, prices encouraging farmers, but do
not so forward to consumers rapidly. Dis
tribution of merchandise in nearly all lines
continues much in excess of last years at ev-
cry point reporting, and at Philadelphia and
Boston the leather and boot and shoe tradesare
exceptionally good; at Boston the wool trade
is much more active, and at Chicago there is
steady increase over last year in movement
IN dry goods, boots and shoes, clothing and
meats.
The great industries are doing well. The
weekly output of iron rises again to 171,776
tons, against 4,79S, August l, and 134, O6a
year ago. The bar plates, structural.
sheet and wrought pipe mills are all crowded
with work with full and occasionally advanc-
ing prices.
Greater activity in the WOODEN manufac-
ture isshown by the rapid rise in sales and
the speedy passage of the tariff bill is antici-
pated as basis for larger operations. The
activity in dry goods is everywhere increased,
while the demand is large and general. The
coal trade has done nothing to speak of al
August circular prices and the demand here
is below expectations.
There Is every reason to look for large
and prosperous business, if the pressure In
money markets is met, and that pressure
tends to cure itself by quickly depressing
speculation.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the past seven days,
number 1913, as compared with Job last
week. For the corresponding week of last
year the figures were 1873