The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-08-30
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ss~'. Take . ran,bi.
Failure .f Foreign Demand ""s
saae~. Wooi >sie~-~.x...,
Add ." Purchasing Power ta,f.
NV YoEK. Ang. OR a \
20, In their weekly review ~
issued to-day. say:
The volume ~ business sl~f..
y usual In August. a nj the $40.
seems rather larger than a.,.t
cause transactions in July ,v.-..
what inflated for that mont
settlement ~ wages in the n,
glass works forrshadows hi.h.- ,.-s
and the carpet workers ab,n, M
delphia, by proposing 10 accen, M.
wages after septic mber III. b-,.sa
ranks ~ the employers, so tha. r
all consented 10 an advance IN
cent on Thursday. The strik.
clothing workers progress ev.-r
toward . season Of better wa. II
the employees
The price ~ wheat has 80
cents during the week. recov.
fraction ON Thursday. in spit. N
efforts to hold back supple, a.
farms and 10 encourage byv;,
Wheat onght 10 60 abroad fr-.iv |
present prices. but Atlantic Gym,
-four included. have been only N,
51a bushels for the week. ayai,
e,5ei. .64 last year. and for four we.
only i.5i>.6S- bushels. agains. M sa
~. last year Impressive stores
short crops abroad have little weld
in the presence of such record a
the ab>tention for foreign purchas.
proves more effective than thu III,
holding II wheat BY western f.rne
Naturally 5.-cent wheat OF tx. Paril
coast still goes forward freely IN Ola
ofthe Atlantic supplies
Corn has also declined a., cen
while pork and lar.. with accustom
inconsistency. rise shade As corn
.lineS
Cotton has advanced 4 fraction
rs cents. without any definite chan
in crop prospects. and as usual the "A
mense volume Of stocks carried ore
in mills and commercial hanl, A.
and abroad. about 5000. 900 IA
American. IS by most traders no. al
preciated
IL j. a relief 20 turn to the great
fnstries. IN which the enormous orde
placed some weeks or months ~
cause phenomenal activity FIR III
season In iron. NOTWITHSTANDING
some unea>iLess because the outp|
has greatly increased. heavy pr
-hases by two leading companies la
advanced the price Of Be>~emcr
cents and a new combination ii
raised galvanized barbed wire "a 81 |
while combinations are b4ing form
in wire rods and common wire. and |
advance in prices is expected othI
prices are unchanged. and the DE-
orders for iron and steel protncis a
not at present large
In boots and shoes the shipments
old orlers again exceed those nt Al
previous year for the month thus "A
and yet almost in every branch Il
new orders are very scanty. a.thonl
prices Of boots and shoes. Of leath
and also hides. are very firmly ma
tanned
In cotton goods the demand is ratf|
more active a the price ~ the r:
material advances. but otherwise
business has not materially chang,|
and the quotations for print cloths Il
shade lower then indicated we
ago.
Sales Of wool are again smaller IL |
in ls93. and for the month thus 4
have been ii. So. 200 pounds. of Will
PHI. 300 were domestic. against II
Dr. $50 last year Of which iG.ais.
were domestic. and IS. 36l. 500 in I
same week of 1899. Of which 1-.0i5.e
were domestic hut the speculate
buyers still hold prices very s,itly, al
are supported by the strength in r
eign markets. No marked change q
pears in the demand for WOODEN good
hut there is increasing apprehensi
shown by agents regarding the cNte
sive sales Of foreign woolens the Pre-
ent season
Failures for two weeks Of AuyuI
show liabilities amounting to >a--1
se-. Of which sl.>I>.s-. were ~ man
featuring and Si..s-.e35 Of tradir
concerns In the same week last yea
the amount Of liabilities reached aboI
8. ssc.sI5. Of which si.5si 800 were
manufacturing and 81 .6se. 81 we're
trading concerns
Failures for the week have been =
In the United States against 25i "a
year. and Is in Canada against - IA
wear.