The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-06
|I1G WILL INCREASE
[, o.suIts Expected from the
p Coming Tariff Law.
E,,yRrvrrw OF R. G. DUN& co.

l.,,slug Improvement in the Pros Pros,
Coz Crops-Estimates Tor wheat
r. ~ u,ob rs 55O.OOO,00o bushels
''u aa Demand for Finished Iron
''o,.-rextile Manufacturers wait
l~r,port. of Wheat
| YORK July 5.-R. G. Dun q Co.'S
v. Review of Trade says; The
by ,nr vacations have commenced
works with the decrease Of or
au' ,ol At this season. This custom
.ootion is called a strike where
,n,spts regarding wages for the
roor have not been reached. and
,.orelve strike of Amalgamated
sorrers announced July l is of this
y. hut the strike Of coal miners in
4. and other central western states
and may prove costly.
sore iron and cotton works wages
| hsan reduced, owing to low prices
| .otton mill in Virginia closed be-
,ho reduction was not accepted.
better demand the employers will
an agreement. Tie situation is
.'nv If a midsummer character.
IL homes are built on a prospective
| rd after the tariff bill has passed,
me nressure in the market Of large
,,tire stocks may defer 1t. The
II belief is that the removal Of un-
INV will, in any case, increase bust
Crop Outlook Is Good.
re- much of the future depends
crops. the Frightening prospects
If the highest Importance. Esti-
= bv persons usually most pessi-
! now far exceed any made a
| N ago, one promising $50, 1000
els Of wheat, with a lower condi-
but largely increased acreage Of
The cotton prospects are brighter.
he crop appears to be early, rather
! late, in regions which were not
ted.
movement Of wheat is small, west
receipts for the week being 1,630,779
! es against 2,O41,719 last year, and
Atlantic exports 1904 ,173, flour in
' td against 2.1G2.172 last year. A
g effort to lift prices failed, and
Ilose is 12s cents lower for the week.
corn z cent lower. Cotton rose
! Nth small sales.
Halls at Midsummer.
! L iron and steel industry halts at
hummer although the demand for
bed products still increases and dis
Eminent is due only to the fact
the increase is not yet enough to
all the mills at work, and thus
8 better prices, which now average
ttly lower than ever before, though
b per cent. below those Of March,
The export trade is increasing,
b large order for India has just been
at a price said to be So below Brit
bids Coke production is increasing
b, as more iron furnaces are going
blast, and an addition of % cents
|been ordered in anthracite coal.
d Is higher at al cents, with larger
fpmption, and copper at Stops for
with heavy exports, while lead has
\nced to sc cents. American MAX
re selling tinplates largely at $500
|ull weight, against $3.50 for foreign.
The Textile Situation.
e textile manufacturers are watt
The cotton mills are curtailing
|uction, with large stocks on hand,
prices scarcely changed, while the
ZEN mills are gradually increasing
h with. better orders, and prices in
to advance a shade. The enor-
buying Of wool, 256, OO0, 900 pounds
year, against 100000 last year,
fe speculation mainly, and some
/ lots have been sold three to five
4 since arrival. The prices are
Rwhat stronger at seaboard markets,
70 high In the interior that dealings
Rmestic are restricted.
failures for the week have been
the United States, against 257 last
and thirty in Canada, against
ty-two last year.