St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-08
Jobbers Report an Active De-
mand for Goods From
the Country.
MONEY MARKET IMPROVES,
And the Volume Of Trade Is
Increasing All Through
the West.
STOCKS BULLISH IN TONE.
A Better Outlook for Railway
BusineSs--Week's Finan-
eial Reviews.
STOCKS BULLISH IN TONE.

New YORK. Sept. I. -Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: Special kilograms
from more important distributing points
make il plain that in mercantile lines
trade is fairly active, fully meeting
earlier and more favorable anticipations
in majority of instances and exceed
ing them in some. An increased
number of interior buyers at larger
cities within the week has served to
stimulate The feeling OF hopefulness !;
and, aside from the cotton mill strike in
New England and distress i'll the North
west due 10 forest fires. the week has
not brought unfavorable features
Staple prices tend upward, except for
wool.
There is an Improvement in the de-
mand for money at Boston, New York
and Chicago, but rates are not as high
as usual in the season nor the supply of
commercial paper as large. North
western wheat carriers have arranged
for necessary funds with Chicago banks
al per cent.
\ striking feature at the West comes
from Chicago, where the volume of
business IN all mercantile lines has
increased, especially in dry goods, the
total for the week being the heaviest
for the season, notwiths landing con-
sentative purchasing in that market by
Northwestern merchants.
This is duplicated at st. Louis, where
there has also been a larger volume of
sales, both by jobbers and manufacture
ers, the total for August being equal to
that in 1892. Omaha reports that Ne
braSka still needs a good deal OF rain,
and that trade with jobbers is fair only
Milwaukee has experienced decided
Improvement III demand for goods and
money, while st. Paul reports that loss
of life and destruction of villages and
property by fire have checked purchases
in That market. Minneapolis announces
that the recent good volume of business
there is holding its own. There is rea-
sonable trade at Louisville and Cincin-
natl, the former reporting many visiting
buyers. increased sales and manu-
facturerS Of wooiens anticipating
deliveries. while the latter
reports that distribution of dry goods
alone shows gain this week. Improve
mcnt in some lines and moderate
volume of business in others is char
acteristic at Kansas City, but at Cleve-
land there is better demand for goods
in almost all lines. San Francisco
reports activity in lines of business
with ship owners In control OF the ocean
freights market, and wheat ran up 2
cents Tor orders TO Cork. The grand
total of $685. 900 bushels of wheat
available in the United States and
Canada Sept. is % per cent larger than
alear ago, and the heaviest stock>ever
held on a ike date. The increase in
American and Canadian available wheat
stocks in August was l4,S55 900, the
largest August increase on record with
the exception Of August. 1892. Tue
stock atioat for and in Europe Sept. l
amounted to G3, 264, 900 bushels, a de.
crease of nearly one-iifth as compared
with the year before. Within three
months stocks of wheat in and atloat for
Europe have decreased 20 per cent,
While those in the United States and
Canada increased less than 10 per cent
Exports of wheat. United States aid
Canada, both coasts flour included as
wheaU. amount to S,2U7, 900 bushels dur
ing six business days ending with Sept.
6. In the previous week the total was
100000 bushels, and in the first week
OF September, 1898. it was 4,592, 600
bushels. in 1892. 1857, 900 bushels. ana
in 1891, 4,726,O00 bushels. Exports of
Indian corn in the United States have
uwlndleI to an average OF little over
100000 bushels week In striking
contrast with quantities abroad in cor
responding Weeks one, two and three
years ago.