The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-13

New YORK, Aug. 12.-JSpeciall-R.
e. DUN & Co.'S weekly report says: Tho
crop reports are not quite up to expec-
tations, and are construed as Indicating
deficient supply OF corn and oats.
while any possible deficiency in wheat
and cotton will be more than met bv the
surplus stocks. But prices have ad.
vanced quite sharply and exports OF
domestic praducts fall below last years.
The great Industries are all doing re-
markably we'll. excepting iron manu-
facture, in which labor controversies
have been partially settled and seem
likely to be wholly settled speedily
The collapse of the building strike !.
here revives activity in many depart
ments OF trade. Tho iron output, Au-
gust l, was l55s136 tons weekly. against
l49,l5l July l., and 169, 5T6, q year ago.
but the stocks unsolt nevertheless in
creased 10000 tons during the monsh of
July, and on the first of August exceed
ed million tons. Southern pig iron is
pressed for sale, and some quotations
arc lower than ever. But the resump-
ton Of the manufacture by Western
iron works, which have settled their
controversies with the n, will, make
great Change in the situation at once.
increasing the output OF pig iron, but
probably demand still more
Manufactured iron and steel have
been in very active dem and, nearly all
tue works in operation being crowded
with orders. But steel rails are dull as
ever and while only 100000 tons have
been sold for the year thus for, orders
I'D n
mills beyond September is. In textile
industries the utmost activity prevails.
Manufacturers are buying wool freely.
Bostons sales for the week being two
million pounds above last years, and
tho total sales at tho three principal
markets for the year thus far have been
thirty-two million pounds greater than
last year. Boot and shoe factories are
still pressed to the utmost, and ship
ments from the East continue for the
year are $1,000 cases greater than last
year.
Cotton foil an eighth. though the ex-
ports are larger than q year ago, as the
crop reports grow more favorable. IntalI
Clothing trade is heavy, and stocks of
woolens are being closed out, while
orders for spring goods are liberal.
Trade In dry goods is renoered larger
than usual by liberal Western orders,
particularly in women's dress goods.
At Philadelphia wool is also strong.
with free receipts; groceries dull, but
up to the average; manufactured iron
In better demand, and other trades com.
paratively quiet. AT Baltimore the
trade in dry goods and hardware is good.
and shoe manufactures report business
far ahead OF last year.
The strike at the iron mills at Pi IT'S
burg had been settled. with a reduction
OF 10 per cent. in the wages in the fin-
ishing branch, and window glass work.
ers have settled che scale on last years
basis. Southern reports show q general
Improvement in trade at Little Rock.
Memphis, Montgomery and at New Or
leans, but at Galveston collections arc
tight.
The Treasury has taken in $500, 600
moro gold and silver than it has paid
out, les.ening tho volume of notes i'm
circulation Sl,20O,OO but money ia
abundant and cheap. Silver has fallen
to thirty-eight pence in London, the low
est price ever quoted, and in June 1t
sold at forty-one pence. Business fail
ures occurring throughout the country
during last week numbered 100 for the
United States.