New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-13
M .,u, u,.,,,v ond an advance Of % cents III

wv IONS weekly, anu al
price is expected. -. enor-
Mon are inst beginning to realize wnat e"o'
pous ordars were placed In August TOT 'e
goods in many lines giving the works e'ioue
IN do for some months. The business VI w.
month Il Is generally admitted was Oh -"
whole much larger than would have pee"
nec,ed in q wear of full prosperity. the op'.ou'
exnIanatio, being that half a million dea'e.''
who have been buying as little as possioio 10
some wears past have started in earhes' W
penish stocks, finding ample warrant i' .
the marked Improvement Of retail TRACE -
In MANY n surprise that the heavy anticip"''
imports Of goods especially woollens' seem "
influence the market so little Prices "'
eraly strong both for wOollen ana co''o"
and vet the advance realized In actua' save
so far been quite moderate. exciudihs n
prices made in order practically 10 -
goods from the market without giNi"s "
to consumers. I'm.
In the boot and shoe manufacture, new oiuei'
for sprng at the East still 'unusuahy s''
though at some Western points reported la
hut the works are kept almost iuly e"'p''
as vet by the repenishment OF "lh'e' SIN
which had been so far delayed that j" syn
grades it is doubtful whether desired supp''e9
can now be obtained in season. Inc shp"en"
from Boston, 106.21I cases. according 10 i"'
Shoe and Leather Reporter appear 10 ne '"e
largest reported in any week for more Una"
three wears Yet the market is in unsatisfactory
shape because hides have been holsteu 50 10"
that operators are extremely nervous, ana
leather has been lifted, though much less IMAM
hides so far that the manufacture is greatly
embarra ssed and dealers very generally put o'i
sprinr orders because there is thought to be
,c,an n
BILE and leather react as they did two years ago
With all the talk OF scarcity Of hides at Chicaso'
It appears that cattle receipts in eight months
NJ this vear nj the four Western markets have
beon 30 900 head or IA per cent more than
last year. and .'9,VV hcad' Ut i'' p0' WV
more than In 1895.
Tho wheat market continued strong, although
closing p little under the best. but advanced
cyor 81. cants for the week The Western move
ment grows very heavy, and Atlantic exports
also so that the shipments from the Atlantic
norris I'm the past six weeks have been ap)ut
- 900 900 bushels -four included, against ABOUT
IG 600 600 in the corresponding weeks last year.
Tho Western receipts have also been very
heavy i'm the same six weeks going above DID,
600 600 bushels against 29OO0,0W last year.
The movement Of corn has been altogether De
vond precedent at some points, and Is so large
that il has checked the natural tendency 10 rise
in sympathy with wheat or in response 10
somewhat less favorable crop reports during
the last week the price slightly receded The
movement OF cotton Is al this season or no I'M
portance but with more favorable prospects
as to the coming crop. In spite Of the gloomy
Government report. the prices yielded SIX
teenth ut the close Of the week
The stock market had another week OF heavy
realizing at home, and selling on foreign ac-
count and yet the average OF the sixty most
active stocks has risen a shade every day In
the week. closing 81 cents per share higher than
4 week ago. Sales 100000 shares. and
only two Trust stocks cut any figure both COW
erlng but 101 900 shares. while Of ten railways
221 900 shares were sold. and OF 164 other
stocks 12SJ,OOO 1t cannot be denied that this
strength finds warrant in steadily growing earn
than I'm any other month this year. The volume
Of business through clearing houses has also
been ISL per cent larger in September thus
far than last year. and 80 per cent larger
than In 1892 The dismal people who wish 10
see no evidence OF improvement are having a
hard time OF Il. With heavy outgoes OF money
10 the interior last week, the market was yet
able to enlarge commercial loans considerably,
I'm the main on grocery and drygoods paper. and
the course OF foreign exchange seemed To ind-
cate that when cotton moves freely specie i'm
ports may not be long prevented.