Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-04
BRADsTREETs REPORr.

New York, March 3 Special Brad
STREETS tomorrow win snry
The results Of the late storm and henyy
roadways at the South aud the more re-
cent heavy falls Of snow and tcmperu.
turc ~ Northwest serve TO make general
| trade Irregular The most active distti.
! button is at points in the Allssissinpi ynl.
ley and In the New England states. The
larger cities In the Middle states repor.
good OF fair volume of business for
! tho season as well MS citice in the A..
l0ntic cotton-growing states. Business IL
more quiet In the Gulf states and "
| very generally interrupted throughout the
| Northwest
Prices Of grain, hog products, sugar,
| tobacco aud leather are higher Raw
cotton Is l-sc OF aud live hogs are MISC
! lower Many well informed correspond.
| ents Ia Arkansas Texas, Mississippi,
| North and South Carolina report mdicn.
! lions Of widespread intention 90 m-
/ crease the acreage planted with cotton
| this spring
Leading bankers at New York inter.
/ viewed by Bmdstreet see no reason for
ances owing 10 the possible depletion of
Treasury gold reserves
Business failures number III this
week against 2O2 last week and 2H a
! year Hgu,
Aside from the check TO tho movement
vi NAN IANh NNNIlA AiiH ANNANAf AANN ~ hiOMl
mercantile collections and Payments bc.
Ing less prompt Ia states fnrthesi
| south.
AZ Nashville the sales OF hardware
and shoes have been most active. while
those ~ seeds aud vehicles may equal
but not exceed the volume IN shoes. Dry
| goods and clothing have been active, tht
volume exceeding the total for Feb, 1897
| Tho establishment of manufacturing ia
| terests Is attracting attention.
| Al Richmond jObber8 of dry goods
| groceries aud hardware report a Feb
ruary total larger than last year. al
though manufacturers admit there (,
some decrease In the demand, OWNS
10 bad weather and heavy ronds.
Al Norfolk sales Of dry goods, notion,
and groceries have increased, and farm
products are moving freely as is lumber
The peanut crop Is ont Of first hands
Many North Carolina merchants vii
attend Inauguration ceremonies, expect
ink 10 place orders 90 Baltimore ant
elsewhere.
Business Is dun AZ Charleston aud col
lectiOns nre only fair
Augusta cotton goods manufacturer
report the demand firm
Al Savannah naval stores nro stm,
held GU short receipts and good request
New Orleans nRain reports that the De
preston IN cotton cheeks orders fron
country merchants Deliveries OF sugn
from plantations arc light
Az Galveston thc slow cotton mOvemen
Is Offset 10 some extent BY Increase,
exports 81 gain.
At Louisville manufactured tObacc
Is Ia good demand aud Kentucky jean
and chssimefea are in active request
but not as high Ia price na advances Il
raw materials Justify.
Stocks Of winter dry goods M Chicap
are lower than expected ANA February
volume Of trade is lnrgor than lnat year
Business has been good, Notwithstanding
the storms west and northwest
At ST. Louis jobherg are pleased wit
the increase Ia the volume Of sales owe
former years.
Eastern and Southern mills are said /
be unable 70 supply enough jeans good
10 Oh orders.
In the New England states tie al
rfLdy excellent Trade W cotton goods
reported 10 have improved, stocks hein
lower Ohn Va some years. stables j
strong demand, nnd manufacturers bein
PRESSED 10 Oh orders.