Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-17
TRADE Is GOOD YET
According 70 the Weekly Re-
view Of Business.
PRICES ARE STILL DECLINING
Cholssa and It's Attsndant Evils Do Not
Adect Shipments, Bur Tend 70 En-
hvsa Home Com meTce-

SEw Y0RK. sept. l5.-R G.. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review Of trade vii say
Cholera has landed and the business OF
New I0rk goes on exactly As # It had
not. Cars are CT wded with passengers
and streets as baby blocked With cart
loads OF msrchAndse as they we're one
week or one year ago, which means
that the heaviest trade ever known at
this season Is now "A progress. The
fact - that the enormous stocks
br0agnt over from last year afford a
sufficient reason % force down prices.
Receipts Of wheat a. the prices at west
esn ports Ia four days OF TINS week
have been 5,3I6, $50 bushels, while the
Atlantic exports nave been only .065,-
435 bushels, and 10 Is not strange that
the price has declined three-quar.ers
OF cent.
Ceaaiuoa of CHIEF Commodities.
Wheat j. lower than Il ever has teen
IA Sew YORK. except IN two days in
1854. Corn has declined One-aaif cent
IN sympathy. but it IL also the fact that
western adgices regarding the growing
crops are more favorable. Oats have
fallen Oae-half cent aad lard Is shade
WEAKER. In cotton there has been
heavy selling anu September Op-
tons are iu good demand, but the
price FOR -pOt cotton Is unchanged.
Oh nas declined e, but coffee Is sc
stronger. AZ Boston trade IN dry goods
- unusually large for september, and
the market Tor PRINT cloths u almost
bare, while cotton goods are sold far
ahead Of production and In bleaehed
goods some advance appears. Wooden
nlis aFs well supplied with orders,
and the dlstF button IS remarkably full.
Boot anu shOe Shops are cToaded with
orders and leather 5 active, with some
kinds % finished uppeTs higher IN
prices.
Trade ~ the Large cities.
Al Philadelphia trade - good ard the
most satisfactory IN years. and the
puces are good. Western and south
eru buyers, and tAe carpet manu.ac-
turers, are all busy 10 good prices. aud
IN dress goods "a lncFr ascd trade Is ex-
peeted. Wool a IN fair demand, to-
baccO improves and trade I'm cheml-
Gals - active, especially IN dislnfec tants.
At Pittsburg the iron trade improves
with increased demand, though Besse-
nler PIX - weaker. Window 2 ass works
are resuming. but the Aonongahela
coal miners are idle because Of the DIFF
ferences about wages
At Cleveland trade IS good IN most
lines and far IN dry goods, crockery
and drugs. with ron IN better demand
and money active. Retail trade ut
CINCINNATI - quiet. but tine western
lumber trade shows an increase OF 20
pev cent A generous fail trade IS ex-
pected At -. Louis. II the pestilence
does not Interfere with business.
A. LOUISVILLE trade IL improving. at
Nashville L = fair, and NJ Little Rock
satisfactory, while at Montgomery dull
ness prevails, aud at Galveston the
late cotton crop causes slow collections,
though trade otherwise improves. At
New Orleans business ~ only far aud
money : IN strong demand, but cotton
slower. while sugar and rice are active
and strong.
Metals ssd Textile Fabrics
Iron - more steady, the output Sep
tember I beng only l5l .6iS tons
against $50. 1876 August /, and unso.d
stocks have been reduced about 63, 900
tons. The demand for structural iron
= very encouraging and plate mills are
we'll supplied, but quotations are varl-
able l1d bar ron Il unsettled. Copper
}. lower At ltc aud tin so 20 3 in spite
IL lsrge distr button, but lead Is more
steady AZ O. IS cents.
In dry 40 ds there has been a nota-
BE increase IN tue number of buyeTs
and the market j. more nearly bare of
wooden goods than It has been for
years. tne medium wOrsteds and the
serge trades beng tue preference.
There = a nsavy demand Tor cottons
and medium b'eached goods are higher
with browns firm. Carpets are stronger
and many mills demand an advance of
- cents. Money has been steady AZ
per cent, while foreign exchange has
fallen 30 far that exports OF gold are
uuprohtab,e.
G~nerst Merchsndise and Business
MERCHANDISE exports fall below last
year. as 3 natural, because shipments
we've ;ben abnormal. The decrease ia
tvs weeks at NV York being % per
cent. the tr. aslry has added 81 900, -
coo gold and 500. 200 lvsr 20 ia stock
while putting out 500 900 additional
paper. Here. az "a al parts OF the
country. the supply Of monoy = ample
far legitimate needs. ant the shrln kaye
of specuiat0ns = helpful as regards the
possioi 81 % monetary pressure later.
Respecting me cholera it ls vol 70 r.
member thet sanitary precautions are
more thorough than ever before aud
tnat RI forslga cities have suffered
e. prevent tie spread 0f the sease.
Toe business failures durlng the las.
seven days number for the United
States i14. canada q. total ls3. "a com
pared with l79 iRst week l76 the week
pravo1s e. the .tst and 239 f1r tne cor.
responding week IT asst wear.
Aaap..d R..sIa.lons.