The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-10-01
THE STATE OF TRADE.
The Commercial Sky is Without a
+ Single Cloud.
uk0r REPORTS STILL FAVORABLE

Textile Mills Crowded With Orders.
Money Everywhere IN Ample Sup
ply-Spcculation In Cotton Has
Been Enormous--The Outlook in
Woolens Excellent.
NEW York, Oct I.-R. G. Dunn
@ Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
Business continues larger than ever at
this time of the year, and the CONNER
cial sky is without cloud. While the
season brings the usual shrinkage in dis
tribution of textile goods, the mills are
nevertheless crowded with orders, and
the demand for products of iron and
steel and leather has improved. Money
Us everywhere in ample supply, and col
lections have very rarely been more gem
orally satisfactory, so that the demand
Tor commercial loans is unusually light
for the season. The outgo of money
from western centers for purchases in
the country is larger than usual and yet
there is no embarrassment. Crop re-
ports are uniformly favorable, and the
promise is distinctly better than it was
few weeks ago. At the south trade is
nevertheless much encouraged by some
advance in the price of cotton, and is
therefore more active. In general bnsi-
ness Is not only large and remarkably
healthy, but the outlook for coming
months is everywhere regarded with the
utmost confidence.
Little Speculation in Breadstuffs.
Speculation in breadstutfs is lower
with small transactions Wheat and
oats are nearly a cent and corn 3-S
cents lower, and receipts of wheat at
western points have been 6,362 ,695 bush
elsin four days, against exports of only
$780, 116 bushels. Speculation in cottoon
has been enormous, sales reaching $780,
600 bales, with an advance of a quarter
during the week, in spite of better re-
ceipts and more favorable crop reports.
Pork products are higher, pork 10 cents
per barrel lard 55 and hogs 25 cents per
400 pounds. Coffee is an eighth stronger,
but oil about 3 cents lower. Western
receipts of cattle are l75 900 head against
,145,000 the same week last year. Coal is
more active but at cut rates, deliveries
having been made this month at May
prices, and agents decline to make an
other nominal advance.
The Hebrews holidays carse the usual
decrease in sales of textile goods; the
cholera scare has diverted many buyers
from New York, and it is between sea-
sons for woolens and the dealings are
still large. The outlook in woolens is
excellent and sales of wool improves
here and at Philadelphia, where the con-
sumption is greater than in any other
year. At the three markets 233, ,000, 900
pounds have been sold this year against
$50 900 900 last year to date. Yet cot
tons are less active and some ginghams
shade lower. Trade in knit goods is
heaitating and production a little below
last years. Soft woolens arc small and
trade in carpets is active.
Advance IN Foreign Exchange.
Though exports from New York for
four weeks have been 90 per cent.
smaller in value than year ago, they
exceed those of other years, and the in
crease in imports at New York for the
month has been about per cent. For
eign exchange has risen slightly and
snnneg. has advanced to per cent, but
r -: y = sssselt, and stocks are shade
stronger than week ago. The treas
ury has paid out $780, 900 more notes
against as much more silver added, and
has taken in $4,000, 900 more gold dur
ing the week, but the demand for money
NJ the west and south continues smaller
khan usual.
The business failures occurring through
put the country during the last seven
days number for the United States III,
Canada 81, total 20S, as compared with
2l1 last week, 1888 the week previous to
the last and 230 for the corresponding
week of last year.