Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-09-26
TRADE OF THE Week
Autumnal Distribution of Goods Fully
One Month Behind.
Railway Earnings Fall off--A Better Feel
ing Reported From Manufact-
uring Industries.

uring Industries.
While the increased movement of such
staples as cottons, worsteds hats, shoes, no
tons, hardware and millinery continues a
feature, as heretofore, special kilograms 10
Brdddreet's. corrohorate the statement that
the Autumn's distribution in general lines
has started in a month later than usual. The
except ms are at Chicago, Minneapolis, St.
Paul, ST. Louis, San Francisco, Kansas City,
and Omaha. Larger Eastern cities have not
felt the renewed demand so quickly or sharp
ly as in former years.
Lea her, hides, and lumber continue in more
active request at Boston and st. Louis, but
there's less demand for hog products at Gin
cinDsh, St Louis, and Kansas City. There
is also large number of orders for merchant
and manufactured iron at Boston, Philadel-
phia, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chi
cage, and st. LOFTS. The demand from the
South is improving and weather advices from
Kansas and Nebraska are very favorable to
the Indian corn crop.
A rather better feeling and more activity is
reported from manufacturing industries gen
orally. Demand for coal has improved.
Business failures in the United States num-
Der 1856, against 233 last week, and l67 this
week last year. The total January | TO date
is s561, against 1857 last year.
The price Of wheat has advanced 1 on the
week on foreign adyices, rene wed buying and
continued heavy exports in the face of very
large additions 10 available stocks. Indian
corn, with good prospects and increased stocks
Is off Case and oats &c Exports are the heay-
lest for any week this year, if not IN any
week on record, Rggregating 6,914, 643 bushels
tincluding -four from United States ports,
and 7, 532, 369-bushels from the United States
and Canada.
In the preceding week the total was 1, 726.
232 bushels from the United States. From the
United States and Canada in the like week,
1890, the total WAS only 9S5, l75 bushels, and
from the United States alone in 1889 it was
2,o96, Uu0 bushels; in 1888 1881 900 bushels,
and in 1887, 1850 bushels.
EXPORTS FOR TWELVE WEEKS
For twelve weeks of the cereal year, total
exports of wheat from the United States i'm
GLIDING four, both coasts, as wired to Brad
streets, equal 80, 526 900 bushels, against %,
02l,0 bushels from the United States and
Montreal in like portion of 1890; q, 244, 900
bushels from the United Statesl in 1889; q, =
316,O0 bushels 10 1888, and as compared with
~ Aoi tVuv DuSntls IN Twelve weeks OF 1851.
Bank clearings at ifty-eight cities for the
week amount to 81, 19S, l5S, Su2 a decrease from
the like week last year OF 81 per cent At
ff1yseven cities New York's total excluded
an increase of per cent. is shown.
There were decreases at New York, Sg9. 02i.
SOL; and at Philadelphia, 80, 076, 704, as com
pared with the week year ago. At Chicago
the increase was 50, lGl, 1888, and at Boston
S1l, $50, 5I3 New Yorks total increased S9l =
65 1856 over last week
RAILWAY EARNINGS POORER.
July net railway earnings are less favorable
than those for June, but exceed those of July
last year by nearly 10 per cent. The tendency
toward a gain is more marked in the returns
from the gran er, trunk lines, Southern and
Southwestern roads. The Pacific roads are
the only weak spot, but the unfavorable show.
ing of Union Pacific had marked effect on
the entire exhibit.
The net earnings of 12l roads for July ag-
gregate $40, AGA, $50, gain over the July total
last year of9.9 per cent. in net with only 81
per cent. gain in gross. For seven months
the net earnings of 10 roads aggregated $94,
500, s72, gain Of SO per cent The gain in
gross earnings was only 10 per cent. over the
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