Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-26

BETWEEN SEASONS,
Is What Bradstreet viii Say About
Countfy's General Trade.
sales OF Cotton Have kdgancsd-An,bracit
Coal Goes. Up rs Cents.

New York. Oct 25 -Bradssreets. to.
morrow, will say: The volume Of general
trade for two weeks has hardly reached
expectations and now assumes a charac-
ter Of between seasons. The wholesale
dealers IN seasonabie staples, such as dry
goods, clothing, hats and shoes, report
only fairly active business, exceptions
being at such points as New York, Balti-
more, Chicago, Kansas City ana Duluth.
noteworthy feature of the week is the
revival in demand for pig iron and sn up
ward tendency in the quotations Of lead
ing cereals and liquidation in the cotton
market. The sales of cotton goods have
been helped by the favorable weather, the
Eastern as well as the Southern mills be-
ing well sold up. Wool remains steady in
price Holders look for an advance
While the wooden goods market is re-
ported unsatisfactory, manufacturers gen
orally are hopeful, although adviccs from
Rhode Island are that unless additional
orders are received, an increased number
of mills will become idle The improved
tone in iron due to an increased demand.
has ri suited III an advance of nearly 81 for
bessemer pig, which must in the near
future, il maintained, cause correspond
ing advance in billets.
Anthracite coal prices are cents higher.
Quotations for wheat corn, and for oats
have all advanced, In addition to which an
advance is reported in the louisville
Whiskey meetings. The quotatio1s in
lead and tin plates are as reported week
ago, which is true as to prices of WOOL,
wheat flour and naval stores. The most
pOncyti1pnnS dpplipo ic thnt f,l
lowed naturally by one in print cloths
Hides ara lower, as are pork, lard, coffee
md refined sugar.
The weather is favorable throughout the
West for active business. The demand is
fairly good in the principal lines, although
here are evidences of a falling Off The
greatest activity is shown in dry goods,
clothing and shoes. There are evidences
# a check in the demand, particularly at
st. Louis, Omaha and Milwaukee,
Duluth reports grain receipts as heavy and
she long cut will not be large.
At the South reaction in the cotton
market has made itself felt, dealers at
Texas distributing points reporting tenn,
oorary check in the demand. This is true
1t Nashville, Jacksonville, Augusta and
savannah. AT many other points through
,ut the South, the collections continue
good and general trade is satisfactory.
On the Pacific coast there is a tendency
o increasing strength in the demand for
staples at San Francisco, where the re
,eipts of wheat as at Portland and Seat
lie are freer the exception being Tacoma
where arrivals is said to be slow. The
asst named city reports shipment of
,, 900, 0O0 feet of lumber to South Africa
Exports of wheat (lour included as
wheaD from both coasts of the United
States, this week, plus the shipments
from Montreal, aggregate 2,65S,000
bushels; in the week year ago the total
was 3, 353 900 bushels. The bank clearings
total, this week, is Sl,l5l 600, II falling
IF of per cent. from last week and 90
oar cent. heavier than the like week, last
year.
The number of failures throughout the
United States during the week was $50,
against 221 in the corresponding week
In 1894,