The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-10-11
BUSINESS Is BETTER.
Good Reports from All Parts Of the Country
Dun's Report.

Good Reports from All Parts Of the Country.
Dun's Report.
New York. October 7.--R. G. Dunn & CO.'S
weekly review of trade says: The first week
Of October shows more activity in spite OF the
near approach Of the presidential election.
Business is strictly better at the south on &C.
count count Of the improvemen,t in n. the the
west, with improved prospects, and on
y slightly retarded at n the xr east L aW
price Of cotton helps business at the SCUM,
and although wheat is low In price, 1t IS a NJ
tie higher than 1t was a week ago; In gen
eraA, speculation has disturbed legitimate
trade much less during the past quarter tnan
is usual at this season, although transactions
in cotton have been exceedingly heavy. A.,
Business is brighter at Baltimore ana tne
while building transaction. are heavy. At
Pittsburg manufactured iron Is quite actlve
and in large demand at well supported prices prices:
while business in glass Is fair, but the stI1 IKE
of the coal miners embarrasses Monongane-
Ia Nearly oil southern cities report peter better
trade, though at Little Rock crop prospects
are not considered encouraging. I..
At Nashville trade is fair, and nj memphis
improving, and decided improvement Is no
ted at New Orleans, with better prices 1or
cotton and good collections.
SITTER Tone.
The iron industry is doing well. Notw1tn-
standing the resumption Of work by many es-
adjustments, which were idle long tlIne
account of strikes, the consumptions OF Pig
iron apparently exceeds the reuucuOn ;iHu lHc
demand gives decided sitter tone to the mar
ket. Bar iron Is still disappointing and rails
very dull, but the demand for structural iron
keeps the works busy, and plates are surprls-
ingly active. While the output OF pig iron
Is not as large 1t was. few months ago.
consumption is probably larger and trade III
a more healthy condition
Perhaps the textile industries were never
more prosperous than they are now. Tor Whlle
are remarkably low, the demand for goods
is large ana urgent and the works are crowded
with orders
There are signs in an Improvement In the
prices Of cotton goods and sales of wool con-
tnue heavy. 1t IS not Il satisfactory symtorn
city amounting to 230. 600 bIles last week.
with an advance Of half q cent in price, yet
exports of cotton are not large, and Of all
domestic products the value exported last
week was only $5,4S3, $40 against 50 76S $50
for the same week last year.
Tho Foreign Trade.
Considering the great Increase In the i'm
ports of merchandise, the state Of the foreign
are in part Of materials for manufacture, there
is also quite noteworthy increase in imports
OF dutiable articles. The treasury continues
to accumulate gold, having aided to its stocks
LION, 900 during the past week and ST00, 600
in silver but has put into circulation about
$3.WO,OO0 more paper OF various kinds Al
though the circulation of money decreased in
September there is no indication as yet that
the money markets in any part OF the country
are nsufliciently applied.
Business failures Occurring throughout the
country during last week number for the
United States, 1874; the corresponding week
last wear $40