The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-12-01
FINANCE And TRADE
As Viewed by the Two Leading
Commercial Agencies.
SHARP REVIVAL IN PRICES SHOWN.
In Central Western States and In the New
England and Middle Atlantic States n
Material Gain In the Demand for season.
able Staples Is Reported.

England and Middle Atlantic States n
able Staples Is Reported.
NEW YORK, Dec. Bradstreets' review
OF trade says; There is no general or rad
ieai improvement in business at the south,
southwest or the northwest But in cen
tral western states and particularly at
some important cities in the old Middle
and New England states the reverse is
true, material gain in demand for many
seasonable staples having shown itself,
with corresponding increase in volumes
of goods distributed or orders for future
delivery. This is independent of the stiIn-
ulus TO trade In certain lines due to the
approaching holidays and in spite of the
check to the volume of general business
within the week caused by the Thanks
giving holiday.
sharp revival in prices is shown by
quotations for some grades of lumber, but
more particularly for cotton, wheat oats
and lard Improving prices of the first two
OF which having had an influence for good.
Decreases in prices Of steel rails and bars,
cattle, hogs, Indian corn and naval stores
are reported. but quotations for structural
iron, rice, whisky, tobacco, pork, coffee
and sugar are steady.
New England wooden mills are gener-
ally well supplied with spring orders At
philadelphia some worstcd spinners have
had to refuse orders for immediate de-
livery, and textile manufacturers report
good orders for delivery after Jan. l.
The eastern Misunderstanding iewelry trade
is smaller than in October and September,
but the wholesale dry goods business IL
much larger in November than October
and their Is better feeling among textile
manufacturers.
A stimulating influence of u purely sta
tisticai nature is the decrease of 2,O0S, 900
bushels OF wheat in the quantity afloat for
and In store in Europe last week, thus
nearly overcoming the increase of 2, 1928 900
bushels of wheat available in the United
States and Canada last week.
Speculation in the New York stock
market displays little response to the sue
cess Of the government bond issue, the in
fiuence of the large over subscription be-
ing overcome by the failure OF foreign in
terests to obtain any considerable share OF
the new ISSUE
H. @. Dun g. Co.'S review says: The
complete success Of the government loan
and the replenishment Of the gold reserve
have not perceptibly affected business nor
prevented an advance of foreign exchange
near to the exporting point As January
interest has soon to be met and the opera.
tions Of the syndicate are thought likely to.
prevent much selling of bonds to foreign.
ers, some exports Of gold are not improba
BILE. Meanwhile domestic trade and in
dustry have not been little influenced by
the heavy dcfalcation in one bank and
minor disorders in two others, nor by the
failure of tho Erie railway to meet interest
on its bonds.
The closing sugar rcflnerics will dimin-
ish the industrial force more than it is in
creased by the resumption of the Bethle-
hem steel works and a few other concerns.
The controlling fact is that, although in
two instances wages have been increased,
tho earnings of the working force and its
purchasing power are not on the whole
enlarging at present, and prices of the
chief farm products do not materially i'm
prove.
Failures this week have been $50 In the
United States, against 271 for tho same
week last year, and 30 in Canada, against
4S last year.