The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-26
THE CONDITION OF TRADE
The Largest Volume Of Business
Ever Recorded.
EXCEPTIONAL YEAR
A Feeling That Cotton Has Seen Its
Worst Days-High Grade Goods
Are ouist-A working Steel
Rail Compact

New York. Nov. ar. @. Dun's
weekly review Of trade viii say to-mor-
row: Thanksgiving In 1898 means more
than for 30 years. The Harvest" home
has never recognised larger crops or
the whole in this country. the general
prosperity In attested by the largest
volume Of business ever recorded. the
peoples verdict a given reason to
hope that the ~soundness and the ma
tion's honor will not again be in peril
and a war not matched in history for
swiftness Of success with smallness Of
loss has brought more perfect union
h ever between North and South
and closer bonds than ever with kin
beyond the seas" ending with the
most important increase Of territory
since California vas added to the
union. The year so exceptional In mag
nitude n variety OF blessings draws
near It's end with yet another good
gift. a marked increase OF confidence in
close the century.
The Industries are doing remarkably
well. considering h~indrance until OF late
by unreasonable weather. /. With storms
and cold many branches now get larg-
er orders. There il more liberal buy
ing of cotton goods. In part because OF
last weeks reductions In bleached
goods M the curtailment Of produc-
ton IN print cloths has caused an ad-
nee of I 1-16 cents, while export de-
mand supports heavy brown goods. and
all are helped by the feeling that cot
ton has seen its worst. Yet wide sheet
ings are still irregular and some are 5
per cent lower. There is slight i'm
provement In recorders for mems spring
wooiens. though neither jobbers nor
clothiers have yet been buying freely.
The bulk of the demand is for medium
plain fabrics. especially serges and
clays. but high grade goods are quiet.
More is doing in dress goods, but not
enough for producers. Sales of wool
have been IS. 975. 900 pounds for four
weeks, including about 5.000.0 600 for ex-
port, but mostly at concessions which
have been this week q little increased
on fine. unwashed feeces.
When the steel rail contract was
ready for ina signature withdrawal Of
one large company killed IL. but a
working compact 10 nevertheless said to
have been made, apparently a sort OF
gentleman's agreement In which more
confidence 10 expressed than Is felt. The
market for Bessemer grows stronge at
P~ittsburg.
Wheat has again advanced a shade.
though for spot only nc for the past
week. while western receipts are heavy.
and for Tour weeks IA been 3s.034, 2s1
bushels. against 20. lls. lo4 last year.
The Atlantic exports for the year
have been 3,957.s76 bushels for the
week. against 3.6s3.4< last year. Pa
cinc exports. 37l.1s5 bushels. against l.
| 626, 9Ts last year. making for three
| weeks OF November 3.642. 0s6 bushels,
against Is. 1885, 09 last year. While At
lantic shipments exceed last years. a
decrease from the Pacific affects this
| market but little. Moreover. corr X
| ports continue heavy. in four weeks TO-
| 5s3. 216 bushels. against 1926. 1ss last
year. lifting the price sc. and showing
a continued demand for nearly five
months almost equal to the unprece-
dented demand Of last year.
Failures for the week have been 1sS
In the United States. against 236 LAS
year, and Il in Canada.