Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-12
DUN'S REPORT.
1t Shows Business to be I'M
proving.
A VERY GOOD OUTLOOK NOW.
The Tradesmen in all Lines Report a De
cded Increase in Saies-The Iron In
dustry-Wheat, Corn. Cot
ton and Pork.
a Good Outlook.


Cos. weekly review of trade says:
All returns of the condition OF business
are encouraging. There is no room for
doubt about improvement i'll trade. From
nearly every city reporting there comes the
same cheering information that business is
better At Boston business is increasing.
At Philadelphia the tone of the
iron market has much improved. Business
is encouraging at Buffalo. Decidedly i'm
proving at Cincinnati and Cleveland, and it
may be noted that at Eastern points gener-
ally some improvement is seen in cOllec-
tions.
Receipts of wheat at Chicago are five
times those of last year; of corn. double; of
rye, seven times, and of oats and dressed
beef about i third larger, with some in
crease in wool. while a decrease of a third
appears in barley and cured meats.
Dry goods sales in August We're largest
ever known. The clothing trade is very
large with fair collections, and the shoe
trade excellent.
Money is plentiful for legitimate trade.
At st. Louis shipments of money To the
cotton states are increasing, but the market
is comparatively easy.
At Denver trade improves, and also at
Kansas City. Even at the South the i'm
provement is general, especially at Louis
vile, Memphis, Savannah and Atlanta. At
New Orleans trade is more active, rice be-
ilS Is bttld!iH SJIOIS, anu IiIOltN III SOOu
demand.
Enormous receipts of wheat have de-
pressed the price, and at one time below 81
per bushe at New York Al Western
points receipts thus far have been much
more than double last years, and for this
week have been $500. 900 bushels in four
DAYS.
Exports continue large. but the belief is
growing that foreign crops are not quite so
short as has been reported, though short
enough to cause unprecedented demand
from this country: thus the price of
wheat has fallen sd during the past week
with sales of only %, 100000. The fail since
highest point in August has been l6c here
and 19c in Chicago, and this week there has
been semi-panic abroad. as the new crop
presses heavily upon the market, over
loaded with American purchases.
At Liverpool prices dropped I1.c. and
foreigners have ceased buying.
Corn declined but little. and oats only lc.
The market for cotton was stronger by
about 4 before the government report APP
peared and has since advanced little
further.
Pork products are higher
Great iron industries are making salts
factory progress.
Production has beer maintained for three
months within about 10000 tons weekly of
the largest quantity ever reached, and CON
SUMPTION cannot De lar UenlIlu.
Large demand is seen for finished pro
ducts and especially for bar iron. and the
plate mills are full of orders, but in rails 10
change is observed.
Wool is selling fairly well at all important
markets. and there is better demand for
dry goods, which gives much encourage
ment 10 manufacturers.
The boot and shoe trade IS progressing
quite as well as a year ago, with fair prices
and encouraging demand.
The financial outlook is clearer. Exports
of merchandise from New York for the
past two weeks have exceeded those of the
same weeks of last year by more than 10
per cent, while in imports there appears It
decrease of about 20 per cent.
The opening of Germany and Denmark to
American pork products have lifted the
price OF pork 30 cents barrel.
The greatest crops ever grown and the
unprecedented foreign demand for grain
and meats, the prospects must be consid-
cred unusually encouraging.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the past seven days
number pa, as compared with a total of 2lI
last week. For the corresponding week of
last year the figures We're 1873.