Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-15

IN volume OF clearlngs. while In COMPARE
son with September. 1892 the decrease IL
B7 per cent. The railroad earnings IN
September thus far reported ore Ia per
cert. less than last year. and but lj.J per
cent. Iess than In 1882. while the tonnage
comparison shows substantially the same
result.
The country has now passed nearly
three weeks under the new tariff. and all
admit that the changes have been OF less
Importance as yet than was expected. III
IN some branches business has materially
increased. II has gained little or has fallen
of I'm others The loss In some direc-
lions IS explained by the crop reports.
for the most favorable estimate OF ex-
perts puts the loss OF corn at about w.
10000 bushels, whereas the government
report Is by some interpreted as meaning
a loss OF |. 600 900 coo bushels. The opinion OF
the trade does not favor the official es-
innate. and the price has not risen at
all during the week. though receipts nave
been very small. exporta have practically
ceased. and all realize that the shrinkage
OF 900 600. go bushels Is serious, II IL proves
to be no greater, since 1t must affect the
prices OF meats FOR year or more. PORK
is unchanged but lard has risen 30 cents
per foo pounds.
Nor are official reports encouraging as
10 wheat. Western receipts In two weeks
have been ll.lSl.6d bushels against 10
Gi16i bushels last year, and the Atlahuc
exports only e.074.190 bushels, against
5,lO5,52G bushels last year. while the price
10 &C. lower.
Considerable injury is officially reported
10 cotton. but few expect less than s.Sp'"o
bales. which IS more than enough, ana
the price Is a sixteenth lower.
in. IN.
which was noted as following the re-
moval of the coke difficulties, Is measured
by the capacity Of the furnaces in blast
September lst-namely. 15l,llS tons. against
1896 August lst. aud the unsold stocks
also decreased 1854 tons during the
month. The output thus rises 20 % per
cent. Of full production. but the con-
sumption may be less, as the May IN
crease in output was near the end Oh
August. and prices have since weakened
a little. Besscmer iron is $ll.i0 at Pltts-
burg. while grey forge sells at 1915.
Less activity is seen In dry goods the
rush Of postponed business having abateu'
and there Is more disposition TO defer
purchases because Of somewhat general
advances I'm cotton goods. and because
London wool sales are expected to make
the outlook clearer. The strikes in cot
ton mills have not ceased and the stocks
Of prlnt-cloths shrink rapidly, but some
question whether the recent advances in
prices can be maintained, with important
additions TO ,sS present force. There IS
sin a fair business>-fe-.0 - edy delivery N
woollens and for the cheaper gfadcS 9.
spring goods but scarcely anything ~
being done i'm the finer grades. About
half the usual business In the aggregate
has been done. IL is estimated, and about
threr-quarters in the cheaper grades.
The sales Of wool have been a253-VV
pounds in two weeks. against 5,5f7O0 last
year. and l6.l2S,NO in 1872.
The failures in the first week of sep
tomber. az reported. show liabilities OF
only 81 5000. Of which Nlj,l20 were OF
manufacturing and S937,ij0 Of trading con-
Germs The aggregate Of liabilities Tor
August f. so G97.5l3 This week the fail
ures have been 2D7 in the United states,
against 81 last year, and a in Canada
against = last year.