Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-09-17
THIS WEEKS FEATURES WE'RE ALL
FAVORABLE ONES.
BUSINESS HEAVIER THAN EVER
MORE is DOING THAN IN THE BEST
OF PAST YEARS.
still Further Enlargement of Distri-
button at Western Markets-Esti-
mates of the worlds Wheat
Crops Have Bcen Low
cred a Little.

We" I'm '0ep'. ''
norio" VIII say , H.,
hepofts oI sun lui 'hef eiiIai as seu u.s' .
pution at most western niarhts anu VI
slisht Improvement DIT Eastein IN a.a..ia1
"Here ueihai.u mas oeeh sio"et ~ III" -,
ize, ehiafseu lCreiSh ueiiiahu iot
SUNS ihcFeaseu raii"ay ediititea' nv
''ieiS uue " inc smei,iHs hot an
gam - ma net "iion,
~ ~neiiiiu 'asI seai ieIotu' I'm ~, 80
lhcreaseu over iast week anu over aii Gu, C.
spoiluihs "eehs except one year aso' an ".e
sPecuia'ioii Was very deti.e' iatiet 80. 49,
tilaii eHpecteu so'erhlhen. ciops iepoi 10. %
anu hiars'hs Exports ot american inaHu
tac'ui ei are an ieat Is 'eiiuiiis " mac mac
the trade SITUATION at present hotapie
one.
Crop impairment in August. not unusual
nor unexpected, proves to have been less
Than feared ard o,ar,ga conditions ot
IT "a, 49, '.tIu
ieauiis crops notably Wheat' corh cot'oh
ana potatoes, are better than one year ago.
Operative in inducing the improved foreign
damand To, a,,n ,,.t,ea. H - a. ut,are.
re- ha-,, t,a s''su - pc. ai.,
mateS oH .ha 'eugats nrii p 10 snaae ealis ISL es
mates OF the world wheat crop this year,
some figures being as low as 2,5OOOOO, 900
bushels, which, while larger than last year,
- sun Deio" that OF 1884. ms with the
low state OF the worlds wheat supplies and
the slower than expected movement from
m ippr
-, -, t Aaituo " ioauihs ma
@ Nels, mas increased the premium on cash
wheat ana nervous short sellers of Sep
tember delivery have covered, with the re-
suit of advancing prices- The continued
risa ~ oa -, A|
srr, ,ar,ortl s 'a'es - saheh 10 GULL
THE quieter appearance of the iron trade
is confined strictly IN new bus,pess becsusa
no;II 80 n,tn - ~ nc" Dus'iiesa oeeeuse
ns ate sun iuiiy PROVIDED with oraers
ahu' IN spite OF a slight increase in produc-
ton, stocks of pig iron are smaller, point
ing to a heavy consumntiva deynand Tha
beay,, .vnor+ 5., aeAteitu' he
rotaS 49, ueiiianu ior southern IRON
,,'peIa ,,1teu one week ago sun continues. The
wholesale demand for lumber continues un-
diminished in snite of come co,,nI,ir+ 80,
retailers. Exnort trade &c I,ta,a ~ do oi
tinues very saTisf.ctore az a. mnole' con,
sweIIed by larpar sbiorS.,, tse august total
visions and oL cotton, pro-
is larger than Aupi,st nna soous a @ geheraiiy
per cent no1Wthstanding haavS ago py
as Vet SHOWS NJ no ner,isia import trade
for the eight months oar expaps Are apS %
raHe y in t6 features are few and presented chief
here il IS nrnnonad adnutaacturing ta trades but
large distribution of dry goods this fall Wiil
r. g. Dnn r. ~ ~ improved n demand.
Trade will GOV ~. > weekly REVIEW OF
difficuit;es .ba. passing wen through the
of a war wbicb . attend ae en-. the winding up
thoca ir,-oJ,,aS tT q seHeiaiiy greater than
The rnsb ns Mniie war Is in progress.
lasted hv tbose oiue1s 1rh kept PACK while war
to take anv cbnno.s no shIughi II shreWd not
iitt1e ard eIos nss. uaidices mas lifted prices
time than can co,t;nas 1arser demand for the
nassed tbera Ii T.; eosi1ILue. ;1. put, though 1t has
nc 5a,,od M 10 elluehce mat the consum-
oniy he 49, - se.y .y iarge, now large can
ing Ruf oEoa aiosr a some weeks OF wait
VIZ nait i Ii,ce more II looks as If those
The bmsinass of ,t are nkely 10 pay most.
90 tbot ,a,,,, IL. VI tnt country is expanding
in the sacnnd nas, tiroSgn cIearlng houses
nor % crt ITiIu Io rlro week IN september were 225
Pwaa, ueiiS 10 laiser IMAM IN lsy2. and for two
ra;iDa, r, .siiI ial ger. FROM these and
nc 80 ;ae.uins, ana such trade reports
tb.t r,,iah idihst[GetiVe; ,a II must be concluded
sIwavs ~ n,ith .dt oesI Si past years, though not
w., WIN hiucn pront.
freei,t ea. I'D ms th come come forward much more
r. 7. eSis anu tls price mas advanced z cents.
It Is supposed that the advance is largely
naeroI,, NJ snIIs m,iIihs qemand coming up on a
h,,sboy astoM ssPpIy: Exports are large. 3.OOlsI6
on 10 i,bI tSuh ticiuuSu, from Atiantlc, and
," r,V'- puSneis con drom M faclnc ports, and for
"eehS IN; o"5t,S50 ~ 2ae DuSneis from both
eP aSaihst ~, 40 So5 bushels last year.
Sa,1te,,,ItPs VI "ieal 10: IWo weeks or
oepteIIiper N nave we oeen Il; 1873 bushels.
Sainse seSmnii df,os,lo puShels last year The
tU.elsn III uelnana VIII pc smaller and the
sfis.st iid,p GFops larger than last year The
ti tie soyern1nent report, winch is not en-
-. .teIy uisGIeuiteu as 10 tnat report, than
~ any cmdnse III movement winch has
e.n uven sihaIi an compared with last year. The
peSng!S, asalnst .o!o'"65 bushels last year.
an WIN me slarting OF nlneteen furnaces
luie mohth ago, parity not included as
get; the weekly output september / was
aiS,943 S aois, against Ao.ut Tons "a august l.
two months, indicates a consumption but