Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-17
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
In Nearly All Branches OF Business A"'
provement Appears

NEW YORK, November l6.-R. @. Dun
e. Co.'S weekly review OF trade to-moIro"
will say: In nearly all branches OF pusi
ness gradual Improvement appears anu
the hopeful feeling observed last WEN
continues. Then II was also noted 'ha'
the main conditions of business ana trdue n'
had not suddenly changed, anu thio -
comes clearer, to the dlsappolntHen., a, %
some Low farm products. low stiIi
ord onlv martial employment of labor sun
retari distribution, and the hfnl,tsui
mand hinders the recovery OF ihuuao., 1919 IA
Progress toward recovery mas me- nesrmed or
added to their producing force, soiiis a. 80
advancing wages, but It Will take tiine "a
lift business out OF It's depressiuh, ar az
the progress made. II less tnan,rasin@' tnan rne %
The decision to offer tyOco0'VO pohus ,.,,a rya
renienishment of the Treasury rsseIsv
was. by bankers. geperaiiy app,ts, of
events are showing that a res.orasirg5n -. VI
Confidence cannot by itself remove az III
herrassment. 1t is generally assumed i thd'
the offered bonds will be taken az oiSS. 80
The effect is less easy 10 antlei s,.. n
the formal announcement tndt aa,,,a
general reconstruction OF tne ern,,,
Laws II ia still found necessary 10 poIfo"
iarrcly tends TO raise doubt about rnan-
clal provisions for the futuTe. IHs Iepoii p,i,h
ed irnportation OF gold from LONDON, WIN
loss on It's face OF S1,SW t,v a, pInt meant 10
ofTeci bond subscriptions: There nave AZ,
ready been some withdrawals o. n. sed.
from the Treasury by redemption OF 'i notS
10 make payments for bonds ana eoora g,,s
rather than gold are likely to come from
abroad o,,,,,,,a,a none
going West, while the outgo 10 the SUN
bas diminished. Bankers are mucn en-
n@nraaed by Indications OF larger bust
ness. but there 10 no increase a. YET yds y,
Commercial borrowing. and one dty-BVgr,da
loan has been taken at "a per cent. ~ ~,
merchandise imports In TWO Weehs r,,or ~
November have been i6 per cent iat EeI 81
tban last year, though 30 per cent. ess
than in 1852. and exports Tor the SAM ,,
time show n decrease OF about per .s ce.,.
The exports of breadstufis. Goa! IIcs Ior., .c-
icna aud of I'm October were $7.Vn 55i,
against SIS S2S.935 last year, ailhonsn
million bales Of cotton went aDTOau' wv
the valve OF the same quartltes p esp9I po1r 'e. 9,
this wear would have exceene1 s.o'V.V,O,yy go
alone being SlO.G000OO In cotton and SZiv0'-
900 in breadstufs. ,-D -,
Resumption OF work and increase, ,oS,l o.
working time haye been n, ma tban in Others
but no Increased demand I2r eoo9s ap
pears. Print-cloths are unchahseu' aAo
the market Ia dull . ,.o, ,ro do
mand is on the whole narrower so ,ln
Structural beams are lower. the barpeu
wire commission has broken, the stfiIe II II
nails continues at the lowest prices mere
and both gray forge and Bessemer are
shade lower at Pittsbure. AZ the Nes'
there Is little more improvsemMent: w Marc, he,
uerc rather larger than Of late, the la
hilities amounting to $2,si4i5, Of whieef
s7i2. 40 were of manufacturing, and sos, sos,
S77 Of trading concerns: In tive week. !.
ending November lst the IaDilitieS II III
saiinres 1'ie were Sli.i272so, OF which s,!6isl
We're were Of manufacturing and s6,51l,974 o
trsding concerns. The failures Of the pas
week have been 270 In the United STATES
agains, 323 last year, ana oS III Cahaua
against 35 last year.