Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-10-15
TRSDE REVIEW.
DIstInCtly better Conditions Have APP
peared OF Late Somewhht larger Enr-
ploy OF Labor.

Distinctly better Conditions Have APP
pcared OF Late omcwhit larger En,-
pIoy mrut OF Labor.
NEw NoRk, Oct 10 Il. G.. Dun n TO.
says Saturday in their wee! ly review
of trade:
Distinctly letter conditions have aP-
pearrd of late and are rctl rctCd in some
what larger employment Of labor, in
large transactions and in continued
buying of materials for manufacture.
great part of the change is due
To those rcSistlcsS Laws ~ supply
aud demand, which take wheat
where it is wanted AMI gul where
il is wanted. India il waiting
for cargorS ~ wheat "a the way from
Pacific states, just rs Australia and
South Africa were not long ago. The
surplus usually availrblc from India
disappears and the surplus from Russia
and European countries is reduced. ac-
cording to late estimates, 1000. ulp
bushels. Happily this country has a
supply which official accounts have not
correctly mcasurel !, If actual move
ments do not greatly mislcad.
\ feature of large importance. too,
is the unusually heavy foreign de-
mand for corn, which is never fail
ing sign Of deficient CROPS abroad.
where other grains are used instead of
wheat when the latter becomes scarce
and dear
II is another good Sign that railroad
earnings, amounting II SIS. 1ii3lS in
the nitcd States for September show
81
per cent against 81 per cent compared
with last year.
Iron furnaces in blast October hal
capacity of ll2,1,2 tons weekly,
against l2a, so September and III. 500
November Inst year, while unSold
stocks dccrcasd 81. 80 tons: but II thos,
of speel making concerns were inclGd-
ed, il would probably show an in
crease Buying of materials cont inucS.
but Hesscmcr is shade weaker. Sll. 10
at Pittsburgh. The demand for pro-
duets is 50 light, and 80 much business
is held back pending the election that
decreasing output is not an unhealthy
sign. Minor metals change little. The
upward rush of hides has advanced
prices AT Chicago SIN per cent for the
week tu the highest average since last
November Prices of leather rose q
per cent. with small dealings. Shoes
are selling very little, as CONSUMERS re-
fuse to pay higher prices and dealers
remember buying at high and selling
ut low prices last water. Orders for
the next season are few and many con-
Germs may close for time.
Textile manufacturers are inning a
little and the buying Of wool by large
mills covers 1,Gj2,sD) pounds for the
week, against Il,2I?. 291 last year.
Prices advanced about one per cent. in
September and have since advanced
even more, though few of the mills
ing of cotton has been checked by
heavy receipts from plantations, 2aa, =
2S7 bales having come into sight in
September against 5I2.39i last year.
Speculation in stocks has yielded a
little, about !. IL for railroads and -
cents for trusts. The outward move
ment of money 10 the interior has been
81, 600, 600 tor the week. and little is
doing in commercial loans. with rates
about onc-half per cent higher than Il
week ago.
Failures for the week were 300 in
the United States against 26S last
year, and Al in Canada, against - last
year