The morning call., 1894-12-08
Trade IN the Holidays.

NEW YORK, Dec. 7.-Bradstreet's review of
trade tomorrow will say; AT larger Eastern
cities retail trade has assumed the charaeterstics
OF the holiday season. The demand from jobbers
is mainly to fill out depleted stocks and activity
is mainly among retailers
At the South there is reasonable activity in
staple goods, with moderate Improvement at
Nashville. Chattanooga, Savannah, Augusta and
Jacksonville.
Southern jobbers are paying much attention
to collecting bills as to selling goods At Charles
ton NJ emphis and birmingham trade is quiet and
unchanged. New Orleans and Galveston likewise
send unfavorabe reports OF the movement OF
merchandise, but at the fret named tn G free mar
ketng OF crops MAKES money moro plentiful
though demands Tor funds are small There has
been moderate gain In the distribution OF gro
ceries shoes and light hardware from Galveston
but sales of dry goods arc dull
Among central Western cities Cleveland and
Cincinnati are exceptional IN reporting gains in
manufacturers.
North of Kansas City and because of Chicago
trade reports arc less favorable on account OF
unreasonable open weather ana throughout Ne
braska ard adjacent regions owing to the n ed of
rain. Some or all these characteristics apply to
Omaha, Des MoiheS, Milwaukee st. Paul, Mime
apoIis and Duluth. the last named announcing the
departure OF the last lake vessel for the season
Aggregate Duluth shipments by lake are OOO.-
600 tons 1898 but receipts arc a trIfe
smaller. This tendency Of prices is to Increased
frmness, the list of staples showing advances he.
ing longer than that on which quotations are not
AS at London wool sales closed per cent higher
than the opening or good varieties. that staple is
regarded as having advanced, although quota
tions for territories are nominally only steady
American purchases at London amount to
100000 bales.
The movement OF staple merchandise from es
troit and Louisville is characterized as feature
less
AT Chicago sales of clothing exceed those OF the
like period of 1891, but the distribution OF shoes
rubber goods ana hardware Is smaller. st. Louis
iobbers report the heaviest demand from near by
country dealers to fill in stocks and better feel
ing IN the finished iron and steel trade. Kansas
inlheTg send QiDp rnn0ft. n
efforts to push trade IN Texas aud favorable re-
suits.
western tanners report a per cent advance In
the prices OF skins, and Chicago announces sales
quotations. More important decreases In quota
lions refer to sugar cotton, tin and lard. Live
hogs have been lower at Kansas City. but higher
at omaha.
Merchants and manufa cturers are repor ted an
tic ipating that business will remain we'll within
conservative lines during the winter. with
moderate increase in the spring. At Cleyeand
manufacturers are Inclined to regard the indus
trial outlook FOR the spring as promising only
sonabie activity, while at st. Louis joDbers an
ticpate good trade in the spring and declare
themselves SIZED with the business of tho past
six months.
There have been SOLO bushels OF wheat
(hour included as wheaD exported from the
United Statec Canada none) this week, compared
with 2,55S 800 bushels in the like week year
bushels three years ago, and with 2641 900
bushels Ill the first week OF January. 1890. Crop
interests in, California have been improved by
seasonable rains throughout the state. San Fran
cisco wheat exporters are expecting early
shortage In tonnage.
Groceries and fancy goods are in better demand
at Toronto, but dry goods and clothing are quiet.