The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-10-19
TRADE FOR THE WEEK
The Pulse Of the Commercial World
Beating Slowly.
NO STARTLING MOVEMENTS
Mississippi River States Pulling
Along Like Old Wheel Horses,
While the West. as Usual,
Takes Care OF Itself.

New York, Oct. Is.-R. G.. Dun &;
Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade. which
will issue tomorrow, will say: The
events OF the week are promising In
general. though to speculative markets
not encouraging. The great advance
In cotton has arrested exports and 90
deranged exchanges that shipments OF
gold were for time apprehended, but
the break In the market Indicates that
the natural movement OF the product
may soon be restored. The hating OF
demand and moderate yielding OF
prices in the great Industrial markets
show that a season OF reasonable at.
tention 10 natural condition has ar
rived. The cotton market has been
partly cornered for early delivery by
New Orleans operators. as 1t has been
twice in no distant years by Liverpool
spectators. Spinners here and abroad
with much unanimity refrain from
buying largely at current quotations.
Until the price recedes far enough to
bring out liberal supply OF cotton bills
there will be a possibility OF gold ex-
ports. for other merchandise exports
were small from New York for two
weeks, being 10 per cent. less than last
year. with imports In the two weeks OF
October 90 per cent. larger than last
year. In September dutiable imports
were 5i.2 and for nine months 53.s per
cent. larger than last year.
Wheat does not go out freely. and
the attempt to advance prices on Mon
day was followed by an immediate de-
cline. The Atlantic exports. Hour In
cluded. have been In the past three
weeks +.55s,i55 bushels against 7,2is,l1
last year. The rush OF wheat to mar
kct and the largest output OF -four ever
known at Minneapolis. are not evil
dences of great shortage In yield, but
the price has changed only an eighth
for the week. Corn Is stronger with
out clear reason. for while exports for
the three weeks are 326,s4o bushels
against 236. .7O3 last year. but an lnsig-
nificant fraction of the great yield can
have been disposed Of.
The iron Industry Is still fully en-
gagged on old orders. but new business
is so scanty that many Of the works
are seeking II at some concessions In
prices, and only large contracts have
been at N.75 to $3.50 for bridge plates
quoted at $3.50 to $500. Quotations are
not lower though good order COM
mands some discount. Blllets sell at
81, and rods at s2s at Pittsburg. The
wants of business in iron wire and nails
continue. Mills have to compete IN pig
iron and other products with specula-
tors who took large quantities on adj
vancing prices. and actual consumption
cannot be fairly measured unless the
speculators are out OF the way.
Textile manufacturers have a strong
market for materials 10 support them,
but scarcely any advance is seen this
week in cotton goods. though the rise
for the month has averaged IL per
cent, and there seems such a halt as
appeared a month ago in iron products.
The prices OF some worsteds have been
advanced because OF advances abroad.
but 1t is as questionable as ever how
far the market can be held by domestic
makers. and wooden manufacturers
have not only TO face foreign competl.
tion. but an especial tendency OF pop
ular demand toward worsted fabrics.
Failures for the week have been 263
against 253 last year.