The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-11-24
BRADSTREETS' REPORT.
Seasonable Weather Makes Trade
More Lively.


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L "Aon' oNoAAN"nD
EXCEPTION OF COTTON.
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Exports-hahk Clearihss' '"e Doe'
Showing of Any Week This Year
Holiday Trarade Is Beginning.
New 1o'k. NoYenDer s'' i@''o. oe''
morrow Will say; Inc 1eatures VI seher"i
trade Tor the weeH lncluoes increase IL 'ne
distribution OF monday goous' heasy oio'h-
ing, nat ana seasonaoie oIs goous an m,'. a.
various points. hardware anu snoes. niS
is stitnulate" oy seasohaoiy oor'ei ""sei
dance in tba near bv improvement demand.
At the oouth tne lavoraoie ihnuenoe 40
moderate ADVANCE III price IN oo''oh' ouo
70 the greatei lafor Win WINCH io"ei os'l-
mares Oh tne size OIL the col'oh oiop arc De-
ing received anu TO the prevaianoe VI Tue
opinion tnat eite price VI 'o''oii 10 'oo wv
lhere mas Deen ue'iiah" ioi spo' oo',on
some Shippers .. oou'norn iuinDoi ooinpia-n
inc soutne.h faiiioaos ".o 'no"Ans
ence TO COTTON. FROM points III 'ne sou'n-
eastern Atiahtic States soino neSis
reporseu III supp!ihs soouS
Connections ior tne i"i eeaso.
AT the Nortn. iaAe Navigation 40
oioseu, anu tne fesu's VI 'no oo"eon W
are generaHy uhsatislaotory' ohipinen's u
shoes from seven eastern mahuIactutihg
centres, are smaller theh last "eeA' uu'
commune TO run neasis aneau VI 'Ao iAAo
week OF lasI year, pelng oS'ouo as co"paieu
with os,oou cases. Iraae IN wool IS quie'
the volume increasing, Will terriIoiAoS ieia-
tlvely most active III neece "oois. sho"ins
visioiy the eAects VI 'ue ooiipo'i'ion VI 'ne
Australian. AT eastern cities the Soiunae VI
trade IN ory gooos mas Ialicn Oh. put ing
tone OF the market IS gooo ana colaer
weather lnchnes TO help IL.
RANK CLEARINGs.
The total volume OF nanK ciearlngs OF
seyenty-one cities rs Si,ols,ooo'ooo. Almost
exactiy the amount ieporteu III Tue "eek
before ana eighe per cent nofe lhan 'ne
week OF november 1885, anu aoou' 'eisn'
~ ps- 1909 This il the most satisfactory COM
parison of weekly totals of cearings re-
ported this year. Contrasted with the week
of 1891 this weeks total shows decrease of
only Is per cent. A less favorable feature
is found in the downward tendency OF
prices, the only noteworthy advances being
for COTTON and coffee. The price of wool is
prac tically unchanged as are the prices
for hides, leather, lumber, print cloths, al
though they are firmer. The fact that the
demand for iron ana steel mas not luliy
kept pace with the production is made plain
in another reaction bringing the price OF
bessemer pig down to $10.25 and billets to
Sl5. .245, with the outlook not unfavorable
for $40 for bessemer pig iron and $l5 for
billetssat PittsbuIg.
Coal prices are cut again. The anthracite
output for the completed calendar year
promises an amount of about 4O,5O0, 900
tons. against 43, ,039, 900 in 1898, and the .pig
iron production to 6,545,OO0 tons. eompared
with 1874, 90 in 1888. Wheat is off l 1-S
cents, corn l cent bushel, pork rs cents
barrel lard Id cent pound. Free receipts
of cattle and hogs at Kansas City, Omaha
and other western points resulted in lower
quotations. Sugar is also lower.
in<ADH ~oii' A-
All the larger eastern cities except
Buffalo. report general trade qulet or OF
hand to mouth descrlptlon' anu III most IN
stances the outlook is encouraging. MS
charac terizes Eoston ana Fhlladelphla.
where the dry goods Joopers alone report
special activity. Pittspurg andsbaltlmore-
AT Buffalo the increased grain movement
incident to the close OF haVlSation mas
stimulated demand LOT Iunos ana III other
lines.
Only falr business is feporteo from
Cleveland ana moderate gains IN Few
lines at Cincinnati ana Detfon. Inc gen.
eral business situation at LOUISVILLE oelng
quiet, except request ior hnisneo iron.
Chicago reports volume Oh TRADE Is main
tanned beyond expectations, ana an I'M
proved inquiry 1or par IRON ana steel. Ihe
like is tue at st. Louis, where the demand
is for sheet iron and relatively prompt col
leotions are specified. Kansas City. Des
Moines and Omaha report fair increase
III '.o .oiD'
Collections are not prompt as at some
l ut a