Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-08-23

were 226 against 400 last year"
New YORK, Aug 1S.-Bradstreets
weekly report says: Special adyices
summarizing interviews with more
than five hundred of the leading
wholesale dealers and manufacture
ers at forty-seven cities throughout
the country as to the present effect,
II any, of the prospective tariff set
uement and the outlook as to the eff
feet OF the senate tariff bill should
1t become a law, indicate relatively
less enthusiasm at the larger eastern
centerS, except New York and Phil
adelphla; almost uniform satisfaction
throughout the southern states, and
the adviceS from the central and
northwestern states, except where Sc
rlOuS crop damage has taken place,
are the similar. In the far west little
interest is manifested in the tariff gi-
tatiOn, notably at Denver and Helena,
where silver attracts more attention.
Portland fears a reduction in the tariff
on lumber, but at San Francisco an
Improvement in the demand is expect
ed. A feature. found in the declara-
tons from manufactures of wooden
goods, glass ware, pottery and iron
and steel at the various centerS Of
production is that wages will promptly
be reduced. Importers of W0olens, it
is declared, should do fair business.
Cotton merchants declare the settle
ment of the tariff comes too late to
help them this fall and the lumber
dealers speak regretfully of the re-
duction Of duties on their line The
proposed change in the sugar schedule
eXertS a material depression in Louis
lana. The region west of Pennsylva-
MIA and east of the Mississippi river
reports almost uniformly favorable
trade conditions with gains in the de-
mand and in industrial activity, ex-
cept the Indiana and Illinois pottery
industries and among the Indiana
clothing manufacturers who report
that they expect to reduce wages.
The country merchants in the two
states named are buying heavily from
CAhNCoO JOODNLoJ Oub bIlhb lily . tltluC
from regions west Of the Mississippi
river has fallen off. st. Louis reports
an increase in business as do the
more important cities in Wisconsin
and Minnesota"
THE BANK CLEARINGS INCREASE
New York, Aug. 1S.-"he statement
compiled by Bradstreet5 shows the
total bank clearings of the principal
cities in the United States for the past
week were $790,6S3, 1876; an increase of
per cent. compared with the CORES
ponding week of last year.
WALL STREET STOCKS.
New York, Aug. 1S.-The stock mar
ket opened weak and fairly active,
and a decline Of 1884 per cent. was
recorded, the latter in Distilling, SO
IN Burlington, IL in st. Paul, Sugar
and louisville and Nashville. The de-
preston was but temporary and under
1 brisk buying movement in Sugar,
which moved up 7-S per cent, there
vas general advance Of 5-8@7-8 per
,ent. st. Paul and Omaha rose II
md General Electric and Missouri Pa
life 3-S. Speculation continued strong
fter 1915 o'clock, the feature of the
rading being General Electric, which
.dvanced 5-S per cent. to AZ IL, there
aving been an early decline Of IA.
,anada Southern advanced 34, North
vest SO, St Paul, Burlington and
quincy, Tobacco and Lead pfd. IL.
ugar reacted 1-2 and rallied IA. To
7ard IL o'clock General Electric lost
2 per cent. and the other shares Is
ia per cent.
Money on call easy at 1 per cent.
rime mercantile paper, 800 per cent.
terling exchange dull and lower with
ctual business in bankers bills at
SO 1-2@4.86 ga for demand; 4.S5 IL
24.S5 81 for sixty days; posted rates,
SO 1-2@4.S7 IL, and 4.S7 1-2@4.8S -;
bills, 4.S4 1-2@4. "a ga.
liver certificates, 64G65c; no sales.
ar silver, 63 1-2c. Mexican dollars,
7-Sc.