The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-21
GAIN BUSINESS.
Dun's Report Says thevolume Of Bus
mess Still Increases.

New York Nov. Pr. G. Dun &
Cos weekly review says:
The gain in volume of bushes cOntin-
ues entirely without precedent. More
than $50 esta blishments have started
work since the election which were
idle and at least 500 have increased
working force, making $50 concerns
which are known to have added largely
to the number Of hands at work and
those are only part of the whole num-
Der. Every day thus adds thousands 10 the
number of those who are able to buy a
supply Of provisions and to make UP
gradually for many months OF enforced
idleness
The clearing house figures for the
first time in several years not only ex-
coed those of last year by lUb per cent
but also exceed those Of the same week
in 1892 by 8 per cent Business men are
all anxious TO prevent anything like the
fictitious volume of last summer and in
nearly all branches an excessive rise in
prices lis prevented But with more
hands at work there is Inevitably
gerater demand for supplies, materials
and products. The speculative markets
have been reacting, which is abnormals
Wheat has risen with wonderful rapid
ity, so that exports had been checked
by the higher prices, and realizing
started a break which made the close
37sc lower for the week.
1T appears that Pacific exports Of
wheat, flour included, were nearly three
million bushels in July to November
y
ports IS millions bushels larger or more
than so per cent and in November
wheat exports have been, 1884 .106 bush
els. -four included, against 4.T63, 745
last year, The demand for freight room
on the pacific coast IS steadily
some larger disclosing an extraOrdi-
nary foreign demand
Cotton has declined from 8 to then
6, 2 cents, in spite of the starting of
many cotton mills, and controlling fact
Of the moment is that reports Of yield
smaller than eight million bales are now
entirely discredited- The export demand
does not bate, although the exports
were checked while the prices We're above
checked while the prices We're above
eight cents and the increase of 50 100000
in value of cotton exported in October
contributed more than any other thing
to the aggregate exceeding that of the
November thus far the gain of New
York exports has been p per cent and
for the last week 40 per cent, the last
week having been the largest on record
since the second week of October, $780,
while imports were AZ per cent smaller
than the corresponding week of last
year and 25 perc ent smaller for the
month thus far.
Under these circumstances. in spite
Of heavy payment of loans abroad. the
movement Of gold this way undoubtedly
be resumed if foreign buying Of Ameri-
can securities should set in. In trans
iti0n period, Industries record gains
slowly. but the slight decline in prices
Of bessemer pig iron and Of finished
products of iron and steel is partly due
to realizing on speculative purchases
before the election and partly to the
selling of nails by jobbers below the
com binatiOn price. For most manufac-
tured products there is a better demand
at advanced prices. Failures for the
week have been 344 in the United States
against 302 last year and 40 in Canada