Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-09-25
HE CONDITION OF BUSINESS.
A General Improvements Throughout the
CITY and the Outlook brighter.

City and the Outlook brighter.
The business outlook in Richmond Is
much more satisfactory now than 1t was
| few weeks ago.
There was some improvement noted in
| the general trade OF the city the past
week, particularly IN the boot and shoe
and dry goods branches. There seems a
| disposition on part of country buyers To
| lay in larger stocks than formerly, and the
| feeling oil around is better. Money was
easy and in fair demand. Collections de-
cidedly improved during the week.
| The present outlook IS considered more
| satisfactory.
TRADE QUITE IRREGULAR.
| Special kilograms to Bradstreet's from
| leading southern trade centres show an
| irregular movement. At Charleston a
| tortnlghPs rain has checked trade, and
| at New Orleans merchants generally
| frankly admit that the movement of staple
merchandise this season has been unsatis-
factory. in part owing to lateness of crops.
Rice arrivals there are tree, but there is so
large percentage OF damp goods that 1t
has demoraliZed that market. Fair col
lections and moderate activity are re.
ported from Memphis, and volume Of
business larger than in 1891 improving
since the cholera scare died OUT IS noted
at Nashville. At Atlanta there is a good
demand for currency to move cotton, and
iobbing is fairly active. while at Birming-
Lam. Ala, trade is tair, the outlook is
favorable. collections are improved, and
pig.iron is in better demand.
IN TIE WEST
At central western cities pig-iron is in
better demand; at Cincinnati at an adj
vance of l0al5c., where consumers show
the first inclination noted for months to
anticipate wants of raw iron. Tobacco Is
IN good demand at high prices at the city
named and at Louisville. while the request
for dry goods and soots and shoes at st.
Louis IS extraordinary, tar exceeding that
IN the fall of 1891.
Fall trade is at the maximum in Chicago,
where the demand for railway supplies 10
increasing Southern furnaces represent
ed there say they have contracts for future
delivery for months ahead. Lumber prices
are expected to advance.
The movement of staple cotton goods
from eastern mills is more active than
last week, makers ia many instances being
unable TO snip goods fast enough to suit
buyers. Sales of dress goods exceed expec-
talons. General wOollen goods are moving
freely and stocks are kept well reduced.
Wool Is more active, the grades of terri
tory most In demand going at the decline.
Carpet woods are selling freely at firm
prices, with tendency upward. Import
ers at some points are experiencing some
difficulty IN getting woods. Raw cotton
has been quite strong and it Is up 3-lGc. on
small receipts and revival OF confidence in
smaller crop estimates.
STIFFNESS IN WHEAT PRICES.
Decreased receipts OF wheat ct the North
west, expectations of further reduction,
and hrmer Liverpool cables served TO
suifen wheat prices, and quotations are up
1910. lndan-cOrn stocks fell away last
week, and prices are fractionally higher.
Exports of wheat from all United states
seaports this week -four included) equal /
3,7ll,000 bushels, against 1884 900 bushels
last week. Less wheat but more flour was
shipped abroad this week than last. and
100000 less this week than IN the like
week in 1891. Available stocks of wheat
this week increased net 4,l93,000 bushels
and the week before 4l33.000 bushels,
showing how much more rapidly stocks
are accommodating than they are going
abroad and into consumption.
Total bank clearings for the week are
specially telegraphed TO Bradstreets from
seventy cities, the largest number ever re-
ported. The total for tifty-nlne cities out
of the sixty-three in the United States -
81, lSS,0GO, GOO, or ga per cent. more than
last week, but IL per cent. less than IN the
like week a year ago. The total number
of failures in business for the week IS 147
one year ago for a like period the total was
$50. More than four ffths are those OF
concerns with capital of $4,000 or less.