The Portland daily press., 1894-10-13
GENERALLY FAVORABLE.
Bradstreet's Report Shows Conditions
Somewhat Improved.
THE END OF THE INDUSTRIAL
TROUBLES QUICKLY FELT.

Sugar and Cotton Touch Low Figures
The Market Is Without Exciting Fea-
lures, but Shows Strength Bank Clear
ings Show Decrease from Last Week.
New York October .-Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say IAN accumulation of ia
vorable features is revealed in telegraphed
reports to Bradstreet's this week. While
advices as to the most marked improve
ment come from the west and south
some encouraging features are reported
from the east and the net result of the
weeks business has been further pro-
gress in the direction of enlarged distri-
button. In New England, although the
demand is classed, only as moderate and
conservative trade is doing, the industri-
al situation improves, owing to the end
ing of the great cotton mill strike.
Print cloths are weaker as a result of the
settlement Australian competition has
weakened raw wool prices Iron produc-
ton at present is very large and it has inn
paired values of raw and manufactured
product quite noticeably. Cooler wealth
er has. improved distribution in seasona.
BILE lines at number of western and
northwestern points. At Chicago bus
mess in staple lines is large, though
slackening from previous weeks noted.
Weakness in iron and steel prices is
causing concern at st. Louis. Tinplate is
active orders being placed abroad for
black plates owing to the shutdown of
American works. The export trada is ac-
tive at San Francisco and mum Der or
southern points report increased actlvl-
ty. Cotton receipts are large but the
price tends downward. The first ar
rivals of the new crop of sugar at New
Orleans sold at the lowest price paid for
many years. Southern lum bermen an
ticipate higher prices. In New England
increasing business is reported in coal
and orders for spring in mems wear
goods are reported in good numbers.
The religious holidays curtailed the dis
tributive trade in many lines at New
York, and the local demand for dry
goods is improved at Philadelphia. Sea-
sonable goods are in better demand at
Buffalo, and this is true also of Pitts
burg, where the iron trade is reported
active at weak or lower prices, owing to
the present large production. The pres
ence of out-of-town jobbers at Baltimore
SUlluuldbtO UuSlDc6S LII QIy SOOuSs NOOoS
and shoes, and the retail trade has been
helped by cooler weather.
At Chicago, several large orders for
pig iron were placed at former prices, but
the demand gnerally lis for small lots.
Bar iron is easier on increased readiness
of mills to realize, and business is rath-
er quieter at st. Louis and Kansas City
as result of the ending all festivities.
Talk OF concerted action to raise iron
and steel prices is heard. Trade in lum-
bermen's supplies is stimulated at Du-
luth. Better business is being done on
the Pacific coast. The cattle market is
active on smaller receipts at Omaha and
quieter and lower at Kansas City. Dis
tribution is increased at Charleston,
Savannah, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Mem
phis, New Orleans and Galveston where
cotton receipts are very heavy. Naval
stores are more active at Savannah and,
rather more business is doing in money
at Memphis Notable price changes of
the week have been decline of 1-8
cent? in cotton and raw sugar 25a5Oc. in
pork 30 cents ton in steel bllletS. Ce-
reals have not materially changed in
the week but a cutting in prices
of refined sugar is reported throughout
the west owing to. the efforts OF grocers
to dispose of the large stocks carried in
anticipation of tariff changes.
Bank clearings OF ~ cities in the week
ending Thursday aggregate 1927, 42S, ST.,
a decrease from last week and an
increase of three per cent over
asst year, but 21.7 per cent smaller than
this week of two years ago. Exports of
wheat, including -four as wheat, from
both coasts, United States and Canada,
for six business days ending Thursday.
aggregate s,3l7,O4s bushels, compared
With 1852, 900, the second week OF Octo-
Der Of last year. The gross earnings of
1913 railroads, representing $4,000 miles
OF road, show total for September OF
S3S, O33, 600 decrease of five per cent
from september of a year ago. For
nine months of the present calendar
YEAR the decrease of all lines reported
is about Is per cent. The total number
Of failures in the United States this
week is 23s, against 406 IN the week a
year ago.