Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-25
eRADSTREsT AND DUN.
rlslucss improving: notwithstanding Nari-
ous Unioward Circum stances.

rlslucss improving notwithstanding Vari-
ous Unioward circumstance.
NEW YORK. August 2i-Bradstreets
tomorrow will say: Serious industrial DIS
urbanccs In New England. drought In
Central and far Western States cur
failing nearly al staple crops. and a dis
position IN all lines % continue TO buy
for nearby wants only. fell to greatly
inlucnc' general trade throughout the
country, the trend os which Is toward
furthcr improvem mt. Northwestern
States cast Of the Missouri and the Al
lantlc and Gulf-coast Southern states re-
port relatively greater gains in the vol
ume OF traffic, and in the spread of that
better feeling and confidence In larger
volume Of business in the fall. on which
Improvement In business depends
Prominent among evidences OF expan-
sion In gcner u trade IS this weeks bank
clearings total -SN0DvDpO--a gain over
last week Of about per cent. and over
thc Ike 'otal one year ago when clear
inrs got down 10 about low water But.
compared with the total in the Ike week
two years ago. this weeks aggregate
ciclrings show a decrease Of IS per cent.
j. ia al.o worth noting rs a sign OF the
business movement that every cty's
clDariuEs total for the week IS larger
than q year ago except one. Gains In
clcarin@s at the whiekey markets-Louis-
vile. Cincinnati. Paris. and Lexington
have naturally been expand i extraord-
ntrily.
The greatest apparent Increase In the
volume Of business during the week is
40 -. Louis. Baltimore Chicago. ST. Paul.
Minneapolis. and san Francisco. AT the
larger eastern cities there is evidence OF
au increased confidence that the autumn
VIII bring a largely augmented demand
in nearly All staple lines but Baltimore is
the only city in this group announcing
decided Improvement. southern buyers
having placed good orders there for goods,
notions. millinery. and shoes.
General trade at southern cities betrays
no change within week in the volume
~ transactions or demand. business on
the whole being relatively better than in
some other portions Of the country. There
is % better request for lumber at Charles
ton. for hardware and machinery at Au-
lrlsta. rosin at Savannah. and whiskey at
Nashville. The prospective early move
meut OF cotton is expected 10 stimulate
trade in ali staple lines Jobbers at Biz
mineham. Ala, report heavier August
trade SO far than year ago. and the
crop outlook In Louisiana i expected Ia
help business interests there generally.
The Texas coast region crops are said 10
have been damaged By excessive rains.
The attempts OF New Bedford and FAN
River cottOn-goOds manufacturers To re-
duce wages have caused strikes and lock-
outs, affecting nearly 5000 employees.
operating fully 100000 spindies over half
the cotton-spinning capacity OF the coun-
try. Print cloths have advanced $50. az
a result and the prospect seems to be
for months suspension Of operations
rr-ts gfnrtnN9TG
p'oycd.
WHAT Dun & co. SAY.
r. G.. Dun & cos weekly review Of
trade will say tomorrow:
The changes during the past week nave
not been definite nor very important As
the Presidents final decision regarding
the new tarn Is assumed, but not yet
certainly known. part of the hesitation
which appears may be attributed 10 the
lingering uncertainty. which must son
terminate. Other conditions n not en-
tirely favorable. have at least not changed
FOR the worse during the past week 1lo
business So long delayed by tariff unccr-
taluties begins TO come forward, so that
transactions IN many departments are
lqrl-r than OF late. ana on the whole
larger than al the time Of especial stag
nation last year, but II Is still too soon
t. determine how far tn" satisfaction OF
POSTPONED demands will SIT idle hands at
work or raise transactions toward the
normal value But it is healthy SIGN
that the gain thus far Is gradual, ana not
spasnodic or Eighty. In appearance. In
an the grel. Industries some increase IN
demand for products has appeared. and
th, boot-anI-shoe trade continues 70 lead
others in recovery. rs shipments from the
East not only exceed last years largely,
l,t surpass thvse IA August OF the pre-
NiouS year. Economy appears here IN
purchases Of cheaper qualities, rather
man in purchase OF fewer pairs or cases
and the demand is largely for speedy de-
livery. rejecting unusual reduction OF
stocks.
Cotton manufacture, which has Deen en-
poying a larger proportion OF us Norman
force than most others ana accumula'lhs
goods greatly I'm advance OF current de-
mands. has about $1,000 workers on strike
at Fan River ana New Bedford, to re
sist q proposed reduction of wages, ana
III. mills have closed with the apparent
oyrcctation that the difficulty Will last
some weeks \ somewhat increased de-
manl for goods has appeared, but per
hcps II is not yet as great as many nave
anticipated.
In iron and steel manufacture the De
mand fJr finished products increases. but
il al present not as large as the capacity
Of works which have cndeavOred to re-
sumo operations. so that their compet-
tlon results in prices nearly as low as
have been reached at any time A mode
rate gain in transactions is seen at Phila-
delphla. though finished products there are
weaker. ana at New York no Improvement
vet appears. while at PittsburG and CleVe-
land there is more buying, but Al chicago
considerably less than of late. Several
NOR. furnaces have gone into operation,
Notwithstanding the scarcity OF the water
supplv at ConnellsVlle. and consequently
Of coke. and prices of pig-iron are not
further depressed. \ moderate increase
Is seen in the number Of woolen-mills
I'm operation. The adjustment to new con-
dltions must be gradual
The money-markcts continue 10 reject
q legitimate increase Of commercial de-
mand which comes mainly from dry
goods commissions houses. but 1t Is noted
that although the last week Of August
is at hand, the requirements from the
West and South FOR crop-movinS pur-
poses are by no means of ordinary magni-
tude.
The liabilities OF firms failing for the
second week OF August amounted to only
Sl.C3.SC9. and for the last three weeks
L, only s.. 2Ge 07C OF which s2,6SS,209 were
OF manufacturing ana $,7S7,329 of trading
concerns. The failures this week have
been 23i in the United States, against 40
last year, and g in Canada, against - last
year.
She Was Not Present.
RICHMOND, VA, August q. 1891.