Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-10
BEITER AFTER ELECTION.
Demand for Staple Goods Continue Firm.
With Prospects Looking Brighter.

New York, Oct. 9.-Bradstreets, to-
morrow. will say: Colder weather.
continued heavy receipts of cotton and
wheat. land other influences have slim
ulated the demand for staple goods at
various points, but the volume of trade
remains moderate, without material
change from a week ago. The ten
dency at some centers is to a smaller
volume of trade but the general out
look is for improved demand after cleo
ton. The interior merchants adhere
to the hand to mouth policy of buying
and wholesale merchants are inclined
to closely examine into credits Ex-
cept In the cotton and wheat regions
mercantile collections continue unsat-
isfactory. Trade Improvement is re-
ported from Atlanta, Augusta, Charles
ton, Birmingham, Ala, New Orleans
and Texas cities.
Print cloths are lower, as are cotton
sugar and oats. The recent advance in
wheat is firmly held, as is that in wool,
iron and steel Some varieties of pig
iron have advanced 25 cents per ton.
Higher quotations are made for wheat
-four Indian corn, pork, lard. coffee.
petroleum and leather, and advices
from the interior markets are that gem
eral produce trade shows more activity
and presents a brighter prospect
The Pacific coast reports an increase
ing activity in wheat. a noteworthy fea-
lure being cargo of wheat exported to
india. The total exports of wheat from
Doth coasts of the United States and
montreal (fiour not included as wheat
continues to attract attention in view OF
the short supplies in Russia, India Ar
gentina and Australia. The domestic
wheat crop is more likely to approximate
oWWO.O00 bushels. this year. than only
600. the general Interpretation of the
government wheat crop report With the
prospect favoring an exceptionally large
next six months. the larger supply than
fortunate.
The total exports of wheat this week
the first week of October 1895. The
worlds available stocks of wheat in
creased about 900 bushels in Sep
TENDER. approximately half more than
september in the three preceding years.
The present worlds total of available
wheat is smaller than at any correspond
ing date since 1891.
Bank clearings throughout the United
States aggregate s1.05900o.o00. this week
~ per cent. more than last week. PEI
cent. less than the corresponding week of
one year ago, and 10 per cent. less than
the like week of 1892 when the volume OF
business was of full proportions.
september gross railway earnings make
a better showing than those for August,
although both show smaller totals than
the corresponding periods of year ago.
The total earnings of III companies, for
the month. aggregated 1913 291 10 Il de-
crease of seven-tenths of one l per cent.
In August. there was a falling off "a per
cent, the first decrease reported for more
than a year. For nine months. the gross
earnings on Ill roads aggregate S3l6.o00,
900. a gain over year ago of 4.6 per cent.
following a gain in 1895 over 1894, of "A
per cent
Two hundreds and nineteen failures in
the United States We're reported this
week. an increase of II compared with the
first week in October, 1895.