Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-12

vance in the price of cotton, and the re-
sumption of more mills which use cotton
and wool. Additional boot and shoe fac
tories have resumed operations, though
taking orders at very low prices The
tone of the commercial reports from near
ly every department of business is reas-
surfing. There is need of patience, how
ever, better times are coming, but by easy
marches. = Brooklyn Standardization
Rep9.'
Bradstreet's Reports Favorable.
In spite of the fact that the tendency
of tariff bill always unsettles trade and
manufacturing, the reports from the vari-
Gus parts of the country are very encour-
aging. Advices from all sections, espe-
cially the Mississippi valley and the East
ern States, show improved business condi-
tons. Reports to Bradstreets on May l
state that in Seattle trade Is good ana
shows an improvement over April OF last
year" in San Francisco 'the retail trade
is reported as fairly good" in Nashville
'the local retail trade is somewhat i'm
proved in Augusta ''the retail trade Is
reported good;" in St. Paul trade con-
tinues good in all lines in which the busy
season is not over, and collections are also
goods" in Duluth, since the opening OF
navigation, there has been some improve
the amount of business transacted is re-
ported of fair proportions, with prospects
better and collections slightly easier; IN
St Louis general trade shows slight
improvement, and collections are good;
in Louisville ga steady seasonable trade
is reported by jobbers in nearly all lines,
and collections are fairly good; In Chi
cago general trade situation is improv-
ed slightly" in Baltimore "the outlook for
the fall is encouraging" in Pittsburg
there has been a steady increase in the
volume of business" in Providence, r. l.,
cotton manufacturers who recently re-
duced their output have again started on
full time and capacity"
Southern Democratic Confidence.
Week before last the Times-Union made
a comparison, for the preceding week of
1897 and the corresponding week of 1896,
of the bank clearances of the eighty-seven
principal commercial cities of the country,
and this comparison showed that the vol
ume of bank clearances of the Southern
cities had increased 40 per cent, while
| that of the Northern cities had decreased
20 per cent. Saturdays number of Dun's
Review published the bank clearances of
| the fourteen leading commercial cities
The bank clearances of the Southern
cities show a decrease in volume of only
S54S,4O7, or less than 1 per cent, from
| those of the prosperous year 1897. The
| volume of bank clearances of the North
| ern cities, however, shows loss of $780,
13O,S2 or more than % per cent. This
| is the record of only one week, and only
| fourteen cities. 1t Is but a straw, but
| when all straws point in one direction
| they show positively how the wind is
| blowing. Every Indication shows well for
! the South. If we may judge by bank
| clearances, the Southern cities referred
| to have practically recovered from the
nanIc-ElOriHa l.
Industrial Conditions Sound.
| The New York Commercial Advertiser,
| in its review of the markets, contends
| that "the industrial conditions of the
| country are sound" for everywhere pro-
| duction is restricted to an amount COM
mensurate with the demands for consump-
| ton, and with few exceptions stocks are
| not being increased. On the contrary,
| in many cases consumption appears to be
gaining on production. Another favora-
| BILE sign is the absence of any great trade
combinations, such, for instance, those
| which until recently honeycombed the iron
| and steel trade from top TO bottom. These
| have gone, and trusts in other lines must
| go out of business under the Supreme
Courts decision In the Trans-Missouri
| case, leaving all markets free and open.
The consumer is getting, and will con-
| tinue to get, the benefit of cheap iron ore,
| terials of all kinds. These changes place
| the manufacturer in a position to supply
a cheap product and still realize profit.
Minneapolis Tribune Rep0.
| The "Heart of GEORGIA." Responds.
| The figures which we herewith publish
| are of the greatest Importance, as show
| ing the vastly improved conditions in the
| heart of Georgia. We are quite sure that
| the southern belt of counties can make
| quite as good a showing. Mr.. Douglas
| does mot care to pose as an optimist,
but" he says, Figures speak for them
selves, and the conditions surrounding
US cannot be denied and should not be
| misunderstood He is free to confess
that we are not in the midst of a business
| boom, nor do we want anything of that
| kind, "but unless all indications under
my observation are misleading, we are
| once more on a level with a slow but
| steady improvement" Nothing stands so
| much in the way of business just now as
| the calamity bowling press, and the war
| cry of the Senate.-Macon (Ga) Tele-
| graph Oem).
| Business Barometers All Favorable.
| The return of prosperity is what every
| body is now looking for, and there are
| few better indications of this return from
| a local standpoint than the appearance
| from day to day of the hotel registers. The
wholesale houses in the larger cities never
they are satisfied that the retail dealers
| want goods, and in stringent times retail
| merchants do not purchase more goods
| +bor tbov ore hoDefuI of selling For SOW