The Portland daily press., 1894-10-06
Mercantile Conditions Show Little
Change.
BANK CLEARINGS FOR THE PAST
WEEK EXCEEDINGLY HEAVY.
Showing a Great Increase Over Last
Month-The Available Stock of Wheat
for and in Europe the Largest on Record
"A Summing Up of the Business situa
tion.

for and i'm Europe the Largest on Record
"A Summing Up of the Business Situa
ton.
New York, October 5.-Bradstreets will
say tomorroW While no radical change
has appeared this week, there are feat
ures of the situation pointing to contin-
ued progress in the e'direction of improve
ment. This is true of the country at
large. In the eastern and middle States.
while the larger cities do not report..note-
worthy changes, Providence announces
all industrial lines notably manufacture
ing jew elers, have received liberal orders,
with the exception of manufacturers of
machinery. Baltimore reports larger
sales in few directions in the West,
and corresponding reports come from
On aha, where better feeling is report
edsthroughout the tributary region, and
more buying of dry goods, clothing, shoes
and groceries. Duluth finds business
improved, Jobbers in several lines of
beef are encouraged. ST. Louis and Kan
sas City report stimulation in wholesale
as we'll as retail lines, due in part to the
influx of visitors to the carnivals from
the South. The most favorable report
comes from Jacksonville, where the
wholesale trade good and the retail
trade improving. Merchandise is NOV
ing satisfactorily from Savannah, Char
lesion and Chattanooga. 1t was previ-
ously reported large volume OF the
business of Chicago jobbers maintained.
At number of points east and west the
QY1p ND for \
changes III the character of mercantile
collections AS rule, are in the direction
of improvement.
A moderate trade is doing in almost
all lines at Boston, special activity be-
ingAoted in shoes. of which the cheap
er grades are in the best demand The
call for dry goods is largely to fill out
are sold rapidly on the recent cut, they
are steadier.
TRADE IN WOOL.
I Trade in wool is slow. the sales of some
varieties meaning concessions. A bout 5000
bales are reported to have been taken
in London for American accounts. At
Philadelphia the manufacturers of cot
tonades are fairly busy. In other lines
I'll lade is of moderate proportions Th
volume of. business at PitGsburg grows
very slowly, the greatest activity being
shown in the sales OF shoes and cloth
ing. Buffalo maintains the previous
volume of trade.
In the West no material change is re-
ported from Cleveland, Cincinnati, De-
troit, Milwaukee and St. Paul. A slight
falling off in the volume of business at
Louisville is reported. Flour and lum-
Der are reported active at Minneapolis on
unsatisfactory margins. Canned goods
and dried fruit reports in California are
reported the heaviest on record for the
season to date. Prices are low. Nash
vile finds encouragement in the in
creased bank clearings, but collections
have been disappointing. Business is
fair at Memphis in dry goods, shoes
and clothing, ,apd at Atlanta the volume
of trade has increased ten per cent in
most of the leading lines. Improvement
is shown at Augusta IN the volume of
sales OF groceries and hardware, and
Galveston and Birmingham, AIa., report
no change.
The price movement has improved
little, and wheat, corn and oats have ad-
vanced from previous lowest levels.
Some varieties of lum Der. naval stores, tin
plate, and a few other staples have re-
mained steady in price, but refined sugar
is lower for reasons which may not be
similar to those governing prices in 9TH
er lines. Concessions lin prices have been
made for pig iron, steel billets, lum ber,
lar, coffee. cotton, print coths and live
hogs.
EXPORTS OF WHEAT.
Exports of wheat, including -four as
wheat, from both coasts of the United