Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-15


New York. Dec. AR. G.. De- &
Co.'s Weekly Review OF Trade viii say
tomorrow; Dun's Review is enabled.
by the kindness OF several thousand
manufacturers who have forwarded
statements OF their pay rolls for No
vember. this year, in 1898 ana IN 1892.
10 make n very encouraging COMPARE
son OF earnings for that month, which
shows an Increase In total payments
of l6.2 per cent over last year, but
decrease OF 1873 per cent In comparison
with 1882 A statement Of hands en-
pioyed shows that In the same estab-
islments 1872 per cent more persons
were employed than year ago. but
SO per cent less than In 1899, The aver
ago Of earnings for over 100000 hands
is per cent larger than In 1899, but
IL 1-2 per cent less than In 1892, and
this statement takes no account OF
hours OF work In the month compared.
or Of the establishments not work
ing at all this year In some OF the
Industries more hands are at work than
In 1892, but in others the decrease IA
large. Contradictory changes In busl-
ness are quite IN order at this season.
Neither the larger orders In Eolue
branches nor the depression Of prices
in others. afford a safe indication Of
the general movement. But the work
ing force does not lessen more than
usual for the time OF the year, the de-
mand for goods does not seem 20
diminish, though In MERCHANDISE de-
partments II Is considerably below the
capacity OF works In operation and
the volume Of business transacted II q
little larger In comparison with last
year than in November The spocula-
tive markets have advanced little,
81, q, a IN. rn a NffH ANhpnt
~ unchanged in price, although west
ern receipts are as large as they were
last year. and Atlantic exports are
Sst POS bushels, against l.029,25O a year
ago.
Corn is n fraction weaker without
an important change In movement,
though the receipts continue remark
ably large. The heavy receipts Of cot
ton have broken down the price to
6. 10 cents In spite Of strong specula-
tive market. looking for some recovery
from the lowest point on record. The
detailed reports regarding the chief
Industries are not altogether encpur-
aging. The iron output Increased dur
ing the month OF November and was
lgs .Ts2 tons weekly December !. against
| 1862 .6G6 November /, but the increase
/ In the stocks unsold WIS 50.1f9 tons
| which averages 1f,700 tons week M
! dlcating that the increa7c In pro nc'i"n
| during the month OF November was
not supported by the demand for
| products.
| Accordingly prices have been declin-
ing, the general average OF articles be-
! Ing only "a 9 OF the average In october.
| 1890 against 55.7 on the LIST Of Decem-
| Der. The Pittsburg market SHOWS most
| weakness, Bessemer pig being quoted
nj 10. Is and grey forge $3.50, and bar
| iron selling at 90 cents, but IN struct-
l ural forms the eastern demand Is SUI
/ ticiently large TO cause a slight ad-
! vance I'm beams The minor markets
are stronger. though apparently foi
| speculative reasons only. The teNult
| manufacturers are on the whole weakel
| although sales OF woolcns for tho past
week, in part for speculative pnr'
I noses, have been larger than one yea
or two years ago, and Tor TWO Mc,k *.
OF December and have been $4,000
pounds, against 7,s5T2eo last year ahd
1868, 500 In 1892, 4.
The orders for spring woolens dt
not materially Increase. but the cur
rent demand for immediate delivery
continues unusually large coltoi
goods are dcmorallzed by some reduc
| tion and by the announcement or I
great auction sale Of $1,000 pieces b.
miss. Fabyan & Co., but the irfegu
larity in staples increases, while prin
| cloths are steady.
Failures for the past week have bcei
sle in the United States. against 30
last year and forty in Canada, asains
forty last year.