Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-11-05
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Business Stagnation Incident to DAYS Pre-
ceding Election-The Weeks Failures.

Business Stagnation Incident to DAYS Pre-
ceding Eiection-The Weeks Failures.
NEW YORK. Oct 3I.-R q. Dun &
60. S Weekly Review of Trade saws:
market without anything but politics to
rule IL Is not often seen Business is almost
abolished until after the election by the extra
ordinary pressure for money, by the iudispo-
sitlon OF anybody to sell who thinks great
change for the better Is near by the feeling
That lt Is now OF use to contract or buy,
when SO little time remains before decision
and by the general absorption OF business men
In political activity The feature of the week
ias been the pressure in the New York mo ney
market. in spite of the heavy arrivals of gold.
Quotations of call loans at 100 per cent or
more have no real meaning. except that. with
practically four holidays to come in succession,
here Is really no market
Wheat has declined SHARPLY. but is rising
sgain. closing about &c lower for the week.
Heavy realizing of the spot sales, extreme
monetary pressure in carrying supplies and
,elief OF foreigners that they can get what they
Fant at lower prices by present abstention.
iave materially helped the powerful Chicago
influence, which has labored to depress prices.
The speculation in wool continues, and has
raken during the past four weeks 1881 leo
pounds. against %, 5SS $50 last year and 26 $685..
s'3 in 1892, although less than half the capacity
u mills is employed 1t is q gratifying feature,
1owever. that about IL establishments have
started during the week. in confidence that
business will be larger hereafter. There is yet
eniy q SllSnt Improvement IN the demand Tor
lightweight woolens- Iron has been bought
argely by SPECTATORS
An encouraging feature is further advance
n prices OF leather. wool. beSsemer pig iron.
wheat, Indian Germ, lard. raw and refined
sur and for crude and refined petroleum.
oniy moderate orders have been placed for
WOODEN goods for spring delivery, but manufac-
Gurers are disposed to buy some raw material.
Total exports OF wheat (fiour included as
wheat). from both coasts of the United States,
amounted to 3,3400Ol bushels this week. ex-
elusive of shipments from Galveston no re-
port of which has been received. compared
with 4,O67,0JO last week. 2.7i3.o0o in the last
week of October. 1872. 2.93i.Ooo bushels in the
like week of 1894. 2.s6O.00o bushels in 1893. and
as compared with 37I4.0 o bushels in the cor
responding period OF 1892. Exports of Indian
corn amount to 8: % ,00J bushels this week,
nearly 50JOJ0 bushels less than last week. one
third more than in the CORES ponding week of
1895, 10 times much as in the corresponding
period of 1894 and three times much as in
like weeks of 1893 and 1892
Mercantile failures throughout the United
States have declined in number this week, the
total being PIG. against 292 last week. 299 in the
same week one year ago. i53 in the orrespond-
ing period two years ago and as compared with
}53 in the like week of 1898. There are 81 BUSH
ness failures reported from the Dominion of
Canada this week. against 4S last week and 4
like number in the same week year ago
but compared with 46 two years ago.