Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-07-06
STIMULUS TO TRADE
IN All Of the Great
Staples.
IRON LEADS IN THE ACTIVITY


New York. June ss.-Bradstrsst's o.
morrow win say:
The dominating business conditions
OF the week are the continuation Of .
large demand for and further increass
In prices for iron and steel. Tns jump
I'm rail- prices and scarcity Of any higher
quotations for plates and nails have
tended to produce temporary scarcity.
improving wheat conditions have
nnAily convinced many In the trado that
there are likely to be ~. 90 bushels
harvested In the United States this year.
There are few evidences Of trade from
the south. but merchants from almost
all the iesding cities In that region re-
port that the demand continues very
moderate. and collections slow.
General business on the Pncifc coast
continues I'm contrast to that elsewhere.
Increases are reported In several lines
from Seattle. where . glass factory -
to be built, and importafions OF british
tin plate hsr bean received. Relatively
less activity il experienced 1t Tacoma.
Portland reports that the OreGon fruit
crop viii be large, but there y no
change in the general business situa-
| tion- Wheat is being exported from San
Francisco n fast a. It can be loaded In
ships. Wheat ana nour nhipments 70
Europe are to be resumed from the mills
at Vallejo. after . suspenslon OF one
year.
The only changes west ana north
west are continued improvement In c.
real crop conditions and stimulus TO
business by the continued nrmness In
the demand for iron and steel"
r. q. DUNe REPORT.
New York. June 1s.-R- q. Dun q Co.'S
Weekly Review Of Trade tomorrow viii
say:
business is better. although the crop
outlook affecting prospects beyond the
near future are little les distinct
There 10 more ground for doubt about
winter wheat and cotton than . week
ago. and threshing receipts are compar-
ativesy low. though the prospects for
spr1ng wheat are exceedingly good. The
price In a quarter OF y cent lower for the
week. and In beyond mistake too low, n
the latest impressions OF injury TO win
ter wheat are correct.
Cotton has fallen a-1ec 60 10, In spate
or reports OF serious injury by rains In
Texas and Louisiana. A Hight buying
BY northern spinnerz surprises the mar
ket. for their taklngs have been more
than enough to supply consumption.
and returns show q great decrease In
exports OF cotton goods.
"specuiation has even spread to the
wool market ana with an xdvsnce q
about lc In prices the sales have been
the largest ever known for any week
4.01T 300 pounds. against 8.sseo0o In 1ssz-
In four weeks or June the nAIem have
been 1s,Is2. .4es pounds domestic ana H.
ts1 SEQ pounds foreign. but in 7ss2 they
were is.s<o.7so domestic and io.<17koe
foreign A growing belief that the do
nestle clip 10 short. and an idea that
coming London sales beginning July 4
will show higher prices. have bean naore
potent than q little Increase In the man
ufacturing demand. and the price Has
risen at all markets. Light weights ana
mixed goods hesitate and some are lo>r-
er than a year ago. but ssnce the wash
ington mills opposed clay worsteds are -
slight advance. Other medium and
better grades have been stronger In
tone. The labor troubles are passing
with frequent advances in wagesl
Copper has been strengthened by th<
large sale OF Calumet a Hecla for -
} port at y1o.7s. which ID now quoted
while tin 10 slow at $1o.fs. and Had a
s577h- Iron sfiil advances. Bssusmel
, selling for sls.so az Pittsburg and eres
. forge at 3lLso. A further advnnce Il
, structural forms In expected. The wenk
! ern demand for steel rails II the ID
: vance OF " per ton n quite good ThS
rise In bar 10 maintained. and plate and
sheet mills are crowded. 20 u IL dffIcul
to place orders NJ current prices.
|, The haifzyearly report Of failures
next week win include about 60
1 against 7,oSo for the flrst half OF lan
: year. and asests OF about S1a.ooo.ooe
. against slol. 90. .153 last year,
> WEEKLY BANK CL.EARAllCE1.
. New York. June 1es-The following
2 table. complied By Hradstre<tsa. show,
: the total ciearances at the principal c1t
!. lee and the percentage Of increass Or d
: crease. as compared with the corre