The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-10-15
puN.s COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Distinctly BETTER Conditions Reflected In
Somewhat Larger Employmcat of La.

OONS COMMERCIAL REVIEW
Somewhat Larger Employment of La.
bor.
NE# foRH, Oct. 1o.-R. g. Dun s
Co.. in their weekly review OF trade,
says:
Distinctly better conditions have ap-
peared of late and are reflected in
somewhat larger employm yment of labor,
IN large transactions and in continued
buying OF fnatsrials for manufacture:
A great part of the change Is due tc
those resistless laws of supply and de.
tnand. which take wheat where it is
wanted and gold whefs u is wanted:
India is waiting for cargoes of wheat
on the way from Pacific states;
just as Australia and South Africa
WeSe. not long ago. The surplus
usually avaiiablc from 1ndia
disappears and the surplus from Husi
sia and European countries is re-
duced, according to late estimates, 75,.
eOO,00 bushels. Happily this country
has d SUPPLY which official accounts
have not correctly measured; if actual
movements do not greatly nislssd.
Western .ecei.ts for the week were
7,243, ,969 bushels, against ',e5l.474 last
year, and this follows an increase OF
IA, ,O00. .O0G bushels in receipts during
the quarter ending September &C. At
lantic exports, 2,O69, OIL bushels, flour
included, for the week, against
I, l,7O7, ,e2o last year, and not
tet SO large as 20 forse prices up.
ward if European buying, based Oh
European needs, did not control our
markets. A feature of large import
ance, too, is the unusually heavy for
eign demand for corn, which is a rarely
failing sigu 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 112,7sa tons weekly,
against 129, 500 September I and 217,-
306 November l last year, while un.
sold stocks decreased 1852 tons; but
if those of steel-making concerns were
included, it would probably show an
increase. Buying of materials con-
tinues; But Bssserter is d shade wealf-
At, SI1.4 at Pittsburgh. fhe demand
for products is SO light, and SO much
business is held back pending the eiec-
ton, that decreasing output is not an
unhealthy sign. Minor metals change
little.
The upward rush of hides has
advanced prices al Chicago per cent.
for the week to the highest average
since last November. Prices of leather
have risen 21z per cent, with small
dealings. Shoes are selling very lit
tie, as consumers refuse to pay higher
prices, aud dealers remember buying
at high and selling at low prices last
winter. Orders for next season atk
few, and many concerns may close for
n time.
Textile manufactures are gaining a
little and the buying of wool by large
mills covers 7,66:.SJO pounds for the
week, against 1l,2I9, 200 last year.
Prices advanced about one per cent. in
Septe ember and have since advanced
more, though few of the mills have
orders. for long time ahead. Buying
of cotton has been checked by heavy
receipts from plantations, 1,222, psf
bales having come into sight in Sep
tember, against 545, ,39i last year. TiA
price has dropped seven-sixteenths for
the week and lew now have confidence
In a crop of only 80 coo bales.
More gold has been ordered from
Europe, SO that si,Ooo, ooG is ep route.
Speculation in stocks has yielded d
little, about 1.13 Tor railroads and Sd
cents for trusts. The outward move
ment of money to the interior has
been S4, ,OOu, ,OOJ for the week, and little
is doing in commercial loans, with
rates about ene-half per cent. higher
than week ago
Failures for the week were 296 in the
United States; against 26S last year,
and 40 in Ganads, against So last year: