The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-11-24
FINANCE and TRADE
Definite Signs of Improvement
Reported.
LARGER EMPLOYMENT OF LABOR.

Prices OF Farm Products Do Not Improve,
but the Prevailing Hopefulness Is Felt In
Larger transactions Reduction
I'm the Price OF Wheat.
NEW YoEK, Nov. PAR. g. Dun g. Co Is
weekly review Of trade says: There are
some changes for the better. The gain Ia
slow, and in some directions not very dis
tinct, but the signs Of 1t are little more
dennite than last week. The most Inn
portant OF them is larger employment Of
labor answering better demand on the
whole for manufactured products. Much
OF this Is due to tine unnatural DELAY of
orders for the winter, which resulted from
prolonged uncertainty, but 1t means no.
tual delay In earning and purchasing
power Of the millions, and so gives prom.
Use of a larger demand In the future Prices
OF farm products in the aggregate do not
improve, but the prevailing hopefulness is
felt In somewhat larger transactions.
The wheat market has lost this week
the cent 1t gained last week, western re-
seipts being larger and Atlantic exports
are also larger, b67,7l1 bushels against
703,O26 last year, but these arc Of small ac-
count compared with the great visible sup
ply. Foreign reports this week have been
remains that tho worlds crop outside the
United States Is probably the largest ever
grown. Corn has declined ~ cents. re-
ceipts having much increased. The for
eign demand for cotton continues large,
exports being 1900 bales larger than for
the same week last year, but receipts also
continue greater than year ago.
Textile industries have added few fac
tories to tho working list and only ono or
two withdrawn, and there has been some
improvement in the demand for woolens.
More supplementary orders for spring
have been received, and colder weather
has increased the demand for heavy goods.
Yet, on the whole, tho market is not nc
tive, and the manufacture is much below
the capacity of the works.
The iron industry again records lower
prices for Bessemer iron, sl0.4o at Pitts
burg, and for some manufactured pro-
duets. The consumption is large, and for
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 for
Russia, which will give added work for
some years, and that q contract for 10000
tons cast pipe for Toxic will probably be
secured by a southern concern.
The failures this week have been 800 in
the United States, against 1856 for the same
week last year, and Of in Canada, against
81 last year.
Bradstreets' review says: The features
of general trade for the week include an
increase in distribution Of holiday goods,
Of heavy clothing, hats, seasonable dry
goods, and at various points hardware and
shoes. AT the south favorable influence
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 for
the full seasons business. The Pacific
coast makes another record in the matter
of exports Of wheat, Tacoma having So
cured an unusually large proportion Of
this business during late weeks. San
Francisco wires that vessels are being
chartered there to proceed to Columbia
river in ballast to load with wheat.