The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-06

increase in general trade, so far as such
TENDERS total, SO. 4s3, 727. 495, is the small
est monthly aggregate for five years, ex-
cept those. of August and SEPTEMBER,
over September last year Is 5,sper cent,
phe nine months total, sS2, sol ,6S9,s26, Is Y
per cent less than last year, Is per cent.
than in 1891. Out of September totals
from Is cities. 6S show increases contrast
| ed with last year, while for nine nlontns
81 show decreased aggregates contrassep
Rallies in the manipulated industrials
| have given q strong tone 70 .ae Ms &c
! covering eof short contracts in the rail-
| road list. The market, however, IS Gull
and professional, and interest centres IN
| Sugar Refineries and one or two otner
| stocks in which artificial influences pre-
| dominate. 1t is evident that actual stocks
are not pressed for sale, and tnat lne
| market become quickly oYerSold. Lon
| don has not been a seller of our securities
to any extent, in spite OF the aIiegsu
| threatening European complications. Inc
bond market is dull, with prices ior PRIME
| Investments we'll maintained, while speeu-
| tation in low-grade issues has slacKeneu
| and their prices have weakened. Forelgn
| exchange is firm and ~dvanclns on tue
| scarcity of bills, demand sterling being
| up to 4.57. - r.+,a
| Wheat, corn and oats haye advanced from
preyious lowest levels. Some varieties OF
pimvher naval stores, tin plate and a few
| other staples have renamed steauy III
price, but refined 81 sadv is not i9 be Similar lar
| to those governing prices In other INES.
| Concessions in prices have also peen
made for pig so iron S5gei e cioths and i've
hogs. The total number of business rail-
ures in the United States this week Is 10.
against 24 last ioo w .M6 v 500 IN ag sne "eeA q
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From r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review.
The lowest prices ever known for wheat
and Gotten snecessaTlly fh apber nro6mcts
with the chief money crops Oh the West
| and South sinking in value, It Is nos
strange that pm laasr fba on Was Expected.
| Wheat has touched the lowest point ever
i known for options, and cotton the loWest
ever known in any form Win 1ns t ponsn Of
| stocks in both products Is dlscouraging
to purchasers for an ADVANCE. PRODUCERS
| are compelled to. sell at prices oeiow 7 in
| some Western States there Is also a IA
| mentable failure of the corn crop. IN
der the circumstances u for w Wanuf a
| products should be quite as large as III
| other years. u,+to
Wheat suffers most from aceumulatioa
| of stocks in sight, which are far beyond
| what is usually expected for the season,
! and the exports in September were IN
usually small. For the trst o Wees s7s E bushels
| against S6S, TAG last year, and western Ie.
ceipts were only 1885 bushels, agalnsl
| $3.50. 6S7 last year, and these ngureS give
aGIience in view of the unusual visible
| supply. The price for cash wheat Is.a
small fraction higher for the week. Corn
| receipts at the West nave oeen ons
| third as large as they were last year,
| with exports amounting TO nothing, put
| the price has not further decIinea afa art
the heavy fall during the pfeEroiT n tone.
| though only lard is quotapiy lower S rios
| ton Is one-eighth lower, the cash price
being the lowest a Know the i9 diffepence in
| classification, it is perhaps lower mar e.
any time in 1S49, and estimates that ene
| crop is more than lO,eoo,oW pales es afe
mates of $500, 900 were two months ago,
| With favorable weather the yleId seems
| likely to be the largest ever KNOWN ~
The condition of the industries Is IN
snne resnects more satisfactory. Eya-
| IDENTIFY there is a larger demand Ior IRON
| products than there was a nlohln 49,,
| though the increase in output mas oegn
| somewhat greater than the increase IN
| the demand, 80 that prices steadliy len4
downward. Bessemer pig is selhng q q
49, with steel bars at s1.o5, while a
| contract to suppress the princl<al Mesly
ern connection in nail manufacture is tx
/ nacted 10 hold the price at 81 for WIRE
pea sS cents for cut nails. The structural
ana % ss sairiv active at the West, with
l AT change at the East, and whlle lne
coke output has 1ss ne now god pec far the .ne week the
| price is declining, and steps are pe M
taken to limit the supply. The boot 2
shoe trade continues 10 eei NV, ! as II
| aid in September, and most of the WORKS
| stilI have orders for one or two months
| ahead, although mainly Ior io . uttle
better demand this week for goods OF
| higher quality, however, ana the denlahu
| for leather is still reducing the reserve.
The new demand in dry goods is not a.
large as it has been, and in spring s9oIS
| the market is called remarkably dulii
tJhough there is relatively a go2o aSsi
| doing in current orders for the ran traas.
| cation print cloths are a shaoe stroI-Sst.
as the news from Fall River regaralng
| thei duration of the strike is less Ell
is siow. as might be expected, IN view
1 IF fhe heavy decline in the raw mats[lAi.
| MooIens are less active, ana, Whiie tieic
| are numerous small orders for Ian.g oo vs{
/ fhe demand for spring goods IS as yer
net more than about t~hree-quarters 81
The ordinary quantity. and mainly unit
| ed to the cheaper traces races ~ re meeting
eoraion competition quite satisfactorily
| and there are reported some cancela-
tons Of fcreiga ss 9eae If w Wool aIs for the week
1 have been 5,926, $50 lbs, against o,z.Sirvs
two wears ago, and for five weeks enalng
| October 2 sales were I4,zI5,ouu ius,
The volume Of d0 m fbs p trhas anpl eIeaFl
ny houses is lis per cent. larger tnan
a year ago, but, in comparison N 3 pns ne WITH R All.
snoI earnings thus far reported for the
| month of September are 81 per CEN" 1889 ess
than in lsss. the loss IS t being ega raeheT weeks ggea'e Of
IN roontb The stock market continues
to reject belief # in nsi Tedased it eafn'n has a De,
~ % cents per share, while the trust
Stocks nave declined 4s cents p per snaIei
p % erii is Coming into sight. though { on the the
Whole the market is by no means ~ naner
has been placed at g 2 per G 9eRenu the Of l1w the
rate for the first month under the
new Jaw is ABOUT 1.s $ 100000 SssT' a leds th aean IS so q
snal;np that for some months to come,
With Scarcely any imports of sugar OF
receipts from the whiskey tax, the eIect
af the new law will not be fairly SHOWN
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