The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-08
FINANCE and TRADE
Commercial Agencies Still Furnish
Cheerful Reports.
HOPEFUL FEELING STIMULATED


At Chicago the Volume of Business 70
the Week Has Keen tho Heaviest q
the sesson-Encouraging Reports fror
All Sections.
NEW York, Sept. s.-Bradstreets' r.
view of trade says: Special kilograms
Bradstreets' from more important di!
tributing points make it plain that i
mercantile lines trade is fairly activ,
fully meeting earlier and more fayorabl
apticipations in majority of instance
and exceeding them in some. An increase
number Of interior buyers at larger citit
within the week has served to stimulat
the feeling of hopefulness, aud, aside fror
the cotton mill strike in New EDglan
and distress in the northwest due to fol
est fires, the week has not brought III
favorable features. Staple prices ten
upward, except for wool PHILADELPHIA
now reports the presence of country pun
chasers, particularly Of dry goods, and
better demand for cotton yarns. Buffal
and Pittsburg merchants announce NOR
numerous orders and larger volume {
business.
There Is an improvement In the deman
for money at Boston, New York and Oh
cago, but rates are not as high as usut
at the season, nor is the supply of cor
mercial paper as large. Northwestern
wheat carriers have arranged for nece,
sary funds with Chicago banks at 3 pc
cent.
The relatively more satisfactory bus
ness situation south than elsewhere is il
dictated by our reports from Nashyill
that jobbers are surprised and pleased Il
the favorable financial situation of souti
ern merchants Baltimore merchant
have made like reports, and add exceE
tionally good collections.
A striking feature at the west come
from Chicago where the volume of bus
ness in all mercantile lines has increased
especially in dry goods, the total for til
week being the heaviest for the season
notwithstanding conservative purchasin
in that marked by northwestern mel
chants. This is duplicated at St. Louis
where there has also been larger w
ume of sales, both by jobbers aud MANI
facturers, the total for August beiu
equal to that In 1892 Omaha report
that Nebraska needs a good deal of rail-
and that trade with jobbers is fair only
Milwauk ee has experienced Il decided in
pruvement in demand for goods an
money, while ST. Paul reports that loss q
life and destruction of villages and PROF
erty by fire have checked purchases t
that market. Minneapolis announces tina
the recent good volume Of business thel
is holding its own
There is a contrast between Louisviil
and Cincinnati the former reportin
many visiting buyers, increased sales an
manufacturers of woolens anticipating d
liveries, the latter reporting that distribt
ton of dry goods alone shows gain TIL
week. Improvement i'll some lines and
moderate volume Of buSiness in others
characteristic at Kansas City, but at Clev
land there is better demand for gool
in almost all lines. san Francisco T.
ports activity in all lines of business.
X. q. Dun & CO. review says The bu
mess outlook is much like an April da,
with alternate clouds and sunshine.
some branches strong Improvement sti
continues, while in others trade Is dimil
ishing. In the adjustment to new cond
tions such conflicting signs are to be e.
pected, and the more because the deferre
business which had awaited settlemer
was by no means evenly distributed. +,
some time to come, it is likely, cond
tions In different trades, and even
different minor branches Of the san
trade, may vary widely Strikes lesst
for the time the working force perhaps
much as it is otherwise increased, but Il
strike Of the garment makers spread
| rapidly that an early end is consider,
4 certain, while the strikes in the cote
mills hive advanced prices SO much tn
, settlement is thought not distant
Failures in August aggregated liabi
ties Of slo,139 Al, Of which 81, liz, $50 we
j iii manufacturing and Sa07s, l53 IN ira
, ing concerns During the week the ia
ures were 2l5 in the hited states, ngain
1923 for the same week last year and fort
=. seven in Canada, against twenty five Ia
year.