The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-14
BRIGHTER DAY DAWNING.
II. q. Dim d. Co.'s Review OF Trade Pre-.
sents a IIopefni View or tho Situation.

tents n Iiopofnl View OF tho Situation.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s weekly review OF trade tomorrow
will say:
/, No one doubts that the brighter d'y
Il; dawnIng. and It Is the common re-
mark that never before has business
shown so great change for the bot
ter within a single week. Dispatches
telling OF about 600 establishments
which hlvo opened TO have materially
enlarged their force, though they III
maLy columns, give only part OF the
fact. fer throughout the country Tie
gain has b''n surprising even TO tho
most hopeful. It IL not mere spec ala
tion or hope which fclights the fires and
starts the wheels. for orders which have
been accommodating foI months. with the
reccSsary rcIieristncnt OF dealers
stocks. now greatly reduced, would en- :.
pl0y the whole producing force for n
time. and the increase In number OF
hands nt work means Increase In pur-
chaBeS for consumption.
FOREIGN need OF American wheat con-
tnucs an iippcriant factor and he
price has advanced IN SS cents. gaining
c cents for Jnc week. 10 cents for two
weeks. Cnd "a cents since curly In Sep
tcIphct. The price Is the highest since
Sunc. lElc. Western receipts were ~ y
4,i12 .033 bushels. against S,022,S6i last
year. but the election cut of much work
duriug the days In which these receipts
were started 20 market Atlantic eN-
ports. In spite OF the scanty freight
roam. wero for two weeks 2,7l7,23l lJ~h-
eis, -four included, against S,2e0,3Si last
year. and FncInc shipments arc nl%l
heavy To India. South Africa and
Australia.
Many textile works have been start
Ing or Increasing force, mostly on Or
dera booked weekF ago. but there has
not been much gam In the demand as
| yet After purchases OF &c. 900. 900 pounds
OF wool In 1--WE weeks, the transactions
fell to C4I3.6i3 pounds last week, but
prices were strong. and In some grades
cent higher, and even greater advance
| Is demanded at the west while the for
elgn markets are higher and Australian
fully l cent higher per pound. There Is
slightly better demand for light weight
mems goods and for dress goods, but
not enough as yet to start most OF the
waiting mills. The cotton goods mar
decide upon It's course and Is still un-
estimates OF the cotton crop are gen.
orally credited, causing an eighth de-
cline TO cents.
The output OF iron furnaces in blast
| November ! was 12i,0U tons weekly,
having been Increased n.295 tons, or
| 10 per cent. in the latter part OF Octo-
Der by confidence In the future. All the
markets were stronger, although the
enormous purchases Of pig Iron In ad-
vance OF needs caused comparative In
activity at present Plates and steel
bars are 81 10 So per ton higher and
| sheets In better demand Anthracite
and Bcssemer pig hnre advanced a
shade. and the average OF prices Is 2A
| per cent higher. The billet pool Is In
protracted meeting here this week 10
| ket IS not yet active but more liberal
dersold. The beam. bar, rail and wire
! nail associations meet this week, and
the undcrscllIng OF wire nails by out
| sldcrs has gone 80 far that n decline
| OF 45 cents is openly quoted. 1t Is note
worthy that the prevailing expectation,
Notwithstanding the general improve
ment in business. Is that some OF these
combinations will decide 10 reduce
| prices. The coke combination, 1t now
| appears. hns not prevented large con-
tracts for future delivery at less than
| 81. It's fixed price, and even less than
sl.75, but the output last week decreased.
| 4 heavy sale OF copper to foreigners,
snid TO cover 10.000O00 pounds. has
raised the price TO liz cents, and tin
actually sells at l3 cents, though less Is
| quoted.
Failures for the week have been 276
in the United States. against 2S3 last
year, and &c in Canada, against 10 last
year.