Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-25
CONDITION OF TRADE.


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fttss. 1ossfis.s win .n ts.spa.s.a
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sssis ts fss tettaa states, f.ai.~s. a1,~s
tss sssssi WIN Aasea.. sttn sa,ss..s-
ss"ss ms,sss, shows q n,ai,sh a..a..c,.
Kew Sark, Oct, Pa Braastrer,'s says,
eenorai trade continues along oonsorsas
tive lines, buyers and sslliars t,rsgorrine o.
deter business until after alaetion Trader
ere more bopefal ne 90 the outiook Cor
business later Ia the yoaf and nost sprine
- reaction in wheat taieos after an adj
vance at ~ cents ls che natural rns,ll, az a
desire 90 realize profits an advance ~
rates for mone,. aud enormously honys
feonipts of wheat st primary markois
aanssd ~ biRhef prices Comparatively
small steoks af wheat ln importing ooun,
tries, q aecresse Ia the worlds total pro
Question 81 ~shaat for two scars ,n sue.
oession, anespeotad shortages IN Russia.
India. Argentina ana AnSBalia, aud onls
On average crop In che Tinted states arf
interpreted 90 mean that the price al
wheat viii advance further,
Tho total exports of wheat -four in.
GUIDED ne w'haat from both oossts ~ no
United states nnd from Montraa1 this
w"s,k ARE noi quite ne iirRr ne last wnrk ~
fof Tour preceding Maaks, bat are heavier
Than Ia corresponding weaks IN thrar t,re
""dlhf seafs, amounting go Bs28 O01
bush"ls, as compared with a1h6,oW
bnshnls last week, 2 a5s 00D bushels in fhr
corresponding wank one yaar ago, Hs8 oWl
bushals two years ago, d 8gs ,0oe bnahals
tht'T Years ago, aus ai0ss0 e0 bushels ln
the thtfd w"'k ~ oeioher, lsaI2
Espo,as of tsd,an Corn.
Exports of Indian corn continue haave,
amounting 90 2.Nf .Opo bushnls for fha
w"s'h, ~ p'T cent. more fhnn last wa,sN.
more thnn twiep ne tnurh ~ ~ che week
one feaf ago, thirty times much ns IN fhe
corresponding Maek at 1agi aud thrae
htnes ss much ns Mas seni abroad ~ fiae
Ike meek 81 1sp5 mud In 1sg9, Mercantile
COLLECTIONS continue as difiieuli 90 nials.
~ haretoiore, eseein IN n few oi the lnrps
cotton growing states aud Ia the siuinp
~hoat faRion, wbere rapid s,af'l, sting uf
cotton aud OF wheat has rendered funds
more plentiful,
1b"re arr 2s2 business failures reported
Throughout the United NiHips tiiis waalk
which b. Thirteen more than lnai week.
fhifiyfhrne more than in Che oorrasponds
ing Meck lnsi year, aud sNrnty .one tnorr
than IN The Hike week of 1sgi, hut thirty,
seven fewef thgn Ia The third wnfl ~
ociob"f, 1sl3, 1hore WIRE forty .ei,,ln
business tailurss reported throughout ihe
Dominion 81 CaDda, NJ compared with
thirty last week aud with thirty STA rn.
sp"eotels Ia each of the corresponding
weeks of lsg5 aud lspi
spee,'iafiss Tendency o. Bmiiai.. -
Brads'resa's Financial ileyipw savs,
While 1afsr interests in tho mark,fs
maintain a conservative attitude. the tona
tlis wesk wns builish, aud the tendency
81 speeulailpn Inns generally bern towards
blgbef prices, The mni'lka h. u narrow
one hnd tho buying bas been furnished 10y
covering of shoris, plus aeatirrad up,uR.
lions on the huh side by smnllnr trndnrs
The favorable accounts 81 the polifieal
| outlook. the phanomeupll rise Ia vincent
aud che large gold engagrlnenisall tnndad
Ca create buiiish feeling IN fhp street. aud
" should he noted TINT fhe tna,'lai WINS
unaffected 10y the sharp reaefiop d ~'hnai
| prices 80 10y the advance In The lBniil ,,f
England rate 60 per cent, causing, no n
did, a rally ln esehange TINT fof thp lime
beli,s put nnothaf chuck upon gold ga,
| partations.
fdsseaa wss s3spaa.a.
Tho advance ~ fhe IBnnk of lene,iana
rate from 90 per cont ob Thursday
~as fulls espaeied, nnd neither TINT ne,
ton nor tbe rise IN the open mai'l.ai quo
t"tlons there Ga y pr asnt fof discount
has prodnosd my speculative n iDreatis
zation. Among the most satisfactory ip,
dlestions 81 Che weak WINS fhp strength Of
and adyapes In che bond list govarp.
p,ants wsrs indeed feature the nan Dc
rising from 11D94 ~ ~, while both III.
s"s itnapt aud speculative 1ssuns ~ raiiroad
mortgages hasn generally bnen higher.
Anofbnf circumstance worthy ~ potian
H. TINT New p@k oxohange sea,s ar,
quoiad fiIis weak nj ,ooO, mn adynpan of
sesaral thousands over the last frap.lfars
Fridays ttnf'sf'i wns strong mud adynnn.
ing till che last hour, whan che talsing of
-, %0,ep b. gold from the treasury oausud
a halt npd slight feneilon