Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-09-14

nesota cities during August IS based on
better wheat crop than predicted and
practical depletion of country storekeep-
ers' stocks. At the South Atlantic and
Birmingham alone do not report larger
volume of business, but the character OF
cotton shipments in the near future will
determine the volume Of purchases. 1t
is noteworthy that the financial condl-
ton of Texas merchants S said to be
better thau for years.
Total bank bearings this week amount
to S744,OOO,000, So per cent less than
last week, and Il per cent more than In
the last week of August, 1898, but near
ly % per cent less than in the co. res
ponding week in 1892, cwo years ago
The we k one year ago presented the
smallest weekly aggregate recorded dur
ing rot only the panic and depr sslon
Of 1898 o., but since clearing house
records have been kept. One year after
bank clearings' loW-water mark, there
fore the to al is but one twelfth larger.
Augnst's estimated total cearings are
$4,000, 100000, almost exactly what they
were in July, 4 8 per cent larger than IN
August, 1893, but 22,4 smaller than in
August, 1892 Prices of staple goods
this week have been quite irregular In
dian corn, lard refined sugar, whisky,
leather and hogs showing advances
while wheat, oats and cotton record de
creases No chan is noted IN quota
tons for raw sugar coffee or pork
There are only 1911 business failures in
the United States reported this week.
against 25l last week, 800 in the week
one year ago, and 1873 two years ago
Exports Of wheat and flour included as
wheat) from both coasts of the United
States and Canada amount to 3,42O,0OO
bushels, against 3 ,182,O00 bushels last
week, as compared with 5.592,OOO bush
els in the last week of August, 1898,
with 3,241 600 bushels in 1892, 5,44l,-
600 bushels in 1891, and with 100000
bushels in 1890. The public has no
come into the speculative stock market
on the adoption of the new tariff, and
trading has been dull and exclusively
ip the hands of professional operators.
At Boston fair fall business is doing
in dry goods, frmness characterlzlng
cotton fabrics prices, owing to New Bed
ford and Fall River strikes. At Phila-
delphia. as at New York, sugar is adj
vancing on speculative demand, and IT
is declared grocers will carry heavier
stocks. Tobacco manufacturers at both
cities are buster on improved demand
since sett ement of the tariff question.
At Plttsburg improvement in demand is
noted chiefly in dry goods and grocer
les, with the outlook for further gains
although collections are unsatisfactory
The outlook for iron and steel ID not for
an early advance in prices, due to IN
creasing output, General trade at Bal
timore is quite encouraging, owing to
the somewhat unexpectedly large num-
Ger of buyers in all lines from the South
and West, whose purchases have resulted
in quite an improvement over last week
Buffalo, too, has experienced a better
feeling in all merchandise lines.
At Cleveland previous gains in the
business situation are retained, notably
fiImness in lake freights and in the de.
mand for money. Cincinnati manufac-
turers are quiet, and thsre is only
moderate demand for groceries and d'y
goods. Louisville has felt the stimulus
more, reporting healthful gain this
week, notably in leaf tobacco, Detroits
interior trade is less active than it would
have been except for the drouth. chi
cago reports gains in demand IN all Ines
particularly in dry goods, clothing and
shoes. and in iron and steel. St. Louis
volume of business continues to increase,
Texas buyers exerting noteworthy in
luence this week. Jobbers IN hardware,
shoes, hats, clothing, millinery and dry
goods have all felt the gain. The sur
prisingly favorable news is received that
Kansas City merchants, notwithstand
ing the etfecl OF the drouth, have been
having a larger trade and making better
o,lI,,t;o,, At Omaha no material