The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-04
The snow Church Review.

The Snow Church Company's Weekly
| Review OF Trade says:
During the past week the demand for
goods to consumers proceeded pretty
mnch the same as the week preceding,
though with no inconsiderable improve
menC In some quarters. There Is one en-
couragins indication in the statistics OF
retail distribution of goods-that being an
apparent gain in comparison with last
year, at nearly all points, though as yet
the demand for retail goods Is not Suf-
hcient to sustain the present large pro-
ductioD of manufactured articles, this.
Of course, having the effect Of keeping
prices down.
The two great staples which have
had such a powerful effect upon The
business condition OF the country for the
past month, wheat and cottbn, still re-
NAMED at the lowest prices ever known
cotton below six cents and wheat below
fifty-five cents-this being one Of the
principal features of the week. Though
there were many encouraging indications
noticeable among the business operations
OF the country, and many, observers find
ground for encouragement thereat, gen.
erGl trade has not yet assumed eXpecta-
lions, and has yet much to recoup from.
The phenomenany low prices of the
great staples have affected the buying
power OF millions, and the great loss In
the corn crop has been a patent factor.
Things have, however, held their own.
with steady gain in retail distribution,
sired and which many expected by this
time.
Reports from some parts of the South
for the past week are not 80 ENCOURAGING.
From Baltimore We learn that wholesale
and retail trade were both somewhat
smaller, and there has been a general
falling off in most lines, though collec-
tons are satisfactory. There Is no spe-
clal activity there In any particular line.
From Richmond and Atlanta we hear
that though there is practically no i'm
provemtnt over last week, things are
still holding their own, and a good de-
mand continues FOR groceries and sup
plies. From Louisville we have good re-
trade has been only fair. Sales OF leaf
tobacco there, to date of their report,
are the largest for three years.
In New York city domestic exports
were eighteen per cent. less than last
year. while the increase In value Of i'm
Ports has been twenty seven per cent.
The decrease In exports is principally In
price. but In August and September the
quantity of wheat decreased over d
third Provisions and cotton, however,
gained. The increase In imports exclusive
OF sugar was over thirty-five per cent.
in September, and in two weeks of OctO-
Der as New York over forty-three per
cent.
There are also a considerable decline in
stocks-railroad securities dropping thir-
ty-seven cents per share. and trusts
twenty ceIts
The dry goods business Is still waiting
for retail demand TO make Itself known
and development is slower than was
expected and hoped. New business I'm
cotton goods has been small, and the
resumption Of production by Fall River
mills has Depressed prices to some eX-
tent Woolens have also felt the effect
of the auction sale by the Arlington
mills, which brought prices about fifteen
per cent. below those previously quoted,
while soft wool dress goods are Jhree
TO five per cent. lower than last year.
The strike of the cloakmakers seems 30
have had the effect of reducing the de-
mand for cloakings.