Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-08-24
THE corNrnY's nusISEss.
Volume shrinks. Hut This II Z" DC
Irpccted In August.


Vr,W YORK. August 2s.-Messrs. r.. g.
DUN & Co.. in their weekly review OF
Trade Will tomorrow say.
Tho volume Of business shrinks. as IS
natural in August. and the shrlnkase
seems rather larger than usual, because
The transactions IN July were some what
inflated for that month.
The settlement OF wages ID the window
glass workers strike fcreshadOws higher
prices, and the Carpet-workefs at Fhild-
delphia, hy proposing 10 accept hi5heF
wages after September 10Th. broke the
ranks Of employers. 50 that nearly al
consented to an advance OF : Il per cent.
on Thursday. The strikes OF clothing
workers progress every day toward bet
ter wages for the workers.
The price Of wheat has fallen 81 cents
during the week, recovering a fraction
on Thursday IN spite Of all efforts 70
hold rack supplies from farms and 10
encourage buying. Wheat ought 10 go
abroad freely AZ present prices. bu. At
lautic exports. flour included. have been
only l.352.e9 bushels FOR the week.
against 2sei16i last year. and for four
weeks only 43is..l2 bushels. against TO-
9s-.lT bushels last year
impressive stories II short crops abroad
such a record. and The absteution Of for
eign purchases proves more effective
than the Withholding OF wheat by
western farmers. Naturally, the 57-cent
wheat Of the Pacific coast SIN goes for
ward freely, in place Of Atlantic sup
plies.
corn has also declined Ala cents.
while pork and lard. with accustomed
Inconsistency. rise shade as corn de-
clines Cotton has advanced a fraction.
20 81 cents, without any definite chang
in crop prospects. and. as usual The im-
mense volume % stocks carried over in
mills. ami In commercial hands here
and abroad-abOIf 3.plN.pJ bales II Amer
cans hy most traders not appreciated
II e. "a relief 10 turn 10 the great I'M
iustries IN which the enormous Orders
placed some weeks OF months ago caused
phenomenal activity for the season. In
ron. notwithstanding some uneasness be-
cause II the output having recently de-
creased heavy purchases by two leading
companies have advanced the price OF
i'eseomer - cents and new cOmbina-
lion has raised galvanized barbed wire 10
81 50 while combinations are being formed
% wire rods and common wire. and an
advance in prices is expected. Other
prices are unchanged. and the new or
NJ present large
IN boots and shoes the shipments on old
orders again exceed those II any pre-
vious year for the month thus far. and
vet In almost every branch the new or
lers are very scanty. although prices II
boots ard shoes Of leather. and also
hides. are very firmly maintained.
In cotton goods trade IS rather more
active as the p~i.a ~ the raw material
advances: but otherwise the business has
not materially changed, and the quota
lion for print-cloths is a shade lower this
week
Sales of wool are again smaller than
in 1S2. but the speculative buyers still
void prices very stiily. and are sup
rorted by the strength in foreign mar
Vets.
No marked change appears I'm the de-
mand for woollen goods. but there is in
rrcasing apprehension shown by agents
regarding the extensive sales Of foreign
wOollens.
The failures for the week have been 90
In the United States. agains' 23i last year,
AMI 70 in Canada. against % last year.