The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-19

on old orders, but new business is SO
scanty that many OF ~ Works ,ri ale
| and the only large contracts have been
at rs to $50 for bridge plates quoted at
10 to 20 cents. Quotations are not 11 pH
Textile manufactures have strong mar.
Scarcely any advance IS seen this week
In cotton goods. though the rise Tor the
month has been averaged ~ per cent?
and there seems such Il halt as appeared
a month ago in iron products. me
price of some worsteds has been ad-
yanced. because advanced abroad, but ~ u
market can be held by domestic makers,
and WOODEN manufacturers have to race
not only foreign competition, but an es,
toward worsted fabrics. Sales Of wool.
q 2os. 200 lbg !. at t the three chief ma arcead
actual consumption.
(From Bradstreet's Estate of Trade.")
There is less push to the general COM
much by reports from eastern jobbers
and others, whose travellers have re-
turned from trips west and nofbnwest.
ceptions, Baltimore merchants finding
relatively most satisfactory trade. rms
is .b, largely agonggit due a a4 the g Temarkf IN general neral a e
the volume of business appears slightly
smaller this week, but with a wide
spread, although somewhat irregular
The manufacturing industries show no
material change, except that at centrai
western and western cities shoe manu-
facturers announce a better demand than
at the east. The falling of in demand
for BBessemer pig iron and steel plllets
may or may not be due to re-
fusing to further discount their future
requirements. Nominal declines IN lnese
metals nave yet to meet the test or any
considerable order getting into the mar
kat WooIen manufactures find no more
encouragement h heretofore, put
manufacturers of c%ottons, poisteTeo ny
the high and advancing prices Tor the raw
stable. find demand and quotations for
their specialties satisfactory.
The total number OF business fal lures
aggregate 2S9. as against 24 last week,
253 in the like week one year ago. 34V amu
ZIG for the same weeks in 1893 ana lsgz;
All fine west business failures practlcaly
doubled this week as compared Wltn last.
The New York speculative stock mar
ket tends t. oi improve on Marked a a crop VA ee.
which created fears of gold exports; A
lot of $500. 0oO. gold has aetuafly neem ZEE
taken from the Treasury Tor 1ransa ser
after selling at at Il ISL ssas on On T FrigaVl f Hee
e piinea rise Of exchange was due to
Scarcity of commercial bills. particularly
Of cotton drawings. occa Tha Sdcl BY f 6he
speculative rise therein; IN N t aect sase io a.
Tondon of an interest IN the largest
American copper mine and offeTings OF
bills by the banker eon e neg d 6ear on on
the prospect of gold exports ana pougnt
them back on Friday on the decllne IN
The speculative sloch ilaihet
has been very narrow anu
The total value Of foreign TRACE IN
S Seer ago. owing entirely to lighter ship
sments Of cotton and provisions, as
fined petroleum shipments were larger
tia nilS q syxeseds ag0- exports 1mp0ddt during g0~s that
month. Detailed figures for August and
the eight months show that while ex-
ports Of agricultural nrop%n feduefas sbo o0Te9 de-
e eroduet.s Of mines and. forests, show
gains. Imports have increased very
raw and manufactured textiles. Sugar
imports have fallen off heavily.
Bank elearings eonti 3 i5o to ao o Increase asfs
t Week tot q g agigre ever last We Week SS'' Of / per per
per cent? and oyer 1899 Of p per cent.
erease IS Is gi per '9 Cent 9eeA The ga gain V"s this
week at New York over. a year ago is
G.9 per cent, while outside the metropo-
lis the increase Is 10 per cent Inc IN
ton is probably responsible for the large
gain at New Orleans, IS per cent. Balti-
n m9Fe q Aept s / ee1 II the and Iron at srade at + pit Rsr
5urgh and Cleveland accounts for in
efeases of 10 per cent. at each of these
centres, while gains of 81 per Gent at
probably reflect a large wheat movement
n an active -four trade. Other large
gains are 70 per cent. at Boston, q per
Louis, II per cent. at Kansas City. and
50 per cent. at Detroit.