Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-23
In MARTS OF TRADE
An improved and improving
Condition
FOLLOWING THE FAIR WEATHER
In Every Direction Trade is Aesivs and
Heslthy-Enosmoas Gam OF Ex-
pous Over Imports-

NEW YORK, July 22.-R- q. Dunn =
Co.'S weekly review of trade viii
say; There 10 distinct improvement.
not only in transactions IN comparison
with the same time last year hut also
in prospecis for the coming season.
Crop prospects improve greatly with
the favorable weather st most points
west and south. The monetary supply
10 abunda ant and the demand % season.
ably moderate Is ~ many points ina
proving while there 10 bat little COM
plaint regarding collections. Pros-
poets for winter wheat ale remarkably
good, returns from many Of
the states surpass sli expecta-
tons, 10 important change APP
pears IN the prospect Cor foreign
demand. but wheat has risen II cents
IN spite OF weste IN receipts amounting
10 :, 10000 bushels ia three daxs
against exports of Sos 900 bushels.
Oats also rose i cent and pork products
q shade. and corn had advanced IA
cents Notwithstanding The wonderful
weather for that crop. Ia ootsee there
Was . slight advance and n oil n frac-
tionai decline. But in the cotton mar
ket decline of lie occurred with safes
OF 900 bales IN a week. owing TO
continued large receipts and improved
crop prospects.
Dry Goods Mea Active
Business in dry goods at Boston 10
more active than usual IN July with
liberal western orders. Cotton nlils
are actively employed and orders viii
Keep the WOODEN mills crowded for
some time 70 come, while the boo, aud
shoe markets are full, the ruther works
busy, leather firm and wool freely
bought by manufacturers, sales reach
ing ), 400 900 pound for the week.
AT Philadelphia trade s fair, hut
more firm IN iron. Wholesale orders
are large for the season. Ia dry goods
customers are stall cautious, but more
activity is seen. Manuf actured IRON q
stiffened at Pittsburgh by the closing
of many mills and the works at Cieye-
land are pushed byond their capacity
with the advance in structural IRON.
Trade there 10 fairy active for the
season and better than last year. The
clothing trade At Cincinnati 10 fairly
active. In all leading lines trade ex-
ceeds last year at Chicago ana PROF.
pects tor maturing collections are
good.
Last Years Crops Equasea.
From Minneapolis reports indicate .
repetition OF last years great crops-
At ST. Paul trade Is quiet and at Du-
iuth the tone IN lumber, builc ing ma
terials and Hour were never more satis-
factory. Al 81. Louis trade is firm in
seasonable lines and crop pros poets are
erai at kansas City and trade fairly
good. AT Omaha general trade 10 ex.
ceiient. At Denver, also, trade 10 very
good and at Louisville fair, but st other
southern points . seasonable dulinees
appears. Rain is reported 10 have slight
ly affected cotton about Savannah and
considerable improvement IN trade 10
seen IN trade 10 seen at New orleans.
though sugar 10 strong and rice firm.
The official report makes the produo-
ton Tor the first Of 1892, s,7-9, ,055 grosa
tons against 2.S8s. .l0T for the firs, half
OF 1891. A further advance ia Anthra-
cite coal 10 looked for. Boot and shoe
shipments are very heavy, but nos
enough TO answer pressing demands.
The stock market bas been little
Affected 10y the vote of the Burlington
n Quincy TO withdraw from the west
ern traffic association, for fine crop
prospects, and the prospect that con-
gress viii not pass the ant-optlon bill.
Mercandise exports in three weeks Of
July are only one-half of per cent
larger than last year, while in imports
large incresse appears, but the final
accounts of foreign trade for The past
fiscal year shows exports rising above
81 ,0S0. .0o0,0o ln value and exceed .ng
imports 10y sos .oo0.0o
The busIness failures during the last
seven days number for the United
states los; Canada, 10, total, 1s7; as
compared with 100 last week and I5o
the week previous and 254 for the COR
responding week last wear.