Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-30
TRADE ON THE BOON
All Sections Of the Country
Sho~ Improvement.
DUN 4 co.'s WEEKLY REPORT
The casps Appear 10 Re AbandAns ana
Industry IL Thriving
of FssiuFcs-

NEw Yosk, July es.--R- q. Dun
Co.'S weekly review 81 trade ~sii ssys
Exueme hot weather Tor "a entire
week has checked many Kinds Of bnss-
ness, but has mol prevented . consader-
able sxcess In the selanse OF usae over
that Of lAst year. The crop ootioak On
the whals decldediy lmprovss- Money
hss beer abundant and cheap. aud col
iectsons generally good for the season
and there are no Signs Of throatensd
disturbance. The great Interruption OF
iron sno steel manufacturing ~ the
west continues. but there are asstsnSs-
s.gas ct probable settle meBi- Al fnt-
adelphas manufactured iron improves.
and the Reading coal business - very
active. Wool 10 firm with increasing
demand. the market soS WOODEN goods
eniarglng. and ory goods generally are
more aellve IN spite OF the weather..
distributions being very favorable.
Al baltimore hot weather mahee
trade duh. Boots aud shoes and furn-
isning goods sss lively. TIE can and
tsox factories are running full and the
packers enjoying lively prioes.
At Plttsonrg products IL iron snd
steel grow stronger and window gian ~
fairly active. but coal dull.
Dry goods have improved 81 C.ncin-
matt, the crops look better than year
ago and the general prospeet v very
far.
Al Cleveland trade 10 fairly active in
spite OF the weather aud the whole
production OF manufactured iron v
quickly absorbed.
Trade 10 quite at Detroit, tot crops
are turning out better than were ex-
pected.
Trade in Chicago 10 better than year
ago, even retail trade increasing in spite
OF the hot weather. Receipts Of corn
and wheat took fall of one-hslf below
last years, hut some increase IL seen in
! wool, butter and hogs. = gain OF =
quarter ln -four, q third IN cured meats,
while receipts of Data and lard are
double, and harley eight times Of last
years.
Busaness 10 more prosperous en- Mil
| waukee, and up % the average 1T ~.
Paul. with excellent crop prospects.
but Minneapolis reports injury by heavy
rains.
! In spite of hot weather ct Omaha the
trade in shoes. groceries and DRY goods
is active. and fairly active at Kansas
City, with receipts Of cattle heavy ana
of gram liberal.
Little Improvement APPEARS at Mem
| phis or Little Rock and trade 10 dull at
New Orleans. though prospects are
brighter there and at savannah. specu-
| lation has been curousiv affected by
the prospect that the Hatch anti-opison
bill will fail. and while cotton hss "a
vanced . quarter with the enormous
sales Of 10000 baies. and lard and
coffee are higher. and corn Of = cent
higher for early delivery, the supply
being scarce; wheat has fallen / Of .
cent, with sales of only 1900, 900
bushels aud oats cent.
| Western receipts of wheat are heavy,
3, 5&4 900 bushels ia four days, against
reports OF e56 900 busbeis. From ell
points comes report that markets are
well supplied and demand generally
light.
The business failures during the last
seven days number for the United
States III. Canada %, total 1913, as
compared with Is7 last week, 100 the
week previous 20 the iast. and pa tor
the corresponding week OF last year.