St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-07
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.
Bradstreet's Summary of the Bus
iness Situation.

New YORK. Oct. 6.-BradStreet's re-
view of the week tomorrow will say ::
Slightly more cheerful reports from
leading Southern trade centers. largely
due to freer movement in cotton and
the advance in price of that staple,
coupled with more numerous advices of
improved trade distribution in Western
and Northern and Northwestern CEN
tiers, constitute the principal points of
interest in kilograms to Bradstreet's
this week. Trade was interrupted at
New Orleans and Mobile by the disas-
trous gulf storm early in the week, but
late advices are to the effect that short
crops have not been materially dam
aged.
There is a very general report of
slightly improved collections from the
South, coupled with the statement that
October settlements have been very
well met.
Naval stores have been strengthened
both in demand and price. Texas trade
reports are more favorable. except that
at Galveston conservatism In granting
credits has restricted distribution. 4
good supply of funds for moving the
cotton crop is generally reported.
AT THE WEST
rather more activity is reported at sew
eral cities, notably Chicago, st. Louis,
Cleveland, Duluth, st. Paul and Kansas
City. Lumber is generally higher in
price. Whisky is more active. The
demand for cattle and hogs has also
improved. From the East reports are
less favorable, except from Bal
timore, where increased sales
are reported. The dry goods
demand is below the average at
Boston and Philadelphia. The demand
for iron and steel is still limited by i'm
mediate wants. Prices tend lower, and
cash purchasers make their own terms.
Anthracite coal moves more freely.
Provisions and coffee are higher, while
breadsluffs, notably wheat, have de-
clined. Reports as to collections class
them generally as only fair. Indications
of improvement in this direction come
chiefly from the South. Exports of
wheat and flour as wheat from both
coasts of the United States and Canada
this week equal 4. 1S9,09 bushels, COM
pared with 3,490,O0O bushels last week.
4,O17, 600 bushels in the same week last
year and 3,95S,000 bushels in 1891.
Visible supplies of wheat in the United
States and Canada increase but slowly.
the total STOCK on Oct. l, 1898, being U.s.
270,OO0 bushels, an increase of only
6,70O,OO0 bushels in September, and an
increase over Oct. 1, 1892, of 100000
bushels.
A satisfactory business is being done
in wholesale lines at Toronto. The
movement of grain is slow for the sea-
son, owing 10 low prices. A fair amount
of activity prevails at Montreal, but
business is hardly up to the average. Fall
trade has not opened as well as eX-
pected.
Bradstreet's Financial Review tomor-
row will says: The varying prospects
for the adoption of the silver purchase
REPEAL RILL
seem at present to be the only factor in
the market. Speculation has been ex-
cessively dull this week, and the dispo-
sition to do nothing pending the present
uncertainty in regard to the vital ques-
tion of the hour has increased, and
prices have shown unimportau. and ir-
regular changes, conforming therein
closely to the tenor of the last advces
or reports about the state of affairs in
the United States senate.
Money has become very easy in Lon.