The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-07

for consumption. with
more numerous demahus hscb d"euiate
replacement of stocks, VII" a. r US not
yet stimulate an advance ~ prices be-
cause consumption as Tho nrod means
canacttv but afyords the safest basis
for production. There " some further
increase In the working ior1e employed
I'm wooden manufacture unu shoe fac-
tories. though not this ween III me cot
sn all. although the strike OF connells-
willie workers may not interrupt the
manufacture for some weeks az supplies
on hand are said to be large. Prices in
that industry are little chanseu' though
at the West bar iron IL IRREGULAR because
wages OF puddlers in the valley have been
reduced, and southern pig-iron Is quoted
lower. because OF reduced ireight rates.
Some good contracts for rais are noticed
at Chicago. and orders for finished pro-
ducts disclose shortness OF stock I'm an
sections. Cottons are steady, with more
strength In print-cloths and kindred
fabrics.
NO INCREASE or VOLUME.
symptoms OF change in none Of the
markets appear to indicate an increas-
ing volume of trading IN wall street
there appears n somewhat larger supply
OF commercial paper in the interior not
OF the first quality nor of large amounts.
but enough TO suggest that available
funds In other markets have at last found
more full employment But the accumu-
lation Of idle money here does not yet
diminish. Foreign exchange has sudden
~ advanced to the point AT which gold
could be exported without loss. owing
to cessation of foreign purchases of
stocks. but no gold is known 10 have
been ordered for shipment. The failures
for the past week have been 2i9 in the
United States, against 49, last year, and
CONDITION or SOUTHERN TRADE.
NEW YORK. April 6.-Bradstreets' TO-
morrow will say
Special telesrams from important dia-
triouting centres report general trade
quite Irregular. previous gains having been
followed by shrinkage I'm many instances.
Only three out or six OF the more inn
portant cities I'm the New England and
Middle States furnish encouraging re-
ports as 10 trade this week, and not more
than one-third Of the cities west or north
west send corresponding advices Three
fourths Of the southern and southwestern
cities regard the situation at least as
favorable as heretofore New England
shoe factories are running on half time.
but there Is better demand 1t Boston for
lumber. Some Philadelphia cotton manu-
facturers regard the outlook more favor
ably, as do dry-goods and notion obbcrs
and dealers i'm morocco and leather and
andy disappointed by the IneNpec,cl free
dom with which North Carolina and Nir-
ginia merchants have been purchasing;
sales Of dry goods millinery. and notions
have been heavier than ANTICIPATED. COL
lections in South Carolina, however, are
giving some uneaslness.
There is some gain at Memphis. particu-
larly in dry goods and plantation sup
plies. which is true at Atlanta and Angus
Ia as well. where retailers and jobhers
report more cash sales than for long
report increased sales. as do those in
dry goods and plantation supplies at
New Orleans. aihoufN exports of grain
at the latter are limited.
Business at Chattanooga IS also good,
considering the season. and few COM
plants are made by leading merchants
al Little Rock. Galveston. and Savannah
Trade at Charleston. however, is reported
quiet. sales OF lumber only being fair
Damage from frost In the vicinity Of
Nashville a week ago was small.
THE INDUSTRIAL FEATURE.
The industrial feature Of the week Is
found In thirty-One strikes throughout
the country, involving 5000 employees,
principally among building trades at New
York and Chicago, textile Industries at
Patterson and New York, coal miners and
coke operatives In western Pennsylvania
and further west NOtceably large in
creases IN the number Of small strikes
weekly have taken the place Of resump-
tiOns OF industrial establishments. Manu-
facturers Of print cloths have marked the
price up lice. and report demand brisk
Increased demand for bllcts ana les
semer pig is due 10 speculatiOns. The
trend of prices continues upward.