Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-09
CONDITION OF BUSINESS.
pnosrEors Ann NOT As GLOOMY
AS THEY WE'VE.


BY Associated Preas.
New York. June o.--l,radstreets to-
morrow. June 8. VIII say;
Nearly all the unfavorable business
conditions Of the past three weeks
continue TO exercise an influence The
few exceptions where Improvement IL
noted are Of practically local import
ance. Retail trade at many centers
has been interfered with BY unfavor-
able weather and by further restric-
ton OF the purchasing power OF thous-
ands Of wage earners by further m
dustriai trouble or by ahrinkass IN
production. business failures do not
increase materially In number or I'M
portance. the total being 2Oh COM
pared with 1873 last week and 2ss In
the same week year ago when the
commercial and financial disturbance
was beginning to make Itself telp and
1853 In the week two years ago. The
ges-sgw OF prices tips In the opposite
direction. and the week closed most
strilsingly In cereals. oats having ad-
yanced 8 l-2c, wheat 3 6-gc and corn
/ use, potatoes ARE 20 cents higher n
bushe Mt the West, bar iron ana pig
IRON are up sharply at ST, Louis ana
live stock at Kansas cry. Lara II
fraotionally higher. Conspiououn de,
crcnaes in prices OF staples reported
are In leather ana wool. due 10 htaNy
receipts OF new crop
Coffee is or 1-sc. At large Eastern
centefs there la no improvement IN
generaI businesa. New England cot
ton mills continue TO produce IN eN-
cess of demands.
Southern Rhode Island wooden mills
are shutting down for want OF fuel, az
well as orders.
Philndelphin jobbers ~ the goods re-
port n better spot demand and the
petroleum market IL more active, but
Baltimore jubbers In clothing Rs wen
as In sonu other lines, have not sent
out drummers as formerly Among
Southern cities covered, Richmond, 50
Vaunnh, Jacksonville and Augusta re-
port tho moro favorable conditions at
tho first. There IL Il better demand
FOR groceries and provisions. FOR aBti-
cultural Implements and leaf tobacco,
which W. quito active. Eastern Flnfidu
vegetable regions report continuous I'M
proyemcnt IN crops and corresponding
Btimulntlon among the merchants
while nt the Georgia centera the vol-
umc Of business Is Inferior Ia most
lines and improved In one or two Elise
where In tho South dizziness, slow
collections and surplus FUNDS chnrdc-
terlze business conditions
There ia little that is far reaching at
tending evidences of Improvement from
the West. At Louisville there ~ more
demand for groceries and the leaf to-
hncco market n quite active good
business being reported There is more
doing among iohherH In hardware ~
Chicago. although Interior merchants,
tributary to that market, have not
begun TO buy IN advance Of actual
needs. ana on the other hand the
spread OF the coal strike " chcclung
business there Available wheat. United
States and Canada, atlpht for ana ~
Europe. decreased more than ten mil
Hon bushels last month. against an
average decrease Ia the month OF May
IN flve preceding years OF about nv,
million bushels each. Five nonthH' de-
crease OF duincttic aud Canadian wheat
stocks IN 1854 rs as high average, com
pared with liko portions OF five proceed
inE ytnfs. Notwithstanding tGean eN
hiblts, Brad tteets returns point to AZ
accumulation In the United States ant
Canada on 100000 600 bushels ~ whoa
juno I. only 100000 bushels less thar
on June ] u year ago, and twice OF
three times Aa much nH was 80 hclS
on June l In several preceding years
exports OF wheat, United States an,
Canada, both cuasta, for the week end
ing June T. equal 27i2 900 bushels
against .sn0,000 buahola IN the pre-
ccding weck aat0 600 In the woek
year ago and 100000 bushels In tn
like week OF 1892 Special telegram
from leading trade centerg thfouHhou
the Canadian Dominion have continue
90 grow somewhat more unfuvufnM
from week 90 week WITHIN mont
or two The number o. basincss fan
uren In the Dominion this week rs Q
aSainAt 90 lust week. 20 In the wcel,
year ago. and "a In the week TIA
year before that