Omaha daily bee., 1896-10-17
CONFIDENCE CHECKS TRADE
Prices Go Up in View Of the Prosperous
Times that Are Coming.
EXCESS or MERCHANDISE EXPORTS
Favorable balance Of Trade for sep
tembcr Counterbnlanccd by
Gold ImportS-SImiIar Con-
ditions in October.

NEW YORK. oct. l6.-R- c. Dun & cos
Weekly Review Of Trade tomorrow will
say. The one commercial change which
more than any other ensures better business
In the near future l. the excess OF mer-
chandtse exports over Imports In Septem-
ber exports were s.. Us 5si. and imports only
3" S-5.5t5, and the excess OF exports was
Si272 Ss. In payment for which net i'm
ports OF gold were Si2fels3. Last year
the excess OF merchandise imports was s.
i6j.1i. IN September and net exports OF gold
SIC S55ss. In two weeks OF October the
exports from New York have increased sos
per cent, against 5l.2 In September. while
Imports have decreased = per cent
against So In September Continued
shipments OF gold from Europe, not
Including SLcco.0O from Australia now
amount 10 t9.-5e oJ5 since the movement began
of Which *52.-5" COZ has already arrived. The
heavy movement of erain is the corner stone
@ @itsr an Increase q '5s25 So in exports Of bread
@stl.s @ lh SEPTEMBER there has been shipped the
past week from Atlantic ports alone. : isis74 bu
nolr included and 4ea..f5 bu. In two weeks of
pctypeF AGAINST 5.5ig.Zl bu. last year A more
important fsct Is that an available grain freiebts
nave o~en ensased for months ahead here ana on
tt.g aeIH- coast The minister of agriculture in
India stated In council on Thursday that ais
49, ~as expectet in a large part Of India a.
s.e result ot cruuth. but impurtations Of wheat
u m California would help 70 prevent actual
famine A high Official OF Russia, now in this
6, untry' confirms accounts OF shortness in the
Russian yield Thus the estimate that EJirot,e
viii fan loo 600 bu. short Of last year in str-
pIy ~ wheat i strongly supported, and while
APARTMENT estimates Of the Yield In this country
are not credited. there Is every re4slu 10 .In.et
q remarkable foreign demand Western -
cpts faA little below last years and for two
weeks nave been li-15,'ls bu against Is cS4 ~
the week. and corn &C.
confidence As 70 the future makes trouble In
some industries because speculation IN materials
raises prices 50 that demand for finished products
ts checked. Boot ana shoe makers Eet ven
narrow orders at OLD prices or at an advsnc.
of less than ! per cent for the We.k ana les
taan per cent from the lowest point. Similar
ctnculties threaten in the iron manufacture
forge at 81 At Pittsburg whole plates en-
Eies and beams are weaker and va ariotIs com
tlnations huli prices only by leaving outs..l.
mprutors % take the market as FAR IS they
IL Is demanded for iron. All the nails that
outsiders can produce sold less than the
association asks Bill-ts still sold for less
than the pool price AMI its shipments In SEP
sheet and tin plate bars. and the demand f1r
rails is growing small Wool Is stronger with
continued speculative buying and sales a, east
ern markets have been H-5s.50 lhs for two
y 7o- 30 lbs in ls2 but CONSIGNED wool has been
! mostly Withdrawn until after the election NJ
Z gain i at present possible IN goods, and though
the number of mills starting Tor the week iy
{ work done g. IN anticipation = a better demand
n an now exists. The cotton manufacture has
also started more spiudies but the demand fo-
goods scarcely Increases and urirt cloths self
also drags. though domestic demand for cg,r,rsr
is moderate at l9.7s cents for lake. Lad Is
shade weaker at 81 =. AMI tin makers are under
selling fOrc!En. y to - cents per box
Failures for the week have been as In tho
United States against 90 last year. and forty
N canada against fortv-siN last year.