Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-27

,473. COS bushels. Accounts OF chOlers
in Russia have caused heavy unloading
OF pork, winch has fallen : per barrel
and hogs are quarter And lard u
fraction lower, while oil has also de-
cllued a fraction. Cotton IS further
depressed TO 4 cents hy the great ac-
cumulatlOn OF unsOld stocks and better
reports OF the coming crop, but while
| IN other speculative markets sales have
been large for the week. Boston re-
pOgts that active trade, boot and shoe
shops very busy, Win encouraging or
ders from the west and better southern
collections. Dry goods are active and
textile mills worked nearly 10 tnelr
full capacity, the clothing demand Tor
beng surprisingly large and taxing the
reprOducars.
AT Phlladelphia sales of dry goods
are large. Trade IN OILS IS more en-
couraglng, but IN chemicals steady
with slow collections, and IN paints and
liquors quiet.
At Baltimore the boot and snoe sale
has been the best for 1ve years. Trade
in tobacco is good and tue clothing
strike has ended.
At PlItsburg IRON ls slightly weaker,
though some of the works have not yet
| finished repairs, and the window glass
| workers will not all be III operation ull
the end of September.
Trade at Cleveland is good with bet
ter demand for money, and Al Cincln-
natl the hardware trade is 10 per cent
better than year ago. and IN paper
and paper bags much better, with gen.
eral trade fair and collections good.
Business at Detroit IN some lines is
larger and all equal 10 last years with
collections very fair. Chicago reports
trade better than year ago, with
favOring crop reports; increase OF 20
per cent in receipts of cattle, 20 in oats,
33 in cured meats and % per cent IN
flour compared with last year, but some
decrease IN other lines.
At It. Paul business is brisk with
good crop reports and at Minneapolis
the lumber trade IS especially strong
and the flour out Is 202, 900 barrels
against lS5. 600 last year. Denver re-
ports satisfactory trade and good col
leclions. Some Improvement Is noted
at all southern cites reporting trade.
At Nashville IS far, increasing with
brighter prospects at Memphis and IN
all lines gaming at Now Orleans, with
better demand for money. All man
ufacturerS are now dong well. Nearly
all the iron mills have resumed Work
SINCE the settlement OF wages at Pits
burg and in Ohio and demands for the
material increase, but production
apparently increases more, rs pig
iron Is weaker st Pittsburgh.
There is better demand for
finished products and general ac-
! tivity. Copper and tin are steady.
and lead has tirmer look. The m
junction III New Jersey against the
Reading coal combine is announced
simultaneously with another advance
in coal. Sales of wool AT the chief
markets have been large for the week,
| but rs stocks are very heavy sellers are
somewhat more free. The boot and
shoe trade is in volume greater than
ever, though competition from new
works is sharp.
The stock market advanced quite
strongly during most of the week in
| the face of the strikes, all eyes center
| ing on Buffalo. bat has been weaker
since those strikes were officially de-
clared at an end The decision
against the coal combination will
| doubtless affect some stocks, but money
! is abundant, western and southern
markets beng generally well supplied
and the treasury has put out 81 SOC, ,00C
more currency during the week while
adding only S400, 900 to its specie. The
! Outgo of money to the west and south
is thus far of smaller proportions than
usual.
! The business failures occurring
| through the country during the last
seven days, as reported to K. g. Dun
d Co.. for the United States are los; foI
Canada, Is; total, $50: "a compared
with 197 last week and lS9 the week
previous to the last, and 226 for the
corresponding week last year.