Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-09-12
TRADE OF THE week.
Further Improvement in Several Lines
Of Staples.
can't Ciea-iacs Decte sse--Exports or
Wheat with Flour Included De-
cIine--EuSIp,fs Failures.

cline--BusInces Failures.
Special kilograms 10 Brudstresf's, rcpor,
further improvement in several lines Of sta
pies, notably dry goods. worsteds hats and
caps, clothing, hardware. provisions, rubber,
and lumber. The volume Of general ira 10
has expanded at Chicago, Minneapolis, St,
Paul, omths, Kansas City, ST. Louis, New
Orleans, Cincinnati, Phnalelphis, Pittsbure.
and Boston. New 70 k also shows gain. that
city's Bank Clesrings this week being nearly
$50, coo larger than last
The number Of shares traded in at New
York doubled during the week, TIE value Of
transactions in bonds and bales Of cotton near
ly doubled. while dealings in wheat increased
over 40 per cent. as compared with las, week.
San Francisco reports the opening of very
prosperous business Season. At Kansas City,
receipts Of cattle and hogs are light, but at
Omahs cattle ere not so plentiful.
The weather south is less favorable for
The crops, and ia Nebraska cold nights
have u tendency to curtsil the corn crop.
Business failures in the United States num-
Der las, against 1855 last week, aud IA this
y
is S09j, against $685. last year.
GANK cLEARINGs DECREASE.
The improved trade outlook has not as yet
shown itself in hank clearinss totals. August
clearings at fihy-eight cities aggregate 81 iS2. =
il4,075, a decrease Of 1874 per cent. from Au.
gust last year. Tho bulk Of the decrease is
caused by the decline at New York.
Although reports Of fyosts in The corn belt,
supplemented by active professional msnip.
ulstion, caused some belrish manifestations
In the sock market, specula tion in Wall street
continues u widen, while prices still display
material advances.
The fact that the moycmant Of golt in this
direction has begun with shipments Of 81 500
OQQ from the Continent, although exchange is
stu above the gold importing point, has had
no little effect.
EXPORTS OF WHEAT DECLINE.
Exports wheat with -four included) both
coasts this week are 3, AL 500 bushels, against
5,3iS.C5i bushels last week, 6. 76l, 1888 bushels
the week before, and 8, IA, $50 bushels the
sccoad week in August. The decline is due
to smaller exports from San Francisco. II
Montrenls shipments nreinclnded this week 8
total is nearly 5000. 0C0 bushels tvhcat and
nouTb against one qualtef as muc+4 Tor tDt
like week n year ago.
In like we Ks in 1889, 1883 and 1887 he
United States total shipments Of wheat rnd
-four ranged from 2 6I9, 900 to ?, S3l 600 aud q
1851 o. 0 bushels respectively. Total exports
from the United States both coasts, for ten
weeks equal nearly 20 000, 900 bushes In
1890 the like total tincudiug Montreal) was
only q, di5 coo bushes; in 1850 the total Gun
tied States exclusively was 19,72)00J BUSH
els in 1855 it was q sol, 600 bushels, and in
1857 it WIS 1891, uC0 bushels. For five
weeks past the average weekly total OF wheat
land ilDur) exported from The I'm ted States
has been >, $4,000 bushels.
The Fan dry goods jobhiny trade is now IN
iul. swing. All departments are active, and
collections are improving. Cotton has adj
yauced ll.16 within ten days on report Of
damage TO the crop.
Last seasons cotton crop aggregated 1862, =
0C0 bales, and the words visible supply
now is 600, 900 bales larger than year ago.