The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-08-26
THE oouNTRYs COMMERCE.

The Condition OF Trade Throughout the
Country According to II. G. Dun g. Co.'s
Weekly Summary-The Crops Show Up
Little Better and the Prospects for
Fall Trade are Observation-Disclosures
Failures, Etc.
New YORK. Aug. 2O.-R. @. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review of trade saws:
Later advices from the west promise rather
better crops OF wheat and corn and cotton,
while the yield of neither wiIl approach that of
last year. With abundant supplies brought
over, the outlook Is so good that business dis
tinctiy improves and the prospect for fall
trade Is everywhere considered bright. The
great strikes In New York. Pennsylvania and
Tennessee appear to have scarcely an appre-
ciable effect on business. aud though inter-
ruption of traffic is threatened on many i'm
portant railroads. stocks generally steady
or strong, closing but a small frac-
tion lower than week ago. More gold has
gone abroad. but money is abundant and easy
and collections in almost all qnarters are more
satisfactory than usual. Wheat has been
weaker and declined three quarters with west
ern receipts exceeding 2500, 900 bushels in four
days, while Atlantic exports were not 1.5O000
bushels and sales here are only 100000
bushels Reports of harvesting in spring
wheat regions are more encouraging Corn
has advanced cent on sales of only 5000, 900
bushels mainly because of possible interrupt
tion of traffic for western reports are definitely
more promising, especially as to Kansas and
Illinois. Oats have declined only q quarter,
but lard is a shade stronger. Oil is three
quarters of q cent lower and coffee hve-
eighths higher. with some speculative
activity. In cotton further decline of sig
teenth has occurred, and sales have been 598,0)0
bales, the actual movement at this season be-
ing insignificant while crop prospects with the
heavy stocks on hand tend to depress prices.
EnocT1laffOn In In haa ada Ittlo Chanpo and
buyers OF copper are so slow that 1i5s cents is
quoted while lead is a shade lower. Trade is
quiet at Boston, and in retail lines moderate.
with stocks well cleaned up. Orders for dress
goods from the west are large and cotton job
bers have no difficulty in selling the whole pro-
duction, higher prices for bleached goods be-
ing expected. The print cloth trade is enor
nous. The boot and shoe trade is healthy.
though profits are small. Wool is fairly
active and firm and the outlook rosy.
At Hartford trade improves in all lines
except wool and dry goods hardware is frmer
and an advance is expected; groceries arc
in good demand, some at better prices, and the
tobacco crop promises we'll. Iron is steadier
at Philadelphia and finished products improv-
ing. trade in hardware being fair and exceeding
last years. Business in dry goods is satisfac
tory and In gro ceries up to the average. At
Baltimore receipts of fruit aud vegetables are
not equal to demands of packers, and manu-
facturers of clothing are busy. Iron mills at
Pittsburgh will resume but at
present shipments of coke the small
est for some time aud business in
window glass Is not active. At Cincinnati trade
is quiet, but prospects fine, and Withdrawals of
whisky unusually heavy. Fair activity is
seen at Cleveland with healthy trade, and
rolled iron products very active and firm.
General trade at Chicago is better than in any
other year and collections better. At Milwau-
kee collections are SLOW but trade is largely in
excess Of last year. st. Paul reports slight
increase in business and harvest resulting in
a good yield. At Minneapolis trade is good.
Business at St. Louis is generally satis-
factory, and at Kansas City good with
large receipts of cattle, hogs and wheat.
Improvement is also seen with brighter pros
poets at Little Rock and Nashville, aud while
trade is quiet at New Orleans, sugar is strong
and active, but receipts of rye are light, the
crop having been damaged by rains. Western
iron mills have not fully resumed, but the pres
ent demand for bar. plates, sheets and struct-
ural iron is very active, and mills are full of
orders. Pig Is unchanged, but sale Of gray
forge equal at $7.94 at Birmingham is recorded.
Cottons are In great demand and firm, though
the weather has checked the weeks
sales. Carpets are quite active,
with advance Of pig cents in Philadelphia in
grains. In fall woolens business is heavy, but
orders for spring goods are rather smaller and
more largely in low grades. Business in dress
goods crowds the manufacturers, many hav-
ing sold more than they may be able to deliver
Sales of wool at the three largest markets
since the middle OF May have been 100000
pounds. against 705O0,eOO last year. Produc-
tion of boots and shoes is now estimated at 1885,
C00.000 pairs aud eastern shipments last week
were 600 cases more than a week ago. Ex-
ports from New York for two weeks have
exceeded last years by several per cent.
but imports are enormous for the
season, for two weeks at New York 52 per cent.
greater than last year. AS cotton may not be
largely required abroad for some time, con-
tinued exports of gold are not surprising, but
for the weak are not largo. Treasury reserves
have been reduced only $2O0,00O. and no change
has been made in circulation, and on the wholS
the financial outlook is satisfactory.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days number,
for the United States. 172 and for Canada %; or
a total of 1917, as compared with 189 last
week, 1S4 for the week previous to the last,
and 2lA for the 1ueek of last