Grand Rapids herald., 1893-11-25
HEAVY SALE OF WOOL
The smoGnt Was the Largest ia
Fourteen Months
MANUFACTURING IS lMPROyfD
Dsa a ca Report naay hiiis Have
Ks.umed Tnh. week and ths De-
Inaas lilr Ca-sds A. harvesting

Nsx Yosx. Sox. "A K G. Dun &
Co.. Ksskiy reVlss - trade toalorro~
wiil say: Consamptton increases siosiy
a1d ali branches u BUSINESS are saltlog
f6f ts groNth. There has been little
improssmens "a stoekz. about sia5 for>
railroads aEd 10 cents per share sos
trusts. skl.e tne price ot products has
decllasd little on the shoie. bat the
vol1ms - bessaess haa somewhat ~
creased Exchanges through clearing
hcuses. oatsisis n Nes York. show a 10
crea-s ~ only y per cent. although last
pears business az lh.s season Vas extra
ordinary. and the week included
Thanksgiving holiday Trade waits fo-
the revival IL Industries. and the weeks
returns respecting Industrial progress
are rather e0nliieting. There has been
heavy sale "a cotton go.ods al very sat
i-farfoFy prices. an tas market has do
ci1aslly strengthened ia consequence.
ih0agn the production IN this
traneh - stiI some~hat less
than IL was year ago. the
market for soosis az earrent prices -
strong. la Noolons there - a substaa-
sianding The fact that several mills.
s4ch bsving orders FOR a thousand
pieces or more. have closed. the orders
being bot 80 assorted a. 10 give them
prohtab.s employ meat bot sales %
w,ol have been tns largest since sep
teIaber l-.r- amounting az three chief
narksts % s.Co.sl0 pounds against
s-fios for the same week last year.
aEt while u - said that many purchases
ars II 4 -pecuiatise character. there IS
sVtdence thas large buying BY active
mills - prompted % Increased orders.
Ia tfs ranaiactare IL boots and shoes
tAs demand for employees aud the In
crrasing number 90 factories aud the
or,lers are m number about as usual Tor
the season. though smaller IN quantity.
The sAlpments from Loston. according
T. the shoe asd LEATHER Reporter. show
a deefeass "a Il per eeBt Tor the week
A gradual increase N the business il
reported st al centers. not wholly con-
Iced g. orders Tor immediate delivery.
New steel Compact Formed.
\ ues con pact u the steel rail pro-
dpsers the tennsy lysnia anu tho Mary
land WORKS hsving been .eased tO others
in ord-r "a keep them idle. has checked
the increase q purchases % ore ant coal
aud other materials aud the FItisDurs
manufactures are playing havoc with
eastern markets. thu4gn TIE price made
iu that REGION ara So loN that their con-
unuance cannot be- predicted There Is
a cOnssdsrabls increase 30 the number
~ cOnceFGs a. operation. but there Goes
not appear 10 BE- much gain la actual
consumption u psg ir0a and prccs are
a. ioW a. ever. IL II said that a British
purchase of 500 tons % Alabama coke
iron has been made at So at mill
Even ~ the Pittsburg district. where
business seeIns more active than else.
whsra. the works are not fully en-
ployed and the state Il the manu-
facturs - shown by The return n Con
nriisville coke furnaces. Of which
6..i3 are 10 operation and Has
are idie. The markets Tor produce have
leen irregular. Wheat has advanced
ceuf. though the receipts have been A..
10000 bushels against $4,000 last
year and The exports from Atlantic
ports only tsoeo bushels against i.e,O.-
co last year. he corn receipts are re-
marSaoiy large. accounting b. 3oCoDto
tashrls ,xsinst lea0coO last year and
tae gmce has dec.irea / ccnt There
has been a slight dechne IA oil. about
cent In cofee and also ln hogs. and sl.5J
io pork Cotfon - a sixteeuth higher.
ta ugh considerably depressed during
gre Ne-s. With rsceipts ol 30 90 against
Lg1loo for thc same week last year. aud
t1r belief iu short crop d1es not out
IN the fact that stocks abroad and at
lome are A2i3Co0 bales about So per
eeo- of.a fuii years consumption.
Moeey Msrkrt Improved
Nuc-y continues % arruuuiate and ~
laliur1 at s psF rcut 90 call and - low
ssi pr cent on ths best commercial
paper ib-re has leen an Improvement
in tie market sincr inc successful sale
90 cotton grafis iu tais ciiy but the
couatry hanks prefer g. pie up their
tuslances here ~ he loaned AZ low yates
on call rather than fo buy pnper hsl0x
per go Nafuucr notes have besn
met murh better flan Nsa rxucctpd.
AMI through gh,ut the country col'cctians
fheuzh soa'ar than usual. skox a
stronger coudiuon q trade than has
ever ue-n anown mined stsiy after
H8agrlai reVaIsfon. \ meeting of The
e'aafinz hoIse cor miltee tbs week
save t.se g. srroasous rumors that some
haak was iu troutle B.. the real object
beuE o. pfovhie fof gold deposits on
t-ruhfe in ths bahk x Enziaad
hss rrndu 81, no effect - consequences
abroad nr hefe Toe exports continue
O. svc--i imports largely Fer three
eeefs az Nf.s Turk sxlrrts we're ~
SIS al s-airsf -. lst.ei lat year
Nhtie tha urofts srre slssft lrs'
tzsin@s 81 ..-iiti last year In Oet0
Zee tns egcfs- uf uisrlt sliiee sspofts
49, 6fts tr. sna slfa a - sues for
uuisrvsius' .ous - imports sad fsr IN
feTest due abroad there would sfil - a
heavy balance tus fhis cosnfrv. which
dos not arpssF to have besn met ~ a
movement ~ securities. 1s Europe seems
81 iste - have fscn huyinx rather thar
saIanE Toe phenorle1on probably ~
d.rrtas The settlement ~ commercial
tesns made dating the period % panic.
lsiu ufos for the RseS numbered 81 In
thr 1itad States sgzicst i-si issf year
sni a ia canada against - is-t year.
Eui ne ist this sees inriu,ies so'ne n
mors ihau usual imp1ftsnce.