New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-09

Some roads the decrease is heavy par.cu'"''' q,
.,,a ". - tho trunk lines and scattered
Eas,arn roaas :, is barely 2 per cent. IL Is Iair
to hope that this reflects s'
tivty in Eastern manufactures , ,ou
Ir,nro,,o,,ant IN the mills has not ceased io'
tbara oro ro,,cad fifteen cotton mills resu""e
uor, a,r,no tho last week, besides SIX III part
apains, only three closing or reducihs NM
the demand for goods is dull, ana prih' .'o."'
are weak Il is said that some"h"' -
innuirv "a seen and manufacturers are oe
ming to calculate on requirements ior the 'p'ne
trade Collections are fairly gooo j" .'
branch and better than In WoohehS' w"
numbar of Eastern woollen mills aiso' VIM,
have been running part time nav ,ou,,
in full seventeen during the last ,raa
or in part against only four c'o''"e -
ouction saIe and very low prices realized ~"
caused ,rreg,,,aritv for heavyweight wooi'ehs
and y,orstads and the demand Is SUN VIZ
slow though the work at the mills SHOWS 'N''
como additional orders have been given
bcots and shoes Eastern orders are ht''e 'e'
fer annarentlv indicating exhaustion oi ''o0"'
in hands of dealers though the smp"'e'
still 80 per cent smaller than for the sa'''e "e
last year. .,u,,o.or,,
In iron and steel there Is not as S'''
evidence Of improvement as In some o'"''
dustries Resumption Of work III eis"'
lshments is noticed. but also ciosihs !" ,1S
and some of the large establishments
have resumed. like me Homestead "oIN',
running but half their capacity. IN hai''' 49,.
dry and machine works, there is more ..,,S.s
but the demand for pig iron and steel piile's
seems to be smaller than BEFORE anu
more furnaces have closed. The rail- mi'iS ,'',"
o,I
orders do not suffice for the estaphs"''''''
competing. ,,
NorLe,s for nroducts have generally tended
toward lower prices Wheat declined l's Genus
last week and the recent exports nave pe'"
smaller from both coasts only 3,2OO,ooo pus"e''
eour included for the first week or octooe''
Western receipts continue at the rate Oh ao'"'
6 600 900 bushels per week. fact WHICH Gun
stantlv operates to cause distrust or eNue"'e
short crop estimates. With over 6Ooooooo ou'"
els in visible supply and the quantity lhcrea''e'
1t is not strange that prices are weak vi " a.
declined three-quarters of cent last "ee" a.
oats five-eighths, less because OF soie"Ha "
proved crop reports than because speoui".'"
discouraged Pork products have Deeh sne...'
stronger and also coffee and petroleum.
speculation in cotton Is exceptional @N''9
the quantity which came into slght last WIN
,,os o-o a. hales against 2i0 16f last year, ana
FOR the crop wear thus far the quantity mas peeh
7l2 O.9 bales against 3l6 last year, with Il
considerable. decrease in exports. spectators
advanced prices about three-eighths OF cent io'
the week.
The stock market was on the whole wearieu
and inactive declining at the beginning anu
rising toward the end Of the week. 'he net
resuIt being an advance of only Al cents per
share In the average for railroad stocks IN part
due to a sort of corner in Lackawanna' ana
n cents per share in the average OF trust STOCKS
Rumors about prospects of legislation are con-
stantlv used. but an opinion seems TO De gaining
that no great result is to be expected from any
action Of Congress and that improvement IN
ga rnings must now supply the basis Tor supSlai-
tial advance Money difficulties have ceased To vex
the street AMI even the Apprehension Oh soIu
exports Is no longer a prominent FACTOR as paiihs
are RAPIDLY gaining and now hold nearly VIZ
400 Oo0 I'm cash From the interior they gained
about s. 900 OOO and from the Treasury part OIL
IFS decrease OF 100000 in gold. The fall OF
the Treasury reserve below 500 900. 900 causes no
surprise for the imports last week were less
than So 900 900 at New-York. against nearly Sl4,'
900 900 the same week last year. and in the past
five weeks the decrease has been about ~ pei
cent At other markets money causes no
trouble the shrinkage in business having rem
lation.