The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-25
GROWING
Widespread Expectation Of a Trade Re.
vlYal in the Fall.
EVIDENCE THAT IT IS WELL FOUNDED.
fall BUsfr, ess III SoEnc Lines Opeuin.
4nv0rnbiJ ana Promising il,
Oihcrs--tsheat Twenty Cents syi@n.
Sr Tilan k.ast year iu Tho Face or
an Sncrens.d Gieiu.
New York, July 23, 1897.

HradatrcetS' tomorrow will say:
The widespread confidence ,h1t there
Will be n masked revival in general
trade IN the fall continues TO grow, 2uli
with it material evidences that il is we'll
founded.
Chicago jonheIs In ctothnG ticy goods,
and shoes and manufacturers there ana
elSewncr" OF pianos, organs, wagons and
farm implements, report fan business
has begun, which Is much earlier than
usual. The distribution Of general mer-
chandiss from ST. Louis ia Il little lc:,s
active. although trade there is favorable
Like rcpd;t: arc received from Pitts
burg. notwithstanding dullness in iron
and steel; Savannah. in spite OF this
being the busy season Oh Plantations;
Omaha MilWaukee. Duluth, Minneapo-
lis, and st. Pau!, where merchants arc
feeling the influence OF a proSpcc;iyely
large crop OF heat, and from Galveston
ana other points il Texas on the favor
able cop outlook and confidence in an
increased movement OF merchandise
next fall
Demand for supplies for shipment TO
the i<loncykc gold region has made
july, tic ;hufiest instead Of the duilyst
month in the commercial year ut Seattle
and has had an influences on sales at
Tacoma, Portland and San Francisco.
The worlds wheat crop outlook c0Min-
ueSi 10 favO: the United states, ,nuclI 40
It did eighteen yeas ago. The outlook
Is mat liluSE.a alone Of all other wheat
exporters Will be able 70 compete with
iht. United States. The advance Of Or,
than twenty GEMS a buSncl conplrel
! with q Year arc Is III the face Of a
domestic wheat crop probably 100 Oo0, O01
bushels larger than last year. And the
prospect for Il continued hirnc,. level toi
quotations, owing 10 Increased demand
from Importing countries explain why
the American farmer Is 10 secure his pro
portion OF tho advance and the coming
era ol J. aspc!iiy. That he IS nliye to
the situation ia indicated by a tendency
10 hold back wheat already harvested
!rotWitl iStAnding higher quotations.
LrfaVOrabic features incindu The con-
! tinu2ncc @ the strike Of b!tuInnOus C Il
miners in the Western and Southern
| States which now begins t. threaten the
! continued activity Of Industries depend
cnt upon that variety OF fuel, tie prac-
teal stagna;iOn OF The hC:S-rync- pig Iron
I and steel billet markets with prices a:s
!nw as ever known, the shutting down
OF New England cotton mill machinery
/ 70 reduce output ana get rid OF stocks on
aand, and the unaa ;isfaclOry COnditn
OF Inc WOODEN goods mal'itct, owing to
the relatively low pr.ces Of p:oducts
COMPARED With quotations fOr raw ma
teriai
EXPORTS OF wheat, ,Ulour included as
Whc,ltl from b:til coasts OF the United
States and from Montreal, this week,
amount 10 1,g7SS2S hirhela an Increase
Of about AjG, 600 bushels co!npat cd with
last week, for whict. shipments, from the
ports Of Ncw York and Haltin!0re are
! largely responsible. The corresponding
total in tho like week last year was
! 2,5U3 600 bushels, in the week Two years
! ago, l,26G,GU0, tiIgcG yuaTa ago 3,SSS, eco
hal MI