The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-09-03
IN FULL SWING.
September Opens With Flourishing
Trade Conditions

New York, Sept. 3.-Bradstreet's says:
The advent of September finds fall trade
apparently in full swing at the west and
northwest and more reported doing at
southern Mississippi valley points and in
the east, but the volume of business in
woods and dry goods in the latter section
is rather smaller than expected. Early re-
ports of large business doing during Au-
gust are confirmed by aggregates of
monthly bank clearings, which show un-
precedentedly large totals for the month,
little below, indeed, the immense monthly
aggregates of last winter.
Reports from the iron and steel trade
are in a high degree favorable, the ton
mage movement being unprecedentedIy
large and the tone of prices firm at the
advances recently scored. Business in
steel is exceptionally large and in the
only by the ability of the mills to keep
The western crop situation remains
practically unchanged, cash wheat being
lower on a rather larger movement of
spring wheat, but an active demand for
export has furnished sustaining power.
Corn has been ruined by the. weather in
surplus producing states, which is dry and
hot. with a Steadying effect on prices. The
close of the cotton year finds the price of
that staple slightly frmer on reports Of
damage by rain to the crop in the south
Atlantic states. From other parts of the
quite favorable and a yield at least equal
ended G led Ii. 90 bales is looked for BY
many. better tone is evident in the
print cloth markets this week and an ad-
lection of a more cheerful outlook at Fail
River. Failures in the United States are
down to very low figures, numbering only
1874 this week, against 172 last week. 1877
in 1897, 1856 in 1885, 1s4 in 1885 and 2Z1 in
Distributive trade is active in the west
and northwest, with dry goods, boots and
shoes. hats and caps. millinery, clothing
and hardware in most active Distribute
by jobbers. and iron, steel and most of
its products in active demand and con-
sumption by manufacturers An tncreaS-
ed business is reported in the southern
Mississippi valley, New Orleans telling OF
large receipts of new crop cotton and rice.
On the south Atlantic coast heavy rains
have hurt distributive trade and are
claimed to have materially injured cot
ton crop prospects. San Francisco ad-
vices are that the California wheat crop
will not much exceed 100000 bushels,
which is only about one-third of an aver
age. About One-half of the usual fruit
crop is looked for, except in the case of
raisins, of which a heavy yield is expect
ed. August was good month at Puget
Wheat shipments for the week. includ-
ing flour, aggregate $685., O4O bushels, as
against g 563476 bushels last week, 6263, =
1897, 1868, S62 bushels in 1896, 300. PSI bush
els in 1895 and 3207,S00 bushels in 1894:
Since July l. this is g yea 965 the exports, Of
80. $50, 246 bushels during the same period
Corn exports for the week aggregate l.
week 8 185. O64 bushels the same week last
year. 2527, SIS bushels in 1896, 1.405370 bush
els in 1895, and 127 900 bushels in 1894. Since
July l this year the exports of corn ag-
gregate 24539,0O1 bushels, against % 5SS, 400
bushels last year.
Failures in the Dominion of Canada
number D. against q last week, 30 in the
same week a year ago and 1896, 80 in 1895,
and % in 1894.