The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-01
IDE BEGINS TO TURN.
rNCg THE TABYFF sKTTLfMfNT
GUINNESS IMPROTLS.
kad.trees's and Duns weekly Novicw '--
some Export Orders Cancelled ny he'-
,on OF spanish Retslistory Duty.

NEW YORK. Aug. Sl.-Bradstreets to-
.aorrcw will say:
Al all but few OF the cities from
which special telegtams are received IA
orahic Influences are shown 10 have been
work. resulting in sul further Inn
vcmcut in the business situation since
i' settlement Of the tarf question.
IN, ENGLAND woollen mills are now re-
NIX recorders for heavy woolcns.
p' ana dress woollens are selling free
'nl there has been. and is an in
~ Nd demand for funds AZ larger east
N''"' utrcs. not only for Withdrawals OF
from bond bu- 90 meet increased
Is Of commercial papers.
''. far funds % move crops have
ne West as freely as anticipated.
4'' .ception o. The Improvement IN Dc
An in staple lines IN western and mid
maStates Is reported from Providence.
dice south Atlantic and birmingham
Sc does not report larger volume
business. but the character Of cotton
hiym.uts ln The near future VIII deter
mine 'hc volume Of purchases.
l. g. noteworthy that the financial con-
dltion ~ TeNIs merchants IS said 10 be
better tllu Tor years one OF n" most In
terc-fInE trade features consequent on the
"ew t.rl0 is reported from Galveston. that
n
500 barrels of -four had becn cancelled
y re- ~ Che Spanish rctaliat1ry duty.
GalNeston's banana trade expects 60 be
iurt lso. owing 10 lack of return car
goes for fruit steamers.
TRADE CENTRES.
A. Boston fair fall business IS doing in
DIV obs. frmncss charactcrizlng cotton
faOr.-- prices owing to the New Bed
ford ana Fail River strikes.
At philadelphia sugar is advancing on
speculative demand. and IL IS declared
that gr0cers viii carry heavier stocks,
Ioha'e' nufocturcrs are busy on I'M
proved demand since the settlement OF
the tariff question.
GencEa. trade AT baltimore is quite en-
COuTaeius. owing 10 the somewhat nm
eNpectelly large lumber Of buyers in all
lines irJm the South and West. whose
purchases nave resulted Ia quite an i'm
'so'cmeni over last week.
nUS's rTr ONT.
.NLW YORK. Aug ar G.. Dun &
Hs weekly review OF trade tomorrow
Tbs activity which came with exhausted
locks and the pressure of delayed IAN
eWahds. ana was increased 10y the re-
loNtl or uncertainty about the tari1. has
0nunuel with heavy entries Of foreign
bu0ls since the bil became a law. but
the people who Know best are say.ng.
= Imp 'rcnent VIII come, rather than
Improvement has come
The Ea!n is not yet what has been cX-
'eiel. and business. II good In Compari-
n with last year. is Stlll poor I'm COM
irisun with years preceding. Presumably
hero has not been time % feel the full
uc.fS OF the change. ana gradual gain
VII lee more healthy and encOUrdgIug
than q ep1smlll- rise bat the expansion
OF commercial loans has Sul denly ceased.
rice II maI ufactIr-d products show
rtIkrcss rFthrr than strength. and there
lls been reaction iu the stock market
august l.s ended. b1t the interior de-
a Tf 10 % |.ft. o.
'cccipt- 80 spucrfu0us currency from
1s'trn points. although crops are moving
ute fr"'ly' the recent increase
lpolr- tD have been due to
arm'rfa FIR sugar imports for whs-
taken orr ~ bond. and for imported
.0l- taken out ~ the custom houses, and
aus dropped OF sharply
CONCLUSION.
The rr1vailtble conclusion is that the
desired increase IN domestic str button
las NOT r-t reached such proportions as
o. influence the loan market
The mills are not running IN ], though
fue -tolI tE. 40 Fan River looks every
day more ike am effort of the oV RAJ
lives t1 force curtaiim"ut OF lrolu tiOn
u order to lit prices and make re- .uc-
'ol ~ wages seem unnec.ss Nry
-. fa~ .rint-cI oths have al"ancei q
quarter. Iut without corresp ndioe adj
vance in other goods. and while the de-
I-ud IS encouraging. II docs not com
pare with years before the last.
Neither in cotton nor n wo.leu mills
las there appeared tiis week am i'm
Gre SSH. iu production. Iu WO0'cus Ord"r.
tnr -r ug goods II certain qla tics have
been llit, lar.. buyers concluding % Il
prices a|- about as low as they VII
The demand for products Of iron and
steel has increased. lut prices tend down
ward where. euy c0angr appears. as
there Is not enough business yet 90 IN