The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-07
GENERAL DRPREsSTON ~ TRADE.
Eh'c of tho Combined Railroad Strike
and Boycott

NEW YORK. July G-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: .,
Aside from the Intervention OF n hol-
day, there is sharp restriction OF gen
eral trade and industrial prOductloh' que
TO railway troubles west Of the Ale
enemies and north Of the ono river;
which make their influence ret ~ az
other directions The combined railroad
strike and boycott has had a Steadily
increasing damaging influence upon ihe
general Industrial situation. CaIcuid-
lions as 10 the number or men OUT are
necessarily incomplete. but there IS 1T
tie doubt that the total NUMBER ldle as
the result Of the railroad tie up 1ar eN-
ceeds the outcome Of any previous lapor
trouble In this country. All cereais' eA-
cept wheat have shown decided ad-
varte; pork and lard arc up shfrpiy, as
are fruits. vegetables. meats. ana other
perishabe produce. Pig iron west Is COM
manding twenty-five cents more per toh'
ana cattle. hogs, and sheep are NOTICE
ably higher even A. far western markets.
where receipts are restricted.
General trade at New Orleans. MOBILE
savannah. Nashville. and memphis mas
been unfavOrabiy affected by the rail-
way tic up, melon producers and others
interested In shipping vegetables ana
fruit having already suffered great loss.
charleston reports trade dull ana with
out feature. Augusta says II Is good
FOR the season with the receipts for June's
business more favorable than in June n
year ago. while at Birmineham trade
IS very quiet In all lines Favorable crop
reports from Texas stimulate merchants
TO expect good fal! trade.
At the larges eastern centres there is
no material gain In the situation beyond
speculative squirt in wool Baltimore
reports quite an unsatisfactory trade,
wholesale dry goods dealers being the
more favorably situated. Reports from |
Philadelphia are that the volume ana re- |
suits OF business IN nearly all lines are |
very unsatisfactory.
Tttft- p e
Companys weekly review of trade, Will |
say tomorrow.
The interruption OF business by the rail-
road strikes has been such that the usual
signs, whether bright or gloomy nave |
little value. Clearinghouse returns for |
me nrst week Of July are ~ per cent.
ess than last year and 23l per cent less
nan In 1892 but these record half-yeary
settlements. rather than the volume OF
current business.
The iron Industry had not yet recov-
red from the coal miners strike. when u
vas seriously interrupted by the blockade
u railroads at the West. An obvious cf-
ect VIII be restriction OF repairs ana |
ar-building, and Of track laying. and the
rack laid during the first hat OF 1891
.as been only 10 miles, the smallest all
Ition FOR many years, against lUZj In
ne first half II 1873 a large, and some
WAT lasting reduction i'm the demand for |
ron, Is the natural consequence ~ dis
urb1nces affecting railway earnings. |
he demand for iron products does not
ppe1r better and prices are again tend
lg downward. In spite of the general
ceiling that an advance must follow the
arminauon Of the miners strike
Textile manufactures do not show inn
rOvemcnt two cOttOn-makng manufac-
ired goods having stopped indefinitely.
nile the unSOld stock Of print cloths at
al River and Providence has reached
obiHj pieces. and a downward revision
prices Of bleached sheeting Is eX-
acted. Quite large number 0f woollen
ills have filed all orders I'm hand and
osed for the present. and IN most
ranches orders for the future fan far
Glow expectations
Failures during the week have been
I'm the United States. against 33l last
Ear, and "a In Canada, against . last
FAR, with no important disaster as vet
nee the new half-year began.