The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-09-26
Low PRICED COTTON
That and Fever Guarantees Affect Trade
Adversely at the South.
IRON AND STEEL ACTIVE
FOREIGN Demand for American Cereals
Improved as Shown in Enlarged
Volume of Shipments.

New York, September 23.-Bradstreet 5 To-
morrow Will say:
'Favorablo trade developments hi'''i''
themselves chiefly along the HneS PlcNi-
ouslv noted. The importance or latse
cxDort demand to the countrys domestic
interests is illustrated by the improved
tone and prices Of wheat and flour TINS
week. growing out of the better foreign
buyirec induced by less favorable RUSSIAN
crcp reports, smaller shipments from thilt
country and apparently continued carelul
selling, by American producers
Raw cotton, on the other hand, rehe'tS
rrOba b.Iitles of continued plentiful supplies
and rather slow demand in quotations,
lower than the lowest point reached III inc
year of rcSSion-lS9i-Whe u large ylela
was Coincidcnt with poor trade industrial
troubles and tight money. From tho west
and northwest adViCeS continue largely Ill
the normal strain. Some relaxation in &C
tlVity is perceptible in some lines at large
markets, but the volume of trade as
whole is evidently equal to any previous
record.
AT the south Iow-priced cotton and yell
low fever guarantees affect trade adverse
~, Improvement in one section being Coul-
ter-haIanccd by less favorable advices from
others. Favorable conditions on the Idclllc
coast arc most numtroUSIy reported in the
states of Oregon and Washington. Con-
serVutlVe management earlier in the year,
however. mas resulted in fairly good con-
1ltIohs IN California, where crops were less
favorable than further north, and failures
are down to 4 minimum.
AZ the east the least favorable reports
continue to come from the textile indus
tries. Wool is quiet and manufacturers
are not encouraged to buy heavily in view
OF the very moderate trade in wooden
goods
Cotton goods are in better distribution,
pGl Prices betray the unsettling influences
OF low prices for the material, and print
C.n.H$ are slightly weaker
ACTIVITY in iron and steel manufacture
coAjHueS una rIlcd, ana similar conditions
are reported abroad. Talk of further mod
particularly in this country. WHOA to,ifv
generally speaking, is the Cheapest market
Tor IRON ana steel in the world. The export
i@ur IN piS IRON from southern points CON
4Hue very heavy and an advance Of 2Jc
Germs.
Improved foreign demand for American
cereals Is shown in the enlarged volume Of
shipments tl:is week. Wheat, including
hour shipments. aggregated ~ &J3 Bushels
3&a.u&l a.6tJ,-ti bushels last week ,, 7US &25
bushels in the corresponding week of 1897
800 $50 bushels in 1896, 3,I51HGl bushels in
Ial TINS year, exports of wheat aggregate
$II'0,fl+ bushels, Against 50Glo,525 bushels
last year
Con exports for the week aggregate
-.o-bZn bushels. as against 2,G&i, eos bushels
IlSi week 49,. ~ bushels in TINS week one
year ago, 2GlOIg7 bushels in 1896 $50 l25
bushes in 1923 and 100000 bushels N 1894
SINCE July LIST this year. corn exports ag-
EruSajo 1850 go bushels, against -. 3g999I
bushels during the same period in 1891.
"BuSiness failures in The United States
for the week number lS2 against l13 last
week but compared with 81 m this week a
year ago 32l in 1896. lyS in 1893 and 20f in
"Busness failures in the Dominion of
Canada number 10. against % last week,
50 IN this week one year ago and "a in 1896"