Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-18
oNN's COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

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The Continual uncertalntv Aoout ,ar .,.,.
.s.a Ls'n M.n,.s pr.ssnt Indication, and
Conditions X Comparatively Little Value !
Tho Exhanstion of stock. Creates k""s {
business Astiviy.
New YoEK, Aug. ll.--R. q. Dun " ,
Co. = weekly review of trade, issued to-
dav. saws:
with changes every hour in the
nrospects about the tariff, and de-
cision exw cted every day, business has
unpleasantly resembling gambling.
Orders and purchases nave been largely
based upon Individual opinions regard.
| inr the Legislative outcome, and vast
amount OF business has been deferred
becanse the decision was vet in the
| f,tnre. gAe accommodating demand
which has stimulated trading and
manufacturing within the past week |
or two rewesentss to great ex-
tent, need ~ hich have been postponed
waiting for q settlement, but can be
postponed no longer. Thus, both the
rush of deferred business in many lines
and the scantiness Of new orders
reaching into the future reflect an un-
natural state of things which cannot
be expected to continue, and while
the volume Of business is larger than
the existing condition of uncertainty
warrants, it is, in sense, but shadow
OF the larger business which snouio
come with a remoVai oi Vic pfe'"''"s
uncertainty.
In such circumstances the present IL
dcations and conditions are OF COM
, paratively little value but the start
a ling advance in corn discloses gen.
eral belief that the injury to this most
important crop has been so great as 10
affect materially the trafhc OF ran,
II roads, the demand Tor manulactureo
t products and the cost OF meats JOE Vic
IS coming year.
It Unless the markets deceive and are
il entirely deceived, the country has 10
'e face a real calamity in the loss OF
1t something like 50o,0OO,0oo bushels o'
n corn, which consumers nave 10 snare '
rs through the advance OF IA Genus IN ."e
weeks, and cents since FRIDAY Oh las,
y week. Neither official or unoflicial
TO statements as yet precluoe 'he noP'
re that the loss may prove less serious
e, But at current prices l,5oo, ooo' 'ooo ousn
IN els would cost as much as .'ooo'VV'''
would nave cost " ior'n'sh h' "s',
~, Wheat has risen 33a eents IN .h
no fortnight and "a cents ourlns 'h'
~ 'cek, although western receipts nav
" been 5,s23,1"S bushels, against D. lo.,ov
az "u last year. Atlantic exports are Il l','i
'A' stronger. as is natural. ool'oh Id
twice risen and again deci'nea ~
~ teenth, with increasing prospects VI
'o' very large yieid, CLOSING "''ho'
ny change for the week
'"o Gold exports have practicaliy cease'
10y for time, with the settlements II
Nv most of the 100000 ooo pounds OF sug'
. "a imported within the past TWO ,hon.il "a.
'o" and treasury officials are more hopeiu
counting upon larger receip's Oh
IT, count OF WHISKY
H., Low as the gold reserve is, there
I'D I'D pears slight gain, and with cessa'l'
Az of gold exports, the lmproveme
should be considerable during the Id
Whether under old or new duties' Il
no ports and customs revenues VIII nav.
oh- ally be large for some time after
NJ clslon on the 'arih 9ues''o"'
Mr. Tbara has appeared of late some
mand for gold from many inter-
spl- honls not in large amounts but in t
in. aggregate enough to indica'e some III
adv vousness of feeling The voiume
-. IN commercial loans is increasing, thou
81 ;s moderately, but in manuIac'url
,ern paper less increase appears III
cad. might have been expected
e""' Tlo hr.;ross in boots and shoes
v to strong and healthy; though consP'
owd ously confined to medium ana II
priced articles, such as 20 cenv ' sn
Tor men and % TO oo Genus ror "oh,. ~.
h.ar ~ two weeks. 166,693 cas-
mar. against 12", ,s26 last year
''hes People cannot no naked, even II c
rress Is slow. Demands 1or TEX
ners goods clearly represent cxhaustlor
, VIC s.noI,, ~ continuing needs for {
dis ,,.;o. !, tbe main. though I'll
nued bas snrnno nm ounte speculative b.
ourn- ness on the possible failure OF ia
Mon legislation.
esses Lower prices in some cotton &c
'e.hs .,,s have encouraged larger operations
nited the proposed reouc'ion ~ MasF 81
the Fall River Is now a.nounee,a ~. 49, a
will without clear inoioa'ion - NV, W.
70 oe 1oilowe" 'y sa A.. ~
.or. tor winter go as "cio.o' "nu WY "
- ,o" =, ing Of spring goods discloses oec
~ - :. Of about ls>9 cents IN the average
crinio not urged by makers nor hunt