The herald., 1894-12-15

quotations refer to sugar. cotton, tin and
lard. Iva hogs have been lower at
Kansas City but higher at Omaha.
Notwithstanding heaviest available
wheat stocks, United States and Canada,
both coasts, December lst. on record,
121 sos. .00o bushels, November shows
only three-quarters the increase OF Aug
ust and September last, three-ffths the
gain in October this year, about 60 Der
cent Of the increase in November, 1896,
and in November. 1892. and So per cent
of the gain in November in $780, No.
vemh her wheat stocks increases in 1891
and 1894 do not differ greatly. Ameri-
can, Canadian and European and sdost
wheat stocks increased only 6 900, 900
bushels in November last, as compared
with November increase, of l7.000,0 900
in 1898, 2l,000. 900 in 1898, $4,000. 900 in
1891. $4,000, 900 bushels in 1890 and
5000. 900 bushels in 1889
The improving character Of trade OF
totals, that for last week amounting TO
81, ,l6l, 900. 900. an increase of A per cent
over the preceding week and of 5 per
cent over the first week of December,
1893, but decrease OF 20 per cent as
compared with tho like week In 1892. at
or about which period some of the larg-
est weekly bank olearings totals were
recorded.
Total Novem Der bank clearings are en-
couraging, showing gain Of IL per
cent over November last year and de-
crease OF only 90 per cont from October,
containing three more burinsss days.
Though smaller than that Of October,
the November total 10 larger than that
for any previous month since July, lS93
The small gain over November q year
a9o is due mainly to New York oity's
small gain, as aside from that city No
vember clesrings show a gain of 8 per
cent. OF the 73 cities making Novem-
ber comparisons with year ago only
20 show decreases. Nearly all the larger
cities show gains. Totals at 55 cities for
November aggregate s4.103, 494, ,262.
against $4053. 39S. 1896 in November =
year ago and 81. 2sS. .2S7. 800 in October
this year. For eleven months the total
is $40, 472 ,9l3, 1858, decrease OF 17.9 per
cent from last year and OF 26 8 per cent
from year ago.
The financial portions of the preui-
dents message have produced . favor
able impression in speculative circles,
despite the expected delay in securing
legislation on the currency. The stock
market, however, is favorably affected,
and railroad shares have advanced on
covering by shorts. induced by the
railroad pools to be formed under proper
restrictions.
In industrial lines. wooden and cotton
goods mills and shoe factories are fairly
busy, but production of Bessemer pig
iron. as we'll as OF some other varieties,
continues slightly in exceos of demand.
although there have been several sales
of iron and eteel for 1895 delivery at
very low prices.
There have been 3,0l1.000 bushel, Of
wheat flour included as whsaD ex-
ported from the United States canada
none) last week. compared with 2,55S,-
000 bushels iu the last week one year
ago, 4.404 coo bushels two years ago.
6033.000 bushels three years ago, and
with 2,6il, 900 bushels in the first week
in January, 1890. Crop interests in
California have been improved by sea-
sonsble rains throughout that state.
San Francisco wheat exporters are ex~
pectng an early shortage in tonnage.