The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-07
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEWS.
Bradstrcet's Says Movement Of Gen.
eral Merchandise Is Heavier.
LIABILITIES HAVE BEEN SMALLER
During the Past Month Than for
Many Yenrs-Good Demand for
Agricultural Products.

New York, August 6.--Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: General trade shows
the most pronounced gains this week at
Chicago, st. Louis and Galveston. The
feeling OF confidence that general business
| Is TO improve in the carly autumn Is
marked at these cities, and purchases OF
| dry goods, clothing, shoes and other sta
lowed by disposition to crowd prices up.
| Purchases were restricted at Kansas city.
Omaha and some other Northwestern
points early In the week owing TO extreme
heat and fears Of damage TO corn crop,
but rains and cooler weather have sJimu-
| lated demands again.
| On the Pacific coast business Is brisk,
the feature in California being heavy
wheat shipments from San Francisco. AT
Portland large exports Of lumber and ut
Seattle and Tacoma active demand for sup
plies for Alaska and Northwest territory,
and for wheat. fruit and hops.
The movement of general merchandise
throughout the country IL unquestionabiy
larger than last week. Cotton and wooden
industries are better OFF and the stagna-
growing inquiry and increasing output.
But more significant still is the extraor-
binary expansion In bank clearlngs this
week and last month
The upward tendency Of prices during
the past three weeks Is again feature.
wool being frmer and higher for some va
rleties; cotton yarns are stronger also. as
are somo grade of cottons ut the west
SHOES are nc higher, but leather and hides
IA =
Notwithstanding the reaction In Septem-
Der optlons). flour pork, lard, Pacific coast
hops. sugar. soft coal and tea.
There Is Il 21-cent advance in leSsemor
pig iron 'et Pittsburg, where MAKERS de-
cline orders OF future delivery at GlUrens
quotations, and for iron bars and steel
sheets at Western ccnters. In fact, our
predicted revival In iron and steel has
appeared
Quotations for cotton and printing cloths
ROMAN practically unchanged. while those
for Indian corn and oats are lower On i'm
proved crop prospects Other product quo
tatlons which have declined are coffee, re-
troleum. turpentInc and resin
Exports of wheat (Gour included as
wheaD from both coasts Of the United
States aud from Montreal for the week
shows sharp increase amounting to
3,3oS477 bushels compared with 2343, 900
last week, 2.7i7 900 bushels in the week
year ago. and $50, 900 bushels two years
ago, 3il7. 900 bushels three years ago, and
90 contrastcd with 5,0lS0 bushels in the
like week OF is03.
Exports Of Indion corn amount to 3.223,-
SS5 bushels compared with 1872 600 Inst
week, 25f 900 bushels In the week q year
hro, / 1850 bushels two years ago. 226.
600 bushels three years ago, and as con-
trasted with 1881 900 in the like weel. CT
1879
There are 214 business failures reported
In the United States this week compared
with 251 last week. $50 In the week n ear
ago. POO in the corresponding week of 1895,
lHI In tho like week az 1891 and IA IN Tho
'lrst week OF August, 1893. There were
~ failures In Canada this week compared
with e. last week and % In the wesk a
year ago.