Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-11-07
TRADE OF THE week.
Widespread Check in the General
Movement of Staple Products.
Wool is Corsidera5ly Lower--Large De-
crease in Bank Ciearings--Basi-
ness Failures This Week.

ness Failures This Week.
Inrsply to special inquiry by Bradstreet's
this week, te!egraphic repor ftom the more
prominent business eenters confirm the snaly-
sis of the general trade situation presented
last week, and point to widespread check
nthe movement of staple products. The vol
ume of business on the whole appears of fair
proportions, bit smi'er than ii was 10 OF
three W e&s ago. Yves, d Northwest mild.
and Mt soms poins q lite au easonabe
weather hss checked trading. while from
other cities word comes Tint the bulk Of An.
tumn business is over. The Present con,ti-
tutes an interval prior 10 expected rush in
the holiday trade.
Business at Cb'c,go Omaha, Minneapolis.
st. Paul and Duluth is char cterized as salts
factory for the season but "eol Ter weather is
neel d. p" St. 10 lis and Ksusa, CT report
Autrm1 trade end.d with shelf-harlware,
oils and grocer es relatively most activ,.
AT New Orleans the movement of general
staples TO the country is fairly active. owing
toirse receipts of cotton, though ira e there
has been sf ct d un aro,ably by low water
in the Miss s,ippi. AT Sa Francisco general
hew traffic assoeiatio Offers so, 90, 900 guar
anteed bonds in aid o. railroad 10 San Fran
eIscoto e)mpete with the Southern Pacific.
Washin st0n AMI Oregon wheat is expe ted to
exceed last years yield b. nearly 100000
bushels, Out of 100 vessels TO arrive at San
Francisco for wheat, ninety are chartered.
Business failures in the United States
number 2)5 against 2S0 last week, and
l6i this week last year. The total Janu
airy to dtts, is 9SS3 against 1851 last yenr.
Speculation in the New York share market
shows certain amount ofunderlying strength
with tendency of prices to rally, due to the
increasing case of money and the growth of
demand for hoods aa1 i,,--'--.---~-.a-
Money continues to become easier and there
is notable dem md for commercial paper.
Exports OF wheat Including flour as wheat
from both coasts the United States and Can
ada tn week. as reported to Brddstreet's
equal 5, 5ST, 2O4 bushels as compared with 81
7S3, us bushels the week before, and with
1850. 35 bushe S in the week preceding. In
the fourth week of o tober. 1899, the like
total was 49,, 600 bushes. In similar weeks
in 1850, 1885 aad 1887 the totals from the
United Stat alone) were 100000 bushels
l,S43,00l bushels and / So, 900 bushels re-
spectively From United States alone this
week he total is :. 3SI 1913 bushels.
For eighteen weeks of the current cereal
year the total of wheat land -four as wheat)
exported from the United States has been 49,
0oo, OVU bushels; from the United STATES and
canada in a like p 'riod of last year il was 3D.
10000 bushels; from United States ports in
1888 1t was 81, 4l2 900 bushels; in 1885 80, 1872
600 bushels, and in 1887. 81, 700, 900 bushels
Wool is lower all along the line, dull trade
having had an effect Ohio and Pennsyl-
yania wool is lllc lower. while combing wool
IS ls2e oil. Cotton is l-l6e of on heavy crop
movement, which is 5000 bales in excess Of
last year. Raw sugar is 1-l6c lower on early
free sales but is strong at the close on Euro
pean beat crop reports. Refined is unsettled
and &c higher on good consamptive demand.
Bank clearin,s, MS wired exclusively TO
Bradstreft's, are fron sixty-four cities this
week. The Jo:ul, Sl.77. sol .9jS, from fifty
seven citi in the United Suites, is CO per
cent. less than in the like week Of 1890 The
decline is largely due to the decrease at New
York city. Chicago's total increased A. per
cent MS compared with the week year ago
Ont Of sixty cities reported, thirty six show
decreases.