Fair play., 1896-11-28
puN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
The Gain In the Volume of Bcs:ness Con'
sinuss TO be Entirely Without Precedent
Every Day Add. Thousands to the
Numbers OF Those Who Are Abic 20 BUY
n Weeks supplies.

sinuss TO be Eatire!y Without Prccecens
Every Day Add. Thousands TO the
Numbers OF Those Who Are Abic 20 Buy
aWeek's supplies.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-R. G. Dun &
Co. in their weekly rSs lew of trade,
say.
The gain in the volume Of business
continues entirely without precedent.
More than 800 establishments have
started work since the election, which
were Idle, and at least 800 have in
creased working free. Every day
thus adds thousands TO the number of
those WHO are able 10 buy weeks
supplies and then make up gradually
for many months Of enforced economy.
already this brings great increase in
the volume Of business and the cleaf-
iughouse exchanges, for the first time
In several years, not only exceed those
OF last year by ten per cent. but also
exceed those of the same week in ls92
by nine Per cent. business men are
all anxious to prevent anything Ike
the fictitious excitement OF last sum-
mer, and N nearly all branches an ex-
ceSsive rise in prices is prevented.
Bgt with more hands at woEli there is
inevitably a greater demand for sup
plies, materials and products
The speculative markets have been
rcactiG- which is also natural. Wheat
had risen with wonderful rapidity, so
that exports had been checked b. the
Ai9 her prices, and realizing started
break which made the close "a lower
for the week
Tie demand for treigh, room, both
here and on tn. Pacific coast. is still SO
large as 10 disclose an extraordinary
foreign demand.
Cotton mas declined from 5 10 7.s2
cents in spite Of the starting of many
cotton mills, and the controlling fact
f"r the moment is that report, of q
yield smaller :han 5000. 900 bales are
now entirely discreditcd. The guam
tity coming into sight has exceeded
last year by s2Y.OuJ bales. and 1t is
no:ed that the decrease in TIE remain.
ins months .: the gear VIII bring the
aggregate below e,51n,OOJ. The cx-
port demand docs nos abate, although
temporarily Checked while prices We're
c5JTe ) cents. and the increase Of
81, ',Oc0 il value Of cotton expo-te!
in October contributed more than any
other single item 20 make the aggre-
gate exceed that OF the same moath
IL any previous year.
In 4 transition period industries
record gains Slowly, but the slight de-
c.ine il prices Of Bes,emer pig iron
and OF finished products of iron and
steelis partly due to realizing on specu-
.ative purchases before election.
and partly 70 tie selling ot nails By
jg0bers Ge!ow the combination price.
tJr most manufactured products OF
iron there Is better demand and
Sow advance in prices. Shipments
OF boots and shoes for three weeks of
Novcm Der have bcen .>3.027, cases
aga!ns; i1i,I-s last year, but while the
works have orders for som. time
ahead. neither manufacturers nor
dealers are disposed - ,o much be-
cause OF the uncertainty about
prices. those q boots and shoes
icing about II per cent. aboTe
tine lowest point; leather, l63 per
cent. ami hides 5l-i per cent, the al,
Ter again rising 1T Chicago. In cotton
and WOODEN goods no serious change
appears, though there is continued
weakness in cott0ns, and print cloths
ere sixteenth lower. >toc..s Of wool
purchased before and immediately II
ter the election ROW prevent further
advance. butte NOvem Der Is wool had
risen u per cent. "u the average.
Failures for the week have been "a;
in the United states. against $50 last
year, and Il Ia Canada. against I: last
year.