Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-14
BRADSTREETS
Makes a Good Showing for the
Sunny South.
TRADE DISTINCTLY BETTER.
Enough Wheat in the Country to Give All the
World Bis uiis.
Money In Good Supply al All cohtors Increase
In Prices The Record Tor Failures
This Week, Last and the
Same Week In 1892.
TRADE DISTINCTLY BETTER,

New York Jan. Especially -Brud-
streets tomorrow will say. The more
striking features of the BUSINESS week
include another shading of pig iron prices
nt ST. Louis, together with a further ne.
action la print cloths, cotton, rice and
live cattle 90 Omnhn.
White sugar il higher noticenbly az
New Orleans; leather nt st. Louis;
whisky at Cincinnati aud Louisville (,
tobacco at Richmond, Philadelphia aud
Louisville, and live hog markets gcnCr-
ally together with wheat corn aud
oats. all OF which will show gains In
price.
New England cotton mills are largely
sold ahead, but stocks OF print cloths
at Fall River are only 1000 pieces,
ngniust 2lN,OOO pieces Il yenr agO
Baltimore i0llhors who deal extensive.
~ ul through the Southern states re-
port "a more Hctiyc demand FOR Clothing
aud shoes, together with what may be
clussed ns distlnclivcly spring goods
Collections there are above the average,
aud prospects for trade nro good
Richmond and Nashville ara sending
out commercial travellers nh through the
South. The city first named announces
That collections on sales Of plug, chc-
roots and cigarettes have been duh
throughout The South, whore the weather
inlerlerrod
Memphis and Charleston has been mod.
crate, while that nt Atlanta Is satislnc-
tory, being ln excess OF the volume ONE
year ago, This is true also az iirmiuH-
ham, while at New Orleans easier cot
ton and rice prices have been offset by
sirO fcr sugar and nn Increased mer.
chundise trade, followed by Preparations
for 9 large movement Of wheat In that
direction.
Facilities az Galveston for the export
Of whent have also been increased aud
large exports from that port are prom
ised during 1893.
The share market has responded 10 the
influence Of easier m0rey and a revived
investment demand, though the upward
movement of speculative vuluos has
every mark of professional manipulation
and y confined 60 q few leading stocks.
Cold weather aud increased conBump-
tion of anthracite has checked tho de-
cline of Reading due 10 the small sur
plus shown FOR the year, the recent
heavy borrowings aud the steps taken by
Jersey Central 90 formally disclaim a
connection with the combination. Sugar
and Manhattan are the chief bull fea-
lures.
There are 80l business failures re-
ported throughout the United States this
week. One year ago the weeks total
was $40, while last week IL was 3l3
Reports 10 Brndstrccts from l35 rail-
way companies furIdHh ma aggregate OF
A3OS,O35.OO gross earnings la 1902
RbOnt ~ per cent more than their total
grrss earnings in 1901 while their gain
ag compared with 1890 WINS 90 per cent
Southern railroads increased their gross
earnings last ye8r over 1891 by SO per
cent and Pacific railways similarly
while Central Westerns gained % per
cent and trunk lines only % per cent.
Exports Of wheat from the United
States both coasts. during the sin days
ending Jan. II equal 3,3OS.00T bushels,
n gidn OF 10 per cent wi.hil a week,
but 20 per cent less flour included thar
was sent abroad IN the week year ago
Our teleMaphc and cable ndyices show
the largest stocks OF available whenf In
the United States and CANADA. all0at
for Europe, Ia Europe aud ia Australia
on Jan i ever recorded, The total be-
log lSi617O0O bushels or 25.7OO,OO0
bushels more Than one year ago ana 90
100000 bushels more than two years ago.