Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-09-15
DEEOCRATIC TINES.

We have reasons 20 believe that the
United States is about entering upon
period of great prosperity. As the I'M
pTovement is sure TO be felt generally
before the November election, the Dem
oeratic party will sweep the country.
Tue voters will reRlize what has all
along been true, that the Democrats
were but the assignees Of government
run into bankruptcy by the bad leSls-
latiOn ard ;niSdeeds OF the Republican
party Southwest (Ind.)
Claain'S, which is one OF the best pa
rometers in the trade, has looked as IL
did in ante-pahic times, and all the )oo-
bers have done an excellent business.
In many OF the domestic dress goods
houses the rush has been OF an eXhillr-
atiug description. An Economist man
this week asked the manager OF one OF
the prominent accounts how things
were going, and for q reply was told
that they were expecting next week
10 begin selling the tables and gas ny
lures, as there would be nothing else
left 20 sell."-DTy Goods Economist
(trdde).
There is certainly tone Of conf
deuce in the market and more hope
full feeling as 10 the fair and winter
trade. AT Eastern points like Boston
this feeling is especially manifest The
! Boston market for lumber is decidedly
better la some directions, with Increased
INQUIRY. The tariff act has not materi-
ally changed the situation for the pres
ent as regards free lumber, except that
the larger supplies are expected TO De
sent in from Canada In finished state
and less Ia the rough. There is fair
demand at Boston for all kinds OF
! Southern lumber-riit flooring taking
the lead, and demand for cypress
steady, Ia the lake market trade 10
good aud movement quite active
Southern LlmbermGn (trdde).
The wire nail factories and oaro wire
works are starting up again. On the
whole prices for Bessemer pig iron and
soft steel have been held up very well,
/ but there Is feeling among the buyers,
! the rolling mills, that prices must come
! down. since the markets Tor hnlsned
| iron and steel are down TO the lowest
! prices reached this year, and In same
! cases are below that level. Raw mate
rial is certainly cheap. Reports have IL
! that Mesaba ore mas been offered below
S2.25. A significant fact is that Amer
lean cotton tie makers have captured
| orders during the week in competition
/ against free foreign cotton ties. Ability
TO make quick delivery helped them,
! but il does begin TO look as though they
will be able to hold very big share OF
the business il they are fairly supported
bv the billet mills and get drcent rates
of freight.-Hon Age (ReD.)
The TrddeSmdn, Chattanooga, Tenn,
| in its re port on the industrial condition
/ OF the South for the week ending Sep
TENDER 10, says: The record OF the
week is sne of steady progress. The
iron Industry is getting more active
each day az furnaces go into blast and
outputs increase. Stocks OF pig iron
are not increasing, but prices continue
10 be very low. The only cotton tie mill
In the United States is now in active
| operation in Georgia, and seems TO be
able To meet any competition. The
building industry is growing active In
all the Southern cities, and many edi-
fees recurring for their completion
/ large investments Of capital are under
way, or in preparation for contracts.
! The cOnditiod of the crops continues 10
be satisfactory. Reports as TO the In
Jury to cotton from boil worms have
been much exaggerated.