The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-14
GREAT CHANGE
FOR THE BETTER
Unprecedented Business Revival Since
NcKinIey's Election.
1900 ESTABLISHMENTS OPEN
Nothing Speculative About It-wheat
Takes a Jump and Reaches the
Highest Price this Year.

New York. November 13.-R. G. Dun
& Company's Weekly Review OF Trade
tomorrow will say:
No one doubts that the brighter day
Is dawnIng and Il Is a common remark
that never before has business shown
so great change for the better within
a single week. Dispatches telling OF
about 1900 establishments which have
opened and have materially enlarged
their forces, though they I'LL many
columns give only part Of the facts,
for throughout the country the gain has
been surprising even to the most hope
full II Is not the mere speculation Of
hope which lights fires and starts the
wheels. for orders which have been ac-
cumulating for months. with the neces-
sary replenishment OF dealers stocks,
now greatly reduced. would employ the
whole producing force for a time. and
the increase in the number Of hands
az work means an increase in purchases
for consumption. The foreign need Of
American wheat continues an import
ant factor and the price has advanced
TO ss cents. gaining s cents for one
week. 10 cents for two weeks. and "a
cents since September. The price is
the highest since June. 1892.
The failures for the week have been
g7e in the United States, against 2ss
last year, and a. in Canada. against
10 last year.
THE WHEAT MARKETS.
Chicago. November 1S-wheat today
touched the highest point OF the year,
December option climbing to Sl9i. Sta
tistical news favored the bull side of
the market decidedly Liverpool sent
quotations from Id to lid above those
at the close Of the previous day, Paris
and Berlin were higher. local receipts
were 40 cars against 9sl on the cores
ponding day OF last year, and Minneap-
oils and Duluth reported 454 cars, COM
pared with 1905 year ago. Notwith-
standing this the opening advance was
slight, but the price soon struggled up
to SIS cents Tor December. but heavy
offerings, which were a feature from
the start. caused break to 81 cents.
Then the real strength of the sltua-
tion began to make its impression and
prices climbed steadily upward during
the rest OF the morning, until S1% sents |
the highest price of the year, had been 4
reached. This was the high water
mark. Among other features which |
helped to sustain the market were good
export engagements at Duluth and New
York, amounting to eighteen boatloads I
1t both places. Against all that came
'eports from the Northwest that far /
ners deliveries had increased consid-
arably, owing to the improvement in
roads and higher prices, Prices
lad sharp break during the last hour. I
December dropped down to 7Sis cents /
inder it, In the last few minutes a I
ally occurred and December was
bringing So's cents as the session closed. /
THE MARKETS.
Liverpool, November 1S.-Whcat-I
spot, firm; demand, moderate; No.
spring, Is "a,
Futures-November. rs I'd; December, 4
IS I'd; January and February, Is I'd;
March, Is 2Ad.
London, November Hops-Pacihc
'oast, IS.
Portland. November 1S.-Wheat, Wal
a Walla, S1aS2; Valley, S4dS5,