The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1894-08-24
rur,rArEor TRADE.
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sps1ial telegrsphic sud snail ad,ices
summarizing interviews With more Than
600 leading wholesale dealers aud man.
uiactureru n ioriy.ssyen cities through.
out the country ~ " the present effect,
II any, Of the prospective tarih settle
ment aud the outlook o., ~ the effect Of
the senate tariff bin, should u become
a law, indicate relatively less enthusiasm
NJ larger eastern ccnters. except At New
YORK and Baltimore, Almest uniform
satisfaction throughout the Southern
states, aud similar adyices from the
Central aud Northwestern States, 81.
cepi whore serious crop dsmage has
taken place. Ia the far West little In.
tersst 10 manifested In tariff legislation,
notably at Denver and Helena, whore
silver attracts more attention. Portland
fears the result Of the reduction VI the
tahf on lumber, but At san Francisco
an improvement Ia demand is expected
and considerable freight 10 offering Tor
shipment 10 China.
4 feature !. found In declarations
from manufacturers Of WOODEN goods,
glassware, pottery and iron aud steel at
various centers OF production that wages
will probably he reduced. Importers Of
vOolsns are said 10 have the market
thls fall, and clothing manufacturers, u
10 declared, should do a fair business.
but not try 10 carry over light weights
on January !. Cotton goods merchants
declare settlement Of the tariff comes
too late 10 help them this tall. aud lum.
Der dealers speak rsgretinlly Of the 10
duction Of duty In their line.
Opinion seems 10 favor the probability
OF a nearby gain In volume Of transac.
lions In general lines, due To necessity
Tor supplying depleted stocks, hut there
are many who expect a reaction after
such improvement, due 10 the conssrya.
tive influences born Of the espsricnc, 81
the past year No serious reductions In
prices In any line appear probabls, ei.
iecis OF probable tarii changes ap.
parenlly having been discounted. with.
Ia the week prices Of sugar, alcohol,
pork Lard, cotton aud rice have advanced.
Leather, too, is stronger, aud II il prob.
able that quotations Tor iron and steel
are or recently have been on bedrock
Wool, nominally unchanged, could bs
purchased At concessions which would
have been refused week ago, aud lead.
ing cereals, after the imitation OF last
week, arc iraciionallY lower, with west.
cru cattle and hogs down a. we'll.
Aside from probable improvement
due In ending uncertainty In business
nsither Boston, Providence, Buffalo,
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Newark or
Rochester merchants interview oil OK
press noteworthy enthusiasm ~ 10 tho
trade prospect.
While no gain 10 reported In trade
circles at southern cities, several thou
sand coal strikers have gone back to
work In the birmingham district, sew
eral southern railways are calling Tor
more coal, and southern iron works are
shipping more iron than year ago II
Is reported Atlanta hardware iohbors
based recent prices ON the Wilson bill,
aud the prospective passage OF the SEN
ate bill will make a difference In profits
In consequence Little Rock expects
eastern cotton manufacturers 10 buy
more freely now, and three leading
Texas cities, la view Of excellent crop
prospects In that State aud progressively
the largest cotton crop on record, regard
the business outlook very hyorably
The proposed change In the sugar scheJ.
uls sxsrts material depression In Louis.
lana.
The region west Of Pennsylvania aud
east Of the Mississippi river reports
almost uniformly favorable trade condi-
tons, with gains In demand aud 10 in
dusthsl activity, exceptions being the
Indiana aud Illinois pottery industries,
and among Indiana clothing manutac-
turers who report they expect TO reduce
wages, Country merchants la the two
States named have been buying heavily
irom Chicago iobbers, but that eity's
trade irsm regions west OF the Missis-
sippi has fallen Cd. ST. Louis continues
the exceptionally favorable report Of
previous weeks, with the additional
feature that the demand Tor iron lie in
sreasing, The important eitiss in Wis