The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-09-29
BIJSIN ESS D UTE OK.
Trade Shows an Increase Over
That OF Last Year.
favorable Features Reported a Week Ago
Are Observation-Disclosures In tho
8 Iron Market Record of
Falures
CAN'T STRIKE, A BALANCE.

New YORK, Sept. pr. G. Dun &
Co. IS weekly review of trade says:
Il Plenty OF material for encouragement and
also for discouragement can be found By those
who seek that aud nothing else. But business
men who want to see the situation exactly al
1t Is find accounts so far conflicting that 1t Is
difficult to strike balance. In the aggregate
business is about tenth larger than last year
but still falls about Is per cent below full
volume for the season
The iron business after It's great increase OF
output last month. shows disappointing
weakness at all eastern and central markets,
with consumption not large enough to keep
fairly employed the mills in operation
In textile fabrics there has been distinct
decrease in trade, as initial stocks for the next
season have been ordered and dealers are now
waiting for the retail tt ade to give encourage
ment for further purchase. The strike at Fan
River and New Bedford has not ceased. ana
about a. dozen additional cotton mills nave
gone into operation elsewhere. several with
reduced wages but the orders for the present
are narrow and much smaller than usual.
Breadstufls are weaker. possibly because the
government official report went so far In pre-
dieting short crops SO as to cause q reactl IN
opinion. While lower estimates OF corn are
commonly accepted, the price fell 31i cents,
and men are reasoning that II the official estl-
mate Of wheat has been found 100 600 bush
els out OF the way the corn oSLlnaCe nssJ eIH
from 400, 1000 900 to 500. 900 600 bushels
Failures IN two weeks of September show
liabilities OF only So 867,764 OF which 1862 TIC
were OF manufacturing and 81 ,796,048 OF trading
concerns Failures during the week have been
212 In the United States against 32l last year,
and in Canada forty Eight against forty last
year.
Bradstreet's Report.
Bradstreet's review says:
The condition of general trade this week Is
an improvement over one week ago in that IA
vorable features reported then have been
maintained The surprisingly good reports
west are indicated by special advices from
Baltimore, Nashville, Chicago, St. Louis, Port
land, Ore. and San Francisco.
The greatest activity is shown In dry goods,
clothing millinery and shoes. Wool, TOO, is
active. one lot OF 100000 pounds having been
sold to u Rhode Island man. St Louis manu-
facrurers and jobbers of clothing and hats re-
port business heavier than in their preceding
experience in like periods. Sales OF mil
unery and dry goods are large, as we'll as those
of lumber.
Price movement is downward, cotton having
sold to within two points OF the lowest price
on record, and wheat having gone OFF sufficient
ly to make another Lowest record for that
cereal Other decreases are shown in hogs
and cattle at western markets.
Gains in volume Of business at leading east
ern cities in the preceding fortnight are gen.
orally maintained. Neither Buffalo nor Puts
burgh announces gains or reactions, except In
prices for metals.