The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-05
FALL TRADE is FAIR
SEASONABLE WEATHER Is A STIk-
ULATER OF SALES.
Unfavorable Features are Diminished Coast
ut Baltimore and . Check to the Ad-
vances In Iron and Steel South Shows
Up with Good Mercantile Features, Due
to the Free Movement Of Cotton ut Pre-
vailing Good Prices-Enorm0us Wool
Spoculation-Gr.tn Movement.


New York, Oct. 4-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: Seasonable weather
has stimulated sales of merchandise
and increased the prospects Of a favor
able fall trade generally. Among the
less favorable features are moderate
demand in staple lines on the Pacific
coast, a reaction in the volume of bus
mess at Baltimore and the check to the
advance in prices Of iron and steel, with
ia reaction Of about 81 per ton, at Ohio
Valley and Pennsylvania centers.
Prices for iron and steel at western
centers are firm and dealers are said
to be sold about eigh: months ahead.
Mercantile collections are very gener-
orally improved, more particularly
south, Georgia and Texas merchants
and farmers being conspicuous for
liquidation in indebtedness and in an
ticipating payment Of commercial pa
per.
The general dry goods trade has i'm
proved. With more favorable weather
the largest eastern jobbers reported
a material increase in the demand. The
unfavoTable spot is in mems wear WOOL
ems, the spring sale for which was I'M
satisfactory owing to foreign compe-
.tition. The conditions south are i'm
proving with free movement of cotton
and the high price of the staple. With
some exceptions leading southern
points report improving trade and ad-
vancing prices for dry goods, hard
ware leather and shoes.
Exports of wheat (1our included as
wheaO from both coasts of the United
States and Canada amount to 2,6l3,00O
bushels. Last week the total was 3,15l,-
600 bushels; one year ago, 3,243,000 BUSH
els; two years ago, 3,1S9. 900 bushels and
three years ago 4,017, 900 bushels.
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
New York, Oct. Ar G. Dun & Co. s
Review Of Trade will say tomorrow:
In wooden goods there has been scarce
ly any advance, and in all advance
products taken together, fall OF IL
per cent. Comparisons show a fall in
food products of 232 per cent in the
five years since October 1890, in wooden
goods 22.5 per cent, in iron products
1874 per cent, and in cotton goods 1885
per. cent, while boots and shoes are a
little higher and leather and hides much
higher than four years ago.
The cotton market has mounted
above cents and holds in spite of real
izing, but as the crop is late and quite
largely held back it does not feel the
influence of the receipts natural at this
date. Reports are growing but for the
month have been 1885, 900 bales less
than last year.
Wheat is shade weaker while west
ern receipts have been $3.50, 494 bushels,
against 4,4S7, 104 last year, while Allan
tic ports have been only 1,03S1T9 BUSH
els, aga INST 2.791, 4S9 last year. Corn is
but little lower though beginning to move
quite largely.
The Pennsylvania has ordered 10000
tons of steel rails and other roads $1,000,
but the steel makers having bought
their pig bessemer lower and also gray
forge and the demand for finished pro-
ducts is decidedly smaller so that the
average Of iron prices turns down.
ward for the first time since February.
Coke workers gain per cent more
wages and coke is raised Is to SO cents.
Wool speculation continues with on
ormous transactions, 1885,, 900 pounds
for the week, and for the month $685.
40 pounds, of which 1858, 100 were do
mestic, against 37,2SS,400 in 1892, sof
which &C. 49,. 500 were domestic, but the
average of 14 quotations is cent lower
than a month ago. The manufacture
is doing well in dress goods and many
specialties, but has lost a large share
of business in mems woolens and wool
is 1 cent higher. and goods per cent
lower than a year ago.
Failures in three days have been 207
in the United States against 219 last
year and IL in Canada against 40 last
year.