Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-09-20

New York, Sept. -Bradstreets,
weekly report says; All features 81
improvement reported week apo
have been retained and from a number
of important centers further gainst ara
reported. At various northwestern
centers colder weather has stimulated
sales in drygoods, clothing and shoes
Encouragement is gained from the i'm.
proved demand for money at Sayan.
nah, Augusta and New Orleans. At
Chicago money is also more active.
Sales of pig iron at Nashville thus
far this month equal the total sales in
August The demand for pig iron IS
also marked at Chicago, but has de-
creased at Pittsburg and st. Louis
The check in the purchase of wool
tends to weaken prices, and cotton re-
acted 1-16. Pig iron is 20 cents per
ton lower, and hardware and dry.
goods jobbers at western centers re-
port increased sales, due to lower quo
tations. Live stock at Kansas City
and Omaha has weakened, but Is Offset
by tirmer markets and advances for
leather, petroleum and sugar
Wheat went up II, corn l 81, oats
Is, pork IL, lard Is and coffee
Ia The gross railroad earnings for
August show a gain of nearly one per
cent. compared with the decrease of
l. per cent. in July, from July 1898
Exports of wheat for the six days
past we're 2,TS9,000 bushels, con-
trasted with 5,357 200 last year.
Two hundred and twenty three fail
ures were reported throughout the
United States, against 800 year ago.
New York, Sept. 11.-Dun & Co.'s
weekly report says: Business met no
set back this week, and continues in
creasing. The country has passed
nearly three weeks under the new tar
lift and all will admit that the changes
are of less Importance than was ex-
pected. If in some branches business
has materially increased, it has gained
but little or fallen off in others.
The most favorable estimate of the
experts put the loss of corn at about
400, 100000 bushels, whereas the gov.
eminent report is by some interpreted
as meaning the loss of a billion bush
els. The opinion of the trade does not
favor the official estimate. All realize
that shrinkage of 400.000,000 bushels
is serious, since it must affect prices Of
meat for year or more. Pork is I'M
changed but lard has risen 50 cents
no Ipa1 fai, 1tESr. nf
wheat for two weeks were 11,1S4,6SI
bushels, against 10674,T61 last year
and Atlantic exports were only 2,0T4.
100, against 5,106,5G2 last year. The
price is II cent lower Considerable
injury is reported to cotton and the
price is 1-16 lower There is an in
crease in iron trade productions which
has followed the removal of the coke
difficulties. The measure of the capaci-
ty of furnaces in blast September l.
was 151.113 tons, against 1885 on
August J. Unsold stocks have de
creased 35,3S4 tons during the month
The output thus rises to 80 per cent
of the full production. but the copsump-
ton may be less, as the main increase
in output was near the end OF August
and prices since have weakened lit
tie. Bessemer iron is $11.40 at Pitts
burg, while grey forge sells at S9.95
Barbed wire is a shade weaker, but
the other prices are unchanged. There
is less activity in drygoods. Sales Of
wool amounted to S255,200 pounds in
two weeks against 5,647,000 last year
This weeks failures numbered POI
against 314 last year.
SUMMARY
Chicago, Sept. 15.--Wheat easy; cash.
SO 7-Sc. Corn weak; cash, "a 5-Sc: May
SO 3-sc, Oats lower; cash, 30 1-2e;
May, 50 3-sc
Pork lower; cash, 400; January,
Il or 10 Lard lower; cash, $50; jan
nary. SIS Ribs lower: cash, T.67 Il;
January, III -.
Hogs: Receipts. $4,000; better
grades &c higher; mixed, steady; 9th
ers 50l10c lower; light, 5.5Otd6 80;
mixed, 5.5006 60; heavy. 5.70d0 20.
Cattle; Receipts, 1000; market IN
Sheep: Receipts, 5000; mar
ket weak at recent decline.