The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-26
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THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK,

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From Bradstreet's state Of Trade.s9
The volume of general trade for "
weeks has hardly, reached jsa, 1neen
| seasons. Wholesale dealers N season
| able staples. sucn as dry. "o9ds, Glitn-
anfive business, exceptions being at such
points as New York. Baltimore, chicago,
Kansas CITY. and Duluth: The tn 7n 63tat
SO for the previous week, and 22l. SO
and go for The corresponding weeks IN
a noteworthy feature of the week is
the revival in demand for pig iron, lae
ing cereals. and the liquidation in The
cotton market. Sales of cot:on g9ois
have been helped by favorable 'se5l t srs
well sold up. Wool remains steady in
price, and holders look for an advance.
ported unsatisfactory. manufacturers
generally are hopeful, although advlces
from Rhode Island are that unless ad7
number of mills will become idle.
While the bank eleariggs t sTsa
rais %ssk 81. 49, 81 ,ooo,o S55li it fails 'Ai 81
in part to the. check in the volume Of
been noted for a fortnight. But TINS
weeks clearings are 26 per cent. heayierr
than in the like week last yea and e. e
Of October. 1898. AS compared with the
| corresponding total in 1892. this weeks
a1aii as s1 Compared With the like aggregate
in 1891. a year of large volume of bust
ness, this weeks falling off is only ~
The unsatisfactory and waiting specu-
lation in the New York stock marker
gave way this week to q decline with
in chang rates to 4.SSk&4SSA, Great
ing fears of gold exports, caused the
drop. and an easing, off Of exchange a, to
| at the end of the week. The market IS
very professional and narrow. SCUM
western railroad stocks are weak; Exs
change rates on freer offers of
cotton bills produced by the oecllhe III
that market.
discussion Of the probability of an IN
yestment and speculative boom here sug-
gested BY he Kafar craze; FRA Rrad intsrasS
in gold mining must be based upon ae-
tuaI Developments. as at Witswatersrandas.
and, + a ] d{st;pg,s anS tb pra epear M mehhgaa
copper corporations of Boston. -,
Cotton speculation has been active and
price declines in ali markets, The price
| had advanced from lowest point IN FEB
raary to a,o s3ss; tspGss Dn,ee a gaio Of more : saSf Cham IN
discounted improved trade and short
| crop estimates or prospects, n the
liauidation ea hasS1a a hd def elm ad ~ nee but
tpbuae cron movement. owing partly to the
enormous advance in price, falls away
when 5000, 900 bales were gathered.
Exports of wheat (aour INCLUDED as
wheaD from both coasts Of the United rond
tofal last week of about 10000 bushels,
fee coast. The total this week is 2,65S,O00
bushels; in the week a year g It was
/, 1880 600 bushels, two years ago S,327, 600
was 4.O7S.OoO bushels.
Price changes have been evenly dis
trfbuted. The improved tone in iron, due
TO Increased demand, has resulted in an
advance of nearly 81 for Bessemer pig,
which must in the near future, If main
tanned. cause a corresponding advance IN
/ hil3ets. thus far Anthracite
coal prices are % cents highe and quo
tatiols for wheat, corn and for oats have
all advanced, in addition to which an ad-
vance is reported in the Louisville Whis-
Ekey market. Quotations for lead and for
finplates are as reported a week ago,
wyich is true as to prices OF wool, wheat
and -four and nava stores. The most con-
snicl1ous decline is that for cotton, fol-
lowed naturally by one in. print cloths.
Hides are lower, as are pork, lard, coffee
and refined sugar.
re analysis BY sBradstreet's'' of quota
lions for more than 100 raw and manutac-
tured staple articles OF llve
sleek and meats, shows that out of the
20 items which advanced in price IN the
second quarter of the year, and AZ higher
1 for the third quarter, only rs are 1dentlcal,
q LIFE items in textiles and s under metals.
The staples, which did not begin to adj
vance until the third quarter OF the year,
dsh. fuel and chemicals. A surprising
feature is found in the 81 staples which
present quotations for October 1 as low
denression in price since the panic of 1893.
Producers of food staples and OF enem-
icals and drugs appear to constitute the
to participate in a reyiva! in prices to
ANYTHING iike the extent enjoyed by man
ufacturers of textiles and metals.
prom r. G.. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Re-
view.)
Ten days ago gold exports seemed very
near. But the break < in mo eotson in Whica a
collapse sufficient to justify hops OF q
free movement. Hides have also dropped
sharply sha 2be at adia Ghioeg9' Of fep prieas i to M reai IN.
stead Of imaginary conditions progresses
rapidly. Already lower prices in iron
tracts. Labor difficulties, though IN
Guiding a strike Of many Pennsylvania
c ceeding' are on the whole of no serious
Importance. Money markets cause re-
markabIy little trouble. considering the
R Weather has generally helped retail
and with increased consumption by the
millions the A TagdWil1 pa 1s SsnfT fof fh petssh
L u o
Gearing houses closely approach for Oc-
tober those of the best year in history,
though rejecting in part past transac-
tons and new orders are still much
needed by the great industries.
Exports for the week are 40 per cent,
and for three weeks 6 per cent. larger
than last year, but imports were for the
week "a per cent, and for three weeks
30.S per cent. larger than last year. OBJ
viously a moderate movement of securi-
ties this way, or any serious check in ex-
ports of cotton, would quickly affect
exchanges. Stocks have declined about
81. with Trust stocks about the same,
possibly in part due to foreign selling be-
cause of the Kafir collapse. Money is un-
disturbed, with remarkably light move
ment westward, which for the time OF
year is curiously significant. The advance
in express rates for shipment of money
causes much complaint by Chicago bank
ers. Failures in October thus far show
liabilities of 81, 624,531. of which $3.93S, lie
were Of manufacturing and S3,621, 556 OF
trading concerns. Last year the aggre-
gate was $5,639, TAI, of which 81. 629, 671 was
of manufacturing and 81, 959,567 of trad
ing concerns. In 1893 failures the SAM
week were SIS, or, 800.
HUNTING DEER IN JERSEY.
Many Parties of Sportsmen OF the
Grounds EARLY This Morning.