The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27
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wages paid eastern mill operatives.
The number of strikes for higher wages
increases. About $4,000 people have
struck in April, most of them tor an az
vance. The number of voluntary al
vance, in WAGES reporaed Is th lar gs ,e 9u Of
$4,000 operatives, most OF. them IN teAIlie
lines. have been advanced without strike;
As most Of those ss,, who q s onn nd Iof; fsee oner-
advanced since the beginning of April.
Bank elearings this week Indicate thar
the operation of influences looking to
! the expansion of general trade increases
as compared with the preceding week,
from Which Bradstreet's receives these
totals by telegraph. This weeks aggre--
gate is 1895. DOC. 600. a gain of nearly Z
per cent. less than in the last week 81
/ April. 1893, Just prior to the outbreak
! of the panic. The decrease this. week
| compared with the like period IN 1872
is IS per cent. and In 1881 II Is Il per
About the weekly average of exports
of wheat Including -FOUR from both
ary i IS reported this week, 2.4si 600
I bushels. This is quite a drop from the
preceding week. 0 1900 bushels. In the
total exported was 2.727,o00 bushels: in
! 1898 it was 2.507. 900 bushels. and IN lSSz;
| 1859 600 bushels. In the Ill week OF lSSa
the corresponding total was 2,5u'ooo
At the west. with favorable weather.
| and although collections are slow, me
| except at Cincinnati. where there mas
| been a better demand. and st. LOUIS,
| where the request is quite actlve N uay
goods. millinery, and for cattle and hogs.
This to some extent is true also at Kan
sas CITY and Milwaukee,. Duluth, 81
Paul. and Minneapolis. which rePor, FAY nv
%nroying commercial situation. The Vol.
4 nnme Of trade at these points IS greater
thar one year ago, and the traue w
| favorable. s+ooks
and public interest in the New fnSh
stock market increases day py oaS, The
rriea in stocks is largely manipulated
IN it's origin. and that the goyernment
bond syndicate has considerable 10 ae
with its inception. This. hoWHvsr' se uoHs
NOT check the growth of bullish sentlo
Want and even the very unfavorable
| condition of the coal trade faiis 70 PR
PPonds are very active anu higher, par[lc-
| ,,Iarlv Iow-priced speculative issues, ~
| ferings of bills against purchases " !,
curities create a weaker tone N 0o1 iorT Iasss
eychanae which is quoted at 4.S9f2, less
Ia for demand sterling. foi,,,res
There have been 223 business Iaisur .
in the United states this week. as
| norted to Bradstreet's, as ompar WIZ
DO failures last week, 21 in the week
one wear g 1856 two years ago, ana l4i
three years age.
| From r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review.
Neither the rising in speculative mar
kets nor the steady gain, In lndustIies
has ceased, and it is Wholesome nc ne
there are fever Signs tba ne in speculative
pprices. Wages strikes grow more nu5
merous and cause some tr9 uusafes, Gales
| and iobbing purchases behind production
in some branches, but through many ny
conflicting reports the 5 an shI not with
8 r,,sh and a whirl. bur more safely, II
is less clear that railroads are a1rroedT eafiinn
their no4 sapni INF be or c snas 4 By the advanee
Short 81 { sellers Of wheat viii help 4psv to ma IF
Setlv eNysessive in some. helps confidence
to take the throne so long neio Wy -
Recovery is not often mafhem arassioS
IS lifted. and men fnd d. rnaI mist nst'I be many
nonfraSictorv changes. Quite a number
Of works have advanced w 0mggeS an ad,
Vance. possible for some but no. fof
others. have grown much more numel
Gus. Some shops are n croniaS are resum-
i NV Work. Prices of shoes and cotton
Goods are rising: wool and WoomenS 70
p,oyeue N inviting only distrust,, II !.
were sympathetic and with equal step
in all branches. n,betbar lea
ther' would be held at higher prices
hindered shoe manufacturer LOT d o rd
but now jobbers a 70 eve 70 mai tax Who
Save tRsir fsstSss yet aI e es y II S Ila.
france is the advance in hides and leas
Their, for while l1s TO NJ cest of leather
MAKES many 10 to is cents dearer, aad .
cents paid for Western a 3nr sd Is sa Kinds
M nfe1 Inathsr' Shipments from Boston tor
It i month ave been 294. a cases e a ggsfiina
SS1.el5 in 1898. co sooas. m ana i have eqauitee
generally advanced wages. Consuii,in,
Of Northern spinners. at the I'D m aao ibaies'
W 7, 1be pc Y ha yssn actually taken 1.s5o,ooo'
and end have a profit On 800, 900 bales con
trolled of over S4i,00o;Oo Inc To- be
ton is large, and advahces seem
sf r. PRODUCTION, stimulated because ore
coke and oil Were 10 dsn pc usaf for PRODUCTS.
for on the whole new business Ma eh
to be smaller than in February or hbn maln
rue Structural demand for puiIoihsS
me sho,,t the country was never larger,
he frenzy in oil has started a latEe a e
mand for pipe, and sheets sAsAs az
Woo Woo has sold at. the lowest price ~
record this week. 16 cents Tor Ohlo &C. &C
and 9 cents for years. hsf aeea new Supplies
come forward to tempt manuIacturHs az
TO purchase beyond present neeos. Ds,
rnand for dress 8oOuS
and improving. but uncertainty IN mel
wear goods continues. and Is someWhat
E,creased by more numerous s.finSS'
/ Colored hannels are 5 to re per Ell.
lover, and an auction sale is TO pc neiu,
and some irregularity appears IN prices
for fine fancy goods. ~ ooo uortb
London bought about $5.0O0.0o0 wort5
of stocks and bonds here his week. anu
nriees average so cents higher for ran,
roads, and sl.34 for Trusts. But the coai
roads agatn failed to agree. I'M the low.
est prices of the year preyai 1or that
product. Loss in earnings by Granger
roads IS heavy, and the aggregate Of
all roads reporting In April is nut ~
Der cent. better than last year, ana l54
ner cent. less than in 1898. In Marcn.
/ limited States roads earning $oo,ol9,iai
showed o gan of 23 per cent. oyer !ast
wear. and a loss of 1873 from 1893. ron
mage in low class goods westnouno WoS
never better since the panic, but IN mgr
class goods IS growing lighter. Tne move
yaent of heavy farm products IS sfnah.
and eastbound shipments from Ch.cago
in three weeks are 17,s29 tons against
239, 576 last year.
| cents above last weeks. tend TO cneck
Atlantic exports. which. four ~lncfudeo,
We're only f,SeS, S73 bushels for the. week.
against 2,620.445 last year, though tor the
previous two weeks about equal to last
wears. Cotton touched Z cents, reced-
ing to 6.93; 9,312, sos bales had come into
SIGHT last week., and British exports OF
| goods were 100 million yards less in the
first quarter this year. than last. With