The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-10-20

hogs 20 per cent, and soms increase in
-four, dressed beef, butter and cheese.
Business was never mote prosperous, and
eastern shipments OF merchandise are oil
enormous magnitude. Trade ID remarkably
strong at ST. Louis, the corn crop proving
larger than was anticipated; business Ia
larger than last year at Kansas City, re-
ceipts OF products being liberal, and very
good at Denver. At Minneapolis nearly all
branches show increase over last year, and
the output OF -four, 100000 barrels, Ia the
largest ever known in a week. At 81. a
an increased movement in crops 10 seen, and
farmers are reported as ploughing for an
ceries and hardware is very busy. business
al Nashville is improving, but at Little Rock
still dull, though in dry goods better. Al
New Orleans business Is active with bright
er prospects, and non in large demand
but sufficient supply.
oil and cattle in September were but $iu,-
BIC, TAG in value against 500. 451, 347 last year,
moro than Sl4, 600. 900 of the decrease being
in breadstuffs. for last years movement was
far beyond all precedent. The fall in prices
since last year, "a cents i'll wheat. two cents
in cotton. one cent per gallon IN oil, ana
about $40 per head in cattle, makes q differ
ence of about SO. DOC. coo in value of exports
for the month. Recently there has been an
improvement in exports with lower prices.
Wheat IS an eighth stronger than q week
ago, but corn one cent lower, oats IA cents,
hogs 20 cents, and lard Is cents per l0O
pounds. cotton an eighth lower with sales
more than l, 100. 900 bales for the week. and
oil a quarter lower. Improved crop reports
and heavy movement OF products push
prices downward.
The iron output Oct. l was $5s,ON tons
weekly. against l5l. GAS tons Sept. !. and 1t
is especially encouraging that tie stocks ON
hand decreased So, 234 tons during septem-
Der. The demand for pig iron Is lmprov-
ing, and a general advance OF about bo
cents per ton ID reported for pig with ht-
erai buying, while trade in plates Is very
satisfactory, in bar iron somewhat better,
and structural mills ara full OF orders.
Livelier buying continues in copper at IFS
cents, and speculation moves tin upward.
but lead 10 weak and unsettled at four
cents. Cotton and wooden mills are fully
employed and many of them cannot NIL
their orders. though running their machlh-
cry night and day. Sales of wool this year
at the three chief markets have been 247.-
600. 600 pounds. against 1874, 100000 rounds
to the same date last year. The market for
dry goods continues encouraging. agents
having started vigorously in the spring
trade, and the demand for spring samples
in mems goods being urgent. Trade in blan-
kets was exceptionally large in September
and the lower grades oannot be supplied
fast enough. Strong buying is seen in cot
tons and some makes are largely oversold.
The boot and shoe manufacture is equally
busy, and shipments from Boston. accord
ing to the shoe and Leather Reporter"
are 50, 5000 cases for the week against GA, 300
last week.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days,
as reported to II. q. Dun d Co., The Mer-
camille Agency, by telegraph, number, for
the United states lS9. and for Canada,
twenty-six or q total of 215. as compared
with totals of 220 last week, and PCS the
week previous to the last. For the CORE
spending week of last year the figures were
259, representing 227 failures in the United
States, and thirty-two in the Dominion of
Canada.