Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-08
WITH No INDICATIONS OF M
PRONEMENT APPARENT.
DEMAND FOR WOOLS REPORTED
AS DISAPPOINTING.
BradStrcctS and Dun Announces The
Countrys Trade 10 BE Gloomy
Cotton Again Lower-Nolumc Of
Production Smaller than Last Year
The Bank Cleariugs.

New lUrk, NOV. .. bun X co. s.
The volume vi production has been
We'll mdintalncu, though Slnaiicr lnan
last year ANA 49,, ana IN one Or two
branches IL has increased. Iucrc are
no monetary difficulties; brcausluHs
are little higher aud no material de-
cline has appeared during the week IN
manufactured products. Corn has aid
vanced four cents, but pork ana hogs
are somewhat lower. WIN lard about
the same. " heat Is lhrec-fOurthS OF
cent higher for spot and one cent
higher for December, although west
ern receipts were only 4,JSI $40 bush
els for the Week against U,oU3, II last
year, and the Atlantic exports nave IN
creased 10 &c. bushels against
14U,oUG last year. Cotton is again
lower, with receipts heavy. In the
iron industry the chief activity is OH
structural work Tor bridge and other
plates, while the demand Tor sheets
has somewhat diminished, bar and
wire showing Improvement, and nails
are weaker. Waiting for the retail
IL AUG hNIl koStS kIAtllC
and the concessions in price Which
have been made effect the large con
tracts. Otherwise the market is Sener-
ally dull without Indications Oh IN
prOvement. In woods the fall and
winter demand is disappointing. Man
ufacturers are not disposed to produce
in advance of the change on January
l, and 50 buying is only for current
needs, and in the west it is complained
that wool goes begging at prices be
low the parity Of similar wool abroad
on secured basis. AT three eastern
markets the sales for the week were
4OOJ,9OO pounds, against 1 lbs, 800 last
year. During the week failures were
249 in the United States against Jos
last year.
New York, Nov. ). Bradstrrets
The general trade prospects on conscrv-
alive lines may be said t. Indicate lit
tic improvement as compared with Il
week ago. Some encouragement may
be drawn from Il hrmer market for
cheaper grades Of shoes, for drugs at
leading centcrS and for hogs al west
crn markets, and tur fruits on the ar
rival of colder weather. Another Ia
yorabie report is the October bank
clearingS which reflect an enlarged
lall trade, in total larger than for any
month since June 1888 The aggrc-
gate reported for October this year is
81, 22eS, 2S7 800; an increase over Sept,
1891, of II per cent, and over Octo-
Der Of last year of more than 6.3 per
cent. AT Chicago excessive competi-r
ton results in further cuts in lumber
prices. Surag is 3-S lower and bessc-
mer pig iron and steel billetS 10 and
- cents respectively. Cotton has gone
oil another l-16 Of Il cent. This re
suits in restriction in the volume of
trade there. The exports of wheat and
Hour from both coasts amount to -,
034 900 bushels, compared with 1870,
600 bushels year ago. The total
stocks of wheat from all sources on
November l were the largest on rec
ord: 15S, 6S2,0O0 bushels or 5S,O00,000
bushels more than Il year ago. The
rapidity of Shipmnts of domestic
wheat to market is Indicated by a net
gain of 44,379,OoO bushels within four
months. the heaviest increase since
1892; it being three times larger than
from July to October 31st., 1898.
New York, Nov. 3.-A statement
compiled by Bradstreets shows the
total bank clearings of the principal
cities of the United States for the past
week were $923,777,316.