The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-23
DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

Failures for November and for the Fast
Week-GOv-rnment Monthly Crop Re
ports, as Usual, Cause Uncertainty and
Speculation a. to VoIume-Large Output
OF PiE IrGa-IIedvy Imports of Wooden
Goods, Etc.
New YORK. Nov. l6.-R. q. Dun II
Co. say to-day in their weekly review
OF trade:
Failures in the first week Of Nove;n-
Der amounted to S2,97I,475, against
S2,stf.fi5 last year. ana for October
show liabilities OF Sic, Gs7, 81, against
SlI,l27. 29O last year and S2l,g54, I32 in
1889.
For the past wee, the failures have
been 2S3 in the United States. against
27O last year, and ~ in Canada, against
IS last year.
The scare about gold exports had nc
real Significance and although 2,25O,-
900 more will go out. the stock market
has been recovering. On the whole
the money market has shown very un.
usual strength and s~teadiness for the
fan season.
The government monthly crop re.
port has caused as usual, rather more
uncertainty as to its interpreta-
ton than previously existed as
to crops. The cotton statement
lacking account Of acreage on
which it is based. was of only spccu-
lativc value, and TIE mere rumor that
Mr.. Ncill had reduced his estimate of
the crop actually weighed more than
the official estimate. Receipts from
plantation, - per cent. less than last
year. if of value, would indicate a
crop over 7,33D,OJJ bales; bat organiza-
ton to hold back the crop renders the
compav' .un OF less use.
Wheat perplexes tie oldest inhabi-
tant. There i, really little reason to
expect a yield larger than last years,
but western receipts, SOP, 5ji bushels,
against 1926, G29 last year. do not
mean scarcity of wheat. The decline,
nearly l cent. isnot much, but does not
mean confidence in renewed advance.
Corn is scarcely lower, but the sup
ply will largely exceed all home and
foreign demands.
The output of pig iron November l,
was PIT, BOG tons weekly, about 10 per
cent. larger than ever before. and con-
t~inuance Of the same production for
SIX weeks more would make the half
years output $500, 900 tons or more,
about $50, 900 tons greater than in any
other half year.
The wooden manufacture has met
this year with two difficulties, the re-
marketable demand for clay worstedS,
which has encouraged an advance of
10 per cent. in price and the heavy i'm
ports of wOolen goods, which have
amounted for nine months of the
current year to S.4JG, 402 pounds,
against u, 800, OfS last year. But
sales of wool continue large,
for two weeks of November Il. 1872, $50
pounds, in spite of the fact thai part
of the works are closed or working
only part force. The cotton mills are
running well and find a very good de-
mand for products, though it IS not of
late fully sustained. Print cloths have
declined a shade.
The volume of domestic trade APP
pears from clearinghouse exchanges II
per cent. larger than last year, but
ia per cent. smaller than in 1892.
The earnings of railroads, % per cent.
greater than last year for the first
week of November and and 20 per
cent. less than in 1892, are better than
for the previous four weeks, and tom
mage movements are II per cent.
larger than in any previous year