Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-25

,reassd a quarter. but the manufacturers
are atm unable TO find pronts ~ So. $3.50
win wool az present prices. me repv,i ~
sales of wool are more than double tn9no
~ tho most prosperous years, but the ilsS
In nrtces renders the future more 1ouD'iui,
except for manufacturers having he@ss
supplies laid In. The cotton-miils are 70,
ing a large business, although the p1yIi,,e
OF goods decreased after the recent rns ~,
The failures for the week have been 20
IN the United States. against 30 iast year.
and - in Canada, against 80 last year.
yELLow-FEvER EMBARGO.
Rradstreets tomorrow Will say
There is a check TO the onward swoop u
demand in staple lines, houceaD ~
throughout the country for the past s,A
weeks. The yellow-fever quaian''',, 60
which extends frcR New orleans "
Georgia. has brought wholesale business
10 "a practical standstill throuenout VI
greater portion OF the region emu a a.
by the Gulf States. At centres Oh U.S., 1son-
button In the Eastern, Middle, anu -,
tralWestern States the Iecene tas fail
in dry-goods, hats, and hardware mas i The
len on but az the Northwest ana Vi, -, az
Pacific coast buying by interior m
chants and the free Distribution Oh nv
chandise continue to be features. ,sr,cs
The demand for heavy te&,ie iaD
has been stimulated by colder Wed,nei
and ST. Louis merchants say 'hc tro'te
fever scare will have no erect uPoii 80
On maj civ. as southern merchants na an
supplied themselves there p,ponI, tor
quarantine was enforced. Inc outIvo onsae
busincss in parts of Texas, AfkdIIs'I.,,
Tennessee. and Georgia is for niu'A
d,,iler season than had been expecteu'
EayorobIe features of the week a.
fornd I'm sharp advances in prices IOI
iron and steel; heavy sales Oh bes a,,d -
nig-iron. steel billets and rams, anu
prospect that iron and steer pi'''S
IN tho future.
Wool is also higher, and wooilen soo.'
for 1s9S delivery are up 10 and 10 per cent
with the outlook favoring Iurthci az
vance. . o.,orot trade
&c also stimulated by the continued hedyS
movement Of cereals to tidewater, the
oirnost unprecedentedly large QUANTITIES
evDorted each week, and the increase
number Of people finding employ mem I L., -
Industrial and commercial nnes, as ~
pared with year ago togeenVi - fror,
tendency of gold TO come mere lloi-
ar rb re- exnorts of wheat 0lour included as
wheat from both coasts OF Inc Ohitsr
states. and from Montreal thls W We,
amonnt TO 5.G23 1873 bushels, coin pa o Su
with 6.2S9,9iS bushels last week, ,'o ~
b,ishels I'm the same week year "a 90 ~.
2 III O00 bushels two years ago, Zyo1,V5O
bushels three years ago, ana 5-aJJVjy DuSH-
els I'm the corresponding week OF 1870. 49,.
The exports of Indian corn agsie e. 80
, 200 40 hpsbels compared with 3sJl,Gb
bu ve1, last week. 100000 bushels in me
Corresponding week one year ago 1g6 LScS'o,g
bushels two years ago. lW'WV Dusne,S
three years ago. and $4,000 bushels In lSS5
There were 237 business fail lures rep RI
ed throughout the United States 40, .niS
yeek compared with 1s6 last week, 81 IN
the third week of September, 1896, lsS I'D ID
isos 5od in the like week Of 1894. and -
in the corresponding period of 1893. There
uore "a business failures reported
throuobo,,r the Canadian Dominion tbs
vaek against &c last week, "a in the IKE
week a wear ago. and IS in the CORE
spending week Of 1885.