Griggs courier., 1897-09-24
KEEPS IMPROVING.
Business Shows Continuous and
Gratifying Activity.
No Reason to Fear Reaetaon-settle-
meat Of the Coal Strike aAA In.
proved C0lleetl0ns the
Weeks Features.
New York, Sept. 1s.-R. g. Dun d Co..
In their weekly review Of trade say:

New York, Sept. 1s.-R. g. Dun d Co..
In their weekly review Of trade say:
'sThe end Of the bituminous coal strike
and tho return Of many thousand men To-
work at advanced wages adds to the pur.
chasing power of the people. and the an.
thracite strike affects not 2 nth q many
workers. The starting OF many mines ana,
works, enormous exports OF wheat ana
corn, the favorable news - to those crops
and cotton, the fall In sterling exchange
and the reports showing that gold tmportc
in August excesdsd exports BY s. $50. ST.,
ports by 34o.s6a.75a have al contributed to
forward the movement in business. The
replenishment of>stocke cannot be half fln-
ished, though some wbo could see no sign
Of Improvement few weeks ago are now
finding 1t 90 vast and rapid that they fear
reaction. But consumers a. well a. dealers
have also to supply themselves after years
Of enforced economy. and their power to
purchase II Increasing every day. When
the tide rises after four years Of depres-
''The wheat market has declined over i've
cents on account Of crop reports which
promise larger prosperity, and corn 4n0
cotton are both q little lower for like rea-
sons. Yet estimates Of the highest dnan.
cial authorities regarding requirements
from this country are not smaller. but
larger than before.
'.The iron industry again shows In.
creasing demand and IN average OF prices
nearly one per cent. higher. due to pur-
more fully employed than ct any time for
years. though new buying has diminished
In amount, and while the number OF or.
ders received IL still large. the amount IL
smaller. The demand u still good for the
with some further advances. Actual buy
ing Of wool by mills 10 increasing at ala
markets, with the belief that foreign sup.
plies are short.
Failures for the week have been 2o4 "a
and 70 in Canada. against . last year.
As Viewed By Braastseet.
Bradstrects in their trade review for
the week say:
''Notwithstanding unreasonably warm
fever In several gulf states. checking lo-
cally the distribution Of merchandise. busi-
ness throughout the country has increased
more than anticipated. The center Of Inn
provement 10 Chicago. which furnishes the
most favorable trade report within fve
years. Advices from Kansas City. Omaha,
St Paul and St Louis also reflect activ-
ity in demand among jobbers and whole
salers. There ls a temporary stimulus to
business at Savannah. owing to the with
towns cut OF by the fever quarantine.
Chattanooga. Memphis, Atlanta, Augusta,
Galveston and even st. Louis anticipate
temporary falling OF in business owing
to the interruption Of trafic in the gulf
states and adjoining territory. The set
tlement Of the bituminous coal strike, .
further rising tide Of demand for iron
and steel products, extraordinary large
bank clearings and reports that mercantile
collections have improved constitute the
features Of the week.
wheat exports are very large and with
one exception (that Of second week Of Sep
tember. ls91) are the heaviest on record.
The total shipments this week (flour in
cluded a. wheat) aggregate 6.s79.s48 bush-
els. against 6.46l.5 bushels last week.
Corn exports are 1000 bushels less than
last week. the aggregate being s.9s1.0V
bushels"