The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-08
GOOD OUTLOOK SOUTH.
r.r0RABLE BUSINESS REPORTS
FROM SUNNY DINE,
~r,,,,,i,Iiks nm April Day. win AL
t.r.ate CIcsds and su"sh'n'--" h"'
the Agencies say.

VIEW York. sept. 7t-Bradstrcets to-
morrow viii say
social t,l,crams 10 Bradstrccts from
moro important distributing points mace
,.t,t, that I'm mercantile lines trade IS
,.riv active An increased number Of
t~,.r.or buyers at larger cities within
3D.. week has served TO stimulate the
f.rirc of hopculness and, aside from
che cotton mill strike I'm New England
and distress In Northwest, due TO forest
arcs the week has not brought unfavor-
able features staple prices tend upward,
,NOeIt for wool Philadelphia now reports
f.t presence Of country purchasers F9i
n..afiy OF dry goods. ana better ut-
m4nl for cotton yarns. The relauNtE
more satisfactory business situation SCUM
fa4u elsewhere Is indicated by our re-
l1rfs from Nashville that tOhbcrs arc sur
.r.scd ana pleased az the favorable man
cal situation Sf southern merchants
D. Iifn0re merchants have made Ike re-
potts and add especially good collections
All southern cities report favor bic
features birmingham, with increased
sales 0.i uuimproved collections. the
fepf.f Galveston announces the best
v,.A- traae Of the year and Augusta
more tetty cotton receipts. stimulating
tri.t -.Its oi hardware at ChattanOoga
in flt ana August aggregated more
fn hr preceding TWO months. or
he I,. two months last year Savannah
Atlanta Memphis. ana Charleston report
f.r volume Of business for the season
a. ue year and prospects bright. In
t.s region tributary % Nashville II -
pointed Olf that the tendency OF prices
generally DIS upward. but that northern
o'tI'f~ proven, advances by offering
goods -' "'i' are called panic prices"
LIRE Az APRIL DAY. SAYS DUN.
NEN. YORK. Sept. 7.-R. c. Dunn &
G.. 81 evkIy Review Of 'rnde cvil
s.F The business outlook IS much IKE
Hr April day. with alternate clouds ana
sunshine. Tn some branches strong i'm
e. cement sun continues, while in others
trade is Diminishing. In the ad u,tment
O. nc" conditions such conflicting s.sns
ar" fo he expected. and the more be
cause the deferred bus ness which bal
awaited settlement was 10y no means
evenly distributed. For some tim ~
COM. 10 is likely. conditions I'm different
trades and even In different minor
biIN hes oi the same trade. NAV vary
widely strikes lessen for the time tho
M'Thlhe ioice perhaps. as much as IL
is otherwise increased. but the strike %
garment makers spreads So rapidly thai
an early end is considered certain. while
the strikes IN cotton mills have al
Naucfd prices so much that settlement
is thought not distant OF The aggregate
volume Of trade no exact measure exists
hat payments through clearing houses
for the first week ~ September were
a. yer cent greater than last wear.
Perhaps settlements on past business
affect m" record. but IL also appears hat
coWmtrci1l loans are not incfc1sins ana
arc limited while western demands for
moving the crops are much smaller than
usual. Indicating limited demands i'm
other business there.
The manufacturer. after some weeks of
Increasing business. which has been par
ticularly stimulated by the strikes. re-
jolces in really large demand, with ris-
ing prices Several large mills have gone
into operation this week. and others viii
soon follow. ana the deferred business
appears enough with current needs 10 en-
plOy the whole working force for time.
The iron manufacture has materially in
creased its output since the coke troubles
ended. bat with the result that pig iron
Is weaker. Bessemcr being Nl.JO at Pitts
burg AZ an eastern and central markets
the demand for finished products D. some
what disappointing. and prices gradually
tend downward. indicating working
capacitv exCecling present requirements.
Rails are not selling. and except at Chi
caro- there auucars somewhat less huel-
ness i'm otner finished forms. The wooden
manufacture En- which deferred business
mirht naturally have been larger imam
i'm others. does not increase WORKING force
and after two or three active weeks lhe
business has slackcned. with about ihrte-
quarters of the usual transactions ior 'He
season. ,,,,,
Failures in AUGUST pegreo0t.1 liot0nos
Of SOlgq AZ. Of which &li2330 were ia
manufacturing and $50,e.l.3 i'm trading
concerns During the week the failures
,y,r. .l5 in the United states. against
e23 last year ana a. in Canada, az tlhst
% last year.