The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-11-09
0uN's COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

The last week ~ October. with M
exciting election near. cannot indicate
much of the true condition 81 business
In some trades the season j. too far al
sanced for great activity. and in Others
the supposed effects Of the voting hin.
der operations. l:nt il j. satisfactory
that the volume Of prod nction il we'll
maintained. and in one .. swn branches
increased: that no monetary difficult
ties disturb. that hreadstuffs are a lit
Tie higher. and that no material de-
cline appears during the week
in manufactured products The fact
that any decline appears. with slack
enlng demand for some products. may
perhaps be attributed 10 uncertainties.
mainly political in origin. while every
increase in the working force helps to
make "A basis for more business here
after. At present the volume OF bust
ness transacted l.. on the whole.
smaller than last year. and much
smaller than in l>gs. though "A presi-
Dental election was then close al hand.
Payments through principal clearing
houses for the week have been rs per
cent. less than last year and ss.4 per
cent less than in lsy. In both COM
parsons with decrease outside of New
York a. well a. here
Comparisons OF railroad earnings is
less valuable because passenger traffic
year ago was extraordinarily large
owing 10 the Worlds fair. but while
the freight movements outside east
bound shows some gain. the east bound
movement from Chicago il quarter
less than last year. and for the month
has been 1915. i5s tons against ..sG3Oe
last year. and about 100000 in
l>ss. Earnings for the last week
show decrease of 40 per
cent. and for the month Of October
thus far ~ per cent, compared with
last year. and Ills per cent. compared
with ls.'2- While the loss i not as
great as in September, II j. enough to
Justly some weakness. anil the ,i~or-
gaaization Of the coal trade ana de-
preston - coal CARRYING stock, helped.
~ that TIE average price # railroad
stocks declined = cents per share Tor
the week. while the average 81 trast
stocks declined - cents.
Corn has advanced cents. with |
western receipts about third and cx-
ports about an eighth ~ las; Years I
Turk amt Arg are shade lower. with I
lard a put Ia. same Wheat l. three
quarter cents higher for spot and !
cent fur Dec.m5c-. and looks a. il l
strength N corn had prevented "A fur
Their decline. although western receipts
were only i.5>..G.o bushels for the
H.
Atlantic exports increased to coo. ls6 4
bushels. against -io~s0r last wear The
irresistible force Is Of course. the
enormous accumulation. which contin-
re>. although producers may naturally
he inclined not to sell at current
prices.
Cotton is again lcSyer. spot being
: > cents. with receipts So heavy that
large crop estimates are favored.
though il makes little difference in the
real prospect whether the yield is 500
900 or ] 100000 bales greater than the
worlds requirements. with great stocks
~ old cotton in sight The depres-
sion Of cotton and wheat and the par
tial loss of the corn crop must b. reck-
,ned important because Of hestancy
III fNtdl Ol
This heritancy affects industries very
differently. The boot and shoe manu-
factu,e is reta rded only in continued
preference for low-prioed goods. for
he rumber of pairs produced and
shipped seems greater than ever--in
i've wseks Az. col cases. against 2ss. SEA
asst year and 3s,.635 in ! s93. There is
till large demand FOR cheaper goods.
.rowd ng beyond their capacity the
producers Of cheap mems and womens
hoes. and while jobbers i'm wax and
rip hcot> and shoes rcport smallest
alc> for wears on the whole. the sales
4 loa-priced goods are larger than
yer. Orders have fallen off Of late.
ut most factories are still well en-
'loyed and many have good orders for
oring.
In toe iron industry the chief activ-
fy j. in structural work. bridge and
Their plates. while the demand for
heets i somewhat diminished: bar
nd wire show no Improvement. and
ails are weaker The average Of quo
atioas for various kinds Of iron and .
teel j. = per cent. lower tina n in July.
- Ter cent. higher than at the lowest !
oint in April. anh 30 per cert lower
han in July last year.
The government has sustained a Z
cary deficit for the month 81 Octo- :
er. and customs receipts are disav.
light Otherwise the
money markets -~fect only . remarxa-
lie absence IF commercia.x demand,
dough the possible reduction Of inter.
1t on deposits may lead to some with
rawals IF country funds. Exports for
he past four weeks were ~ per cent.
- than LAST year. while imports wore
per cent greater.
Failures continue small. and for eour
'eeks ending October -. liabilities
ere ss.-.oc.so Of which s3.l..sS,
ere Of manufacturing and si.g9i.s3
'radiag concerns.
>ont aern failures ar, comparatively
mali. and the eastern and western
bout equal. During the past week =
iilnrc> have been $50 in the United r
tater- against 35s last year and 30 in
n