The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-27
BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH.
cHErRFIL REPORIs FR"h 500
ggN cfr5ys ron THE UEEh'
pr,d.tr,et,. and Dun show the Conr"er-
ciaI and Industrial Features
are sustained

morrow wall says:
Tho most striking features OF the bust
rtss week are the influences OF impoi '"''
crop prospects and the continued Ia -
demands Tor iron and steel with one %
The largest makers in the market as
buyer OF Bessmer pig
Most Of the commercial and INDUSTRIAL
features OF the preceding week are suS-
tanned. The volume Of trade mas not
varied materially. but Ia Instances -
larger than at a corresponding period last
year
Trade in almost all lines is fairly active
for the season, and the tendency oi "'''
camille collections II toward 81 sttst .as ''
COMMERCIAL travellers are n'ihb S'u-
ouf in AN leading lines. ana reports it"i'i
those now Oh the road ApHeH ~ '''0'
expectations. 49, 80 ...tuio.>
change. In the condition Of trade arc
reported, with the exception OF ~ ~
proven ent ia Industrial ines ti.' - ll,.
| lake trade at Buffalo and "A rathef fintiiS'
volume OK business Is iCpoftcd iiV"' D
INC Pittsburg iroa firnanres are noid
mouths ahead. and az Philadeipnie tao
strike among thc textile ")rNeis ie'''''"'
central western cities. among them
! Cleveland. Detroit. Cincinnati. am iosis-
vile, report the Usual volume o. .n~
summer business vita, ltintb'' 49,
| activity relatively at LOUISVILLE, "n'iv
the question Of suspenHln5 lnt yA'"~
| ton OF whisky Is being distu@','. .,
Fair orders are being receiver nS Jvp.
| hers and merchants az both chicago ana
| ST. LOUIS. but no pronounced teN-N"t ~
/ the demand FOR fan delivery - eAl0S,eo
| there until fail. country merchants tie
/ fcrring to await corn crop ptospS~'S AZ
/ that lime before giving out ora 'gs.
Iron and steel industries trtfe are re-
fusng orders. except NJ iuil prices = 80, -
I business is reported from N"hHdo 80,
/ although needed rains tnfouthout nan.
sas are expected 10 improve tNc u,iHa"~
/ Ia the near future. >.,,...
Excellent crop prospects IN 49, r,,l,, no.
| have resulted IN more activity az omaha
| Where's trade In some Lines Is IN excess
! of that OF 1894. -,
| luth Minneapolis. ST. Paul ana SIOUX
| Falls there Is the customary Noiuihe -.
mid summer business. with prospects Tor
| a greatly improved fan trade .,
| Tie feature OF the week ~ tho SCUM
* more cheerful reports from Memphss
| CHATTANOOGA, Alglsta, ana Hai'tr'Ons
| where orders have been received ~ some
! instances IN excess OF expectations an,
| The volume OF business Is larger than IL
the corresponding period Last year. AZ
| such points as Charl eston. savannah, anu
| New Orleans no Wateti1i change - r.
! porsed a. compared with week ago anu
| tho Ike Is true at Birmingham.
goe1s rotiors. and groceries. bit that
the outlook for trade this FAIL IL SSon.
The volu ne Of business mas iaileh OH at
| Jacksonville
The most disturbing influence in Louis
lana Is the Withholding Of payments OF
the sugar bounty.
the United States this week AZ reporter
20 Rradstreets a. 23f. Last week the
total was PA. ia the week "A year ago II
NEW YORK. July 26.-R. c. Dun A.
Co.'S weekly review Of trade to-nioito"
II lis not the season for the tide OF busi-
ness 10 rise. but there Is p'i'ciNeu
scarcely any shrinkage except that WIZ"
comes naturally with midsummer neat.
The lateness Of the spring trade threw
| heavy settlements into the second Week
Of July. and clearinghouse payments az
| now almost Il quarter smaller ih"h -,
that week but are I'll larger than larl
year. and only so per cent. smaller IMAM
In the same week OF lh95. -,
The volume Of new business II small
compared with recent months nut iai -
enough TO encourage more opening ~
lOug-closed works, and more advances ~
return 10 labor. Important strikes snow
that the advance is not enough FOR some.
but seem not more threatening IMAM
The small shipment Of gold counted for
nothing, and money markets are u"-
disturbed. an,
prices OF iron and steel products sun
rise. the feature this week being W..
startling advance OF "a cents per h'S ~
cut and wire nails, with new cards ioi
various sizes which, II Is stgtel, mah'
fhe advance actually greater Vhan ~ ~
pe9rs. Angles are also ahaue hSno'
and other prices strongly maihtaiiiev'
Rcssemer pig iron does not ADVANCE az
though the Carnegie and one othtf cpht-
many have been buying about lF,"pD ,onr'
which ia supposed 90 foreshadow ,sI X,
contracts for rails. In the ilLst nan -
$50 orders FOR rails were l'',v'
against $1,000 In the hfst iia .L, 81 ~
,,eor Otherwise there Il distinct hhi, =,
inc i'm new demand, though nearly ~ .,
iren and steel works are crowded WIN
orders for some time 20 come. ,-,-
Textile works have a better OUTLOOK
with larger demand. both Tor cotton a ~,
wooden goods. a 6 snad b,eached goods. and
"a more hopeful market FOR iight-",'th'
",ooilens which. n scarcely adFahc'i p''
vond last years prices, are on Tue "'''N
The financial situation Is not disturDs'
by gol1 shipments nor ny VI, ,a,s
cess of Treasury expenditures, alnVun.' i i,S
d, about 81. 10000. Receipts are nhtuIany
hetter in July than IN most Other moh,hn
nut expenses are also large H'o'','
scarcely begins 10 go out Tor crop NJ,
nrnt and the demand Tor coWHl.t' -
loans is not as large ioc"is al u s'''"'4
Failures for the seventeen days OF Jns
- n. hilities OF S6aa5l. or Whi'N
! q ee9 52S were OF manufacturing az
sg924S Si. OF trading concerns. a ~ 80
, AGO corresponding reports coNri'u S'.s.',
, 500 OF which S3.5@@s were OF na,,s''
tuyino and s. 49, Of trading concerns -,
Failures for the week we're az III ,m'
r-ftnt cfafes against Zf9 last year, ah'
u IN Canada. against % last year