The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-08-31

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Not :" Had a. sxs~et~d-
NEW loEk. Aug. e5.-E a. Dun 4
Cos weekly review 81 trade issued To-
day Says:
Changes during the past week have
no; been definite nnr very complete
A. the presidents final decision re-
garding the new tariff j. assured but
no, yet certainly known. part ~ the
hesitation which appcar> may H.
attributed To the uncertainty
which mus. soon terminate Other
conditions il not entirely favorable.
have AZ least not changed for the w"r>e
during the past week. The INJURY g.
corn i les than many spp-ehensied.
hut i still believed "a have rcssurci
the yield about 5o0.0t0.so0 bushels
| The strike Of coke workers ami coal
miners has ended. and while the loci
out If cotton operatives l. important
il affects the earnings and livelihood
If much smaller number
The business 30 long delayed b.
tariff uncertainties begins To come
forward. - that transactions in many
departments are larger than ~ late.
and on the whole larger than a the
but il j. still too soon - determine
how far the satisfaction ~ postponed
deman nd viii - idle hands ~ work
or raise transactions toward the normal
volume i.ut II j. 4 healthy ~ign thar
The gain thus far j. gradual and moe
spa>modic OF Eighty in a7Dcaraare-
In all the great industries som i'm
crease in demand for products ha> ap-
pearesi. and the boot and shoe TRADE
continues 10 lead - her~ in recovery. -
. shipments from the east not only ev
coed last years largely but >urpa>s
thoss. in Angus. n previous y-ar~-
Economy appear here IN purchase ~
CHEAPER qualities rather than IN par
chaseS of fewer pairs or ca.e>- ant the
Z demand j. largely for speedy delivery.
rejecting unusual reduction ~ stock
In the iron and Steel manrtAciure
the demand for finished prc-i-cf> i'm
. ( crrases. but j. AZ r,rese n not large
a. the capacity ~ TIE works which
have. ersseavorri 40 resume operations
A moderate increase j. seen in the
!. WOODEN mills in operation. and agents
i, who have offered spring goods -er~r-
ailv al a reduction If about = per
: cent from last year, prices. have taken
: orders for considerable quantities. Int
there i still great uncertainty about
the extent and eject of foreign corn
petition in may important cla~>e>- par
J. ticuiarlv ~ the better grade - gopsi>.
!. and a. this must continue for months
' the adjustment 20 new conditions Elu>t
d L. gradual
Alrout .s.s0. GOO ns1 bushels j. nos the
more common estimate ~ yie.i -
= corn. which viii leav. nothing snr c1-
: port. and. falling below full supply
: for feeding. viii materially affect
y prices Of meats for the coming year
: Wheat has been stronger in spite ~
e favorable reports that yield Of SsD--
= ono. 600 bushels or more j. nov cx-
= pected- Receipts Mt the west for the
week were 4.Y.,s- eas bushels against
a.-.4.i4o last year. and Atlantic ex-
ports only i.ss..s3s ba>hcls. against
o. s.o5s. 49, last year
u Hog products are only a shade strong
AZ err. Cotton fell a shade mainly on &c
= count Of curtailment Of consumption
~ by the strikes. hut recovered Ac-
= counts from the south continue -
4" promise Weld considerably larger
than that of 1888
Money markets continue 20 reject a
Legitimate increase If commercial de-
rnand. which comes mainly from dry
goods commission houses bl' u .
noted that although the last week 81
a Angus; j. at hand the requirements
"e from the west and south Tor croF
- moving purposes are bv no means II or
~ binary magnitude Foreign exchange
=. has been a shade stronger fhougi
=, domestic exports Of products from
81 New York have been for three week
'el 81. GOO or per cent less than la
wear. the decrease in imports havin.
been only 100000 in the same weeks
n Foreign capital appears to h. dom.
On scarcely anything a, present in Amer
'tn lean securities and the advance ~ :
- per share in railroad stocks and 81
On in trusts this week ha, been due :
~ speculative operations on the r"or
.ns Railroad earnings in August hav
70 been / per cent larger than last year
~ I'm, f4g per cent smaller than IN i-.'-
although IL j. observed that IN tor
mage many 81 the leading railroads ar
now doing better than two years ag'
the The treasury has gained a little
gold reserve. though New York banA
re i-erin TO resent and resist the proce-
IN If drawing gold from them for cut
2 rencv shipped to the interior
ely A year ago this week payment
ma through clearinghouse dropped ~ r.
cent. railroad earnings II Per cent
'ea thirty iron works stopped and half ~
ne cotton mills at Fall River and ther
PIT wer. 40 failures Of which only MIR
wn aggregated liabilities Of s.i.sco.ee
ma The exchanges this week are larg'
M than last year by 1870 per cent ?
va though they are 1914 per cent tcio
~ those If 1892
pa The liabilities of firms failing for y
an second week If August amounted
M, only si.sis.3sa. and for the last thr'
ana weeks to only s-.es..c-6. Of which i
sss. a0- were of manufacturing and :
80. aeg II trading concerns
: il The failures for the week ended
ele- the asth were e.ss in the tnifrd State