The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-10-12
THE rourIooK NOT SO pRroHr.
rhereIs Painful Absence of conf,dencs
For the Future in Business Circles.
Trade Far Below That of Lsst

rhereIs Q Painful Absence of Confldencs
For the Future in Business Circles.
Trade Far Below That of Lsst
Year.
r. @. Dun 4 Co.'S Weekly Review OF
Trade, New York. says II is difficult 10
ietect any signs Of improvement. While
here has been some addition to the num-
Ser Of manufacturing establishment and
he number of hands at work during the
past week, It is becoming painfully clear
hat the orders obtained do not suffice 10
teep employed at full time even the limit
sd force at present engaged. The business
transacted is far below that OF last iyear, in
'ailroad earnings the decrease being 1915
per cent in spite Of large Worlds Fair
business.
There Is. on the whole, less activity and
ess confidence regarding the future than
here was a week ago, and this. in many
.ases, Is attributed TO the uncertainty re-
yarding the monetary future, which delay
n the senate causes. While the volume OF
Ill kinds of money in circulation increased
t2l, ,3T5, 247 during the month Of September
and is now greater by almost f10t 900
than il was at this time last year, the EN-.
barrassinent is now, as il has been all the
lme, due 10 n lack of confidence rather
than to q lack OF currency.
The purchases OF wool at the principal
markets, Notwithstanding some speculative
buying have been only 626,895 pounds
against 9, 272, 400 for the same week last
year.
Failures continue TO decrease In numbers
and importance. The number reported In
the United States during the past week has
been 800 against ls4 for the same week last
year. and in Canada 45, against 36 last year.
During the first half Of the year the failures
were in amount of sl6S ,92O, ,s39. so that the
aggregate, not including banking and fuan-
cia! failures has been more than t25l. .340-
$40. Failures Of banks and corporations
during the three-quarters Of the year have
been about us in number. with liabilities
amounting to about $50, 100000. Beside
these there were failures Of railway corpor-
ntions whose liabilities, not including the
stock outstanding, were about s3ls, goo 600
Thus II appears that IL all liabilities Of in.
divdual8, firms and corporations which
failed during the nine months OF 1893 were
considered the aggregate would not be far
from $3.50. 100000. But for comparisons
with previous returns relating TO CONNER
cial and manufacturing concerns, the ag-
grtgate OF liabilities properly stated. is
somewhat less than s25l, 100000
Concerning the wheat trade "Bradstreets
says: Exports Of wheat and -four as wheat
from both coasts OF the United States and
Canada this week equal 3,lSg.09 bushels
compared with.4.Ol7. 900 bushels in the same
week last year Visible supplies Of wheat
in the United States and Canada increase
but slowly, the total stock on October 1.
1893 being rs, 270. 900 bushels. an increase
Of only 800, 900 bushels in September, and
an increase over October |, 1892, OF ll,000,-
700 bushels.
The aggregate of the clearing totals from
II cities in the United States is 5000 Si6, 75I,
q decrease of 30.l per cent; exclusive of the
New York clearings this aggregate is
Bli, $50, 500, decrease of 27.3 per cent