The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-24
FINANCE AND TR NDZ
Definite Signs Of Improvement
Reported,
LARGER EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR

Prices of Farm Products DO Not Improve,
hut the Prevailing Hnpcrulucss Is yejt "a
Larger Trnn 5000, 'ons Another Rc,luct .nu
in the Price of Wheat.
NEW YORK. Nov 2l-E. G. Dun y CO...
weekly review of trade says: There aa'
some changes for the better The gain
slow, and in some directions not very 50
tinct, but the signs Of it are a little mu..
definite than last week The most ,lu
portant Of them is larger employmcnt q
labor, answering a better dumand un 'i''
whole for manufactured products Much
of this is due to the unnatural arlgy u.
orders for the winter, which resulted iro
prolonged uncertainty, but g. MS H,.
tual delay in earning anG ..@ 0..to
power Of the millions, and so gives prH.
Use Of larger demand in the futuy' pri.n.
of farm products in the aggregate do mot
improve, but the prevailing hopeiuiness is
felt in somewhat larger transactions
The wheat market has lost this week
the cent it gained last week, western re
celpts being larger and Atlantic exports
are also larger, 567711 bushels against
| 703, 026 last year. but these are of small ac-
count compared with the great visible sup
rather more promising, though the fact
remains that the worlds crop outside the
United States is probably the largest ever
grown. Corn has declined IL cents re-
ceipts having much increased The for
eign demand for cotton continues large,
exports being $4,000 bales larger than for
the same week last year, but receipts also
continue greater than year ago
Tpytilp in6u gtripe bayp added "a few faP-
tories to the working list and only one or
two withdrawn, and there has been some
| Improvement in the demand for woolens.
Moro supplementary orders for spring
have been received and colder weather
has increased the demand for heavy goods
Yet, on the whole, the market is not ac-
tive, and the manufacture is much below
the capacity of the works.
| The iron industry again records lower
| prices for Bessemer iron, 5000 at Pitts
/ burg, and for some manufactured pro
duets. The consumption is large, and fOI
the season fairly well maintained but as
1t is not equal to the capacity Of works in
! operation, their struggle to get business
| keeps prices at the bottom. 1t is reported
that an American ship yard has secured
orders to build three armored cruisers fol
Russia, which will give added work fol
some years, and that a contract for 10,0Ol
tons cast pipe for Toxic will probably b,
secured by u southern concern.
| The failures this week have been 322 in
the United States, against 1856 for the sam,
week last year, and 81 in Canada, sgains
"a last year,
Bradstreets review says: The features
of general trade for the week include ar
increase in distribution of holiday goods
Of heavy clothing, hats, seasonable DIR!
goods, and ut various points hardware anC
shoes. At the south favorable influenc
is a moderate advance in the price of cot
ton. From points in southeastern Allan
tic states some hesitancy is reported in sup
plying goods before making collections TO
the full seasons business. The Pacifl
coast makes another record in the matte
of exports of wheat Tacoma having sc
cured an unusually large proportion o
this business during late weeks Sal
Francisco wires that vessels are beinl
chartered there to proceed to Columbi
river in ballast to load with wheat.