The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-10-16
ouN.5 COMMERCIAL REVIEW
isiinctiy setter Conditions Reelected in
somewhat I.arLer Lmpio.sn.,d "f Ia.

distinctly Isetter conditions Reelected in
somewhat Iarior lmpio.s n."t of IA.
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NEW York. Oct. lO.-R. q. Dun 4
Co. in their weekly review Of trade,
says:
Distinctly better conditions have ap.
pearcd of late and are reelected IN
some What larger employment of labor,
ia large transactions and in continued
buying of materials for manufactures.
a great part of the change is due tc
those resistless laws of supply anu oe'
mand. which take wheat where ii Is
wanted and gold where IL is wanted.
ludia is waiting for cargoes of wheat
on the way from Pacific states.
just is Australia and South Africa
were not long ago. The surplus
usually available from India
disappears and the surplus from kas'
STA and European countries - re-
duced, according to late estimates, -
100000 bushels Happily this country
has a supply which official accounts
have not correctly measured, II actual
movements do not greatly misicad.
Western receipts for the week were
s.2l3, 800 bushels, against s.3ol,4'i last
yrar, aud this follows an increase OF
IA, 200. 900 bushels in receipts during
the quarter ending Septem Der 30 Az
lantic exports, 2,Ouy, Oh bushels. Hour
included, for the week, against
!. iO7, 0.g last year, and not
vet 50 large as to force prices up
ward if European buying, based on
Ela1pean needs, did not control our
markets. a feature of large import
ance. too, is the unusually heavy 10
cign demand for corn, which Is a rarely
failing sign of deficient crops abroad.
where other grains are used instead OF
wheat when the latter becomes scarce
and dear
Iron furnaces in blast October had
capacity OF ll2,s>2 tJns weekly,
against ~, 500 September ana ~
500 November last year, white un-
Sold so, Ks decreased 3j,sa2 tons. but
ii those OF steei-maklng concerns Mere
Included, il would probably show an
increase Buying OF materials CON
tinucs, but Bessemcr Is 4 shade weak
er. Sll.4Ja al Pittsburgh. Ine demand
for products is 50 lignt. and SO mucn
business is held back pending the cleo
ton, that decreasing output Is not an
unhealthy sign. Minor m t..is cnansa
lttle.
The upward rush of hides has
advanced prices at Chicago 6psr cent.
Tor the week - the highest average
since last November. Prices of leather
nave risen per cent, w!th small
dealings. Shoes are selling very At-
lie. a. consumers refuse to pay hlgner
prices. and dealers remeinb Der buying
At nigga and selnng at low prices last
winter. Orders Tor next season are
TEN, and many concerns may close tor
time.
Textile manufactures are gaining "A
little ana the buying # WOOL by Large
mnls covers 100 so pounds Tor tne
week, against ll.2l9,gOO last year.
Price, advanced about one per cent IN
September and nave since advanced
more, though few OF the mills nave
orders for a long time ahead. Buying
III cotton has been checked by heavy
receipts from plantations, l,.-s,2e'
bales having come into sight ia sep
temDer, against 5+j, 59i last year. The
price has dropped scyen-siAteenths Tor
the week and IeW now have confidence
Ia a crop Of only 7.UOJ,ooJ bales.
More gold has been ordered from
Eur. pc, 80 that Sl,OJJ,Opy is ell route.
So, culation in stocks has yielded q
little. about l.l3 for railroads ana .
cents Tor trusts. The outward move
ment of money TO the interior hai
been i,OOp. Coz for the week, anal littl'
i doing in commercial loans, witt
rates about one-half per cent highe
I than "A week ago.
: Failures for the week were 291 IN Tn
United States, against -js last year
. aud 46 in Canada against }. last year