The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-10-30
Dams Weekly Trade Review.

By Telegraph 10 the state Chroni2le.
New York, Oct. 20 R G. Dun &
Cos weekly Reojeeo Of Trade will say
There is car famine from Pittsburg to
the Rocky Mountains. This single fact
shows the best and the worst OF husi-
ness. The West is marketing enormous
crops probably exceeding il quantity all
official or IN official estimates, but
Europe is buying bat moderately The
demands of the East are not greater than
usual, and all the elevators both East ard
West are crammed with grain and all the
yards full Of loaded cars. Distribution
OF manufactured products is large- than
i ever has been, apd malufac-
rurcrs are crowded with orders
Nhie tFe approach Of the PRESIDENT 4
election does not interfere perceptibiy
With Legitimate trade. Wheat is selling
II the lowcsg price ever known 1T I'ew
York. Many years ago it touched rs n
one day, but the quotation is now - )
for 0ctobcr delivery Receipts 1t tAt
Western ports have been 8, 800 600 bush
es in four days, and more than 36. GOO
coo bushels ia four weeks, while the ex-
ports from Atlantic posts ia fonr days
have been 800 coo bushels. Tie
price here has declined l 5 Sc,
and The opinion steadily gains ground
that all estimates Of the crop have been
he truth Corn has advanced 3 5 Ger 5
and oats / cent, notwithstanding especi-
allv favorable weather for the farmer
Ia the State where corn has not blcn
gathered. The belief is that the Weld
II corn, though larger than was recently
,Jec,tt., so -. quite e4ra. liz
years demands OIL has decline1
3 i of cent, while coffee has
risen | 8 cent but the price of cot.
ton is the same as week ago, attel
large sales aud considerable fluctuations
/ the receipts being comparatively small
/ while reports Of frost in some Southern
/ States helped the spectators for an al
/ vance. Business at Baltimore is larger
than last year and money easy. A jump
in prices of soft steel is seen at Pitts
burg, but the glass trade IS not in gooC
condition At Cincinnati whiskey is
strong the demand increasing, and the me
dium Of lower grades Of tobacco strong
A Little Rock the outlook is gloomy
but at Louisville trade is satisfactory
and steady at semphis, though heloV
the normal average. Business is fair a
Nashville, but somewhat quiet at rev
Orleans, owing to LABOR troubles Ih
demand for paper is SO large that price
OF fine quality nave risen 1c, and booi
paper from | 4 70 / &c. with prospect .
further advauce on account OF the scal
cify Of foreign rags. Structural iron
in great demand aud sheets are very &C
tive, aud rails remarkably dull. Stock
of pig iron are shrinking an
prices tirmer, uyhcTn producer
iindirg less occasion 70 Crow
down the market in order to dispose {
their products, Exports OF domesti
products continue much below last yeal
III value, as IS ratural, the decrease
New York for fauy weeks being about
per cent. !mparts continue remarkabl
large. and treasury receipts So heavy thi
the St, OK Of god increased 81. 800 00j
aud Of silver s. 200. 900, while So, 700, 0(
more paper was put cut. The stoc
market bas been strong since the news
the purchase Of the Boston ana Maine an
the New England Dy the Reading, bI
t speculation IS still unsupported by AZ
! puD.ic demand Until after the Pres
dental election no great activity is to
expected,