The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-10-22
TRENDOF TRADE.

Buaihcls continaoSt . snFpaaSal
offrevlonl Prosperous Noarl
IN wheat.
NEW YORK, Oct Mr. q
Co.'S weekly review OF trade VI
morrow:
With growing foreign der
American products. exchange lll-
enesd mainly by political une mr.
abroad. While Europe wa,
outcome between England ah enee
about the Upper Nile the aH e
all European countries are 20
force upon each other the ~ q
providing cash for the enor
mands oe the United States. ID
has 90 managed as TO malF pa "a
Germany send most OF the ge az
resulting war OF exchanges b ~
eIgn nations checks for the ~ be
movement OF gold this way e
and all other causes do not q 9r
business as to prevent an exec ae
most prosperous OF previous pc
exchanges through all cleafll es
for the past week have been az
larger than last year and z nt
larger than In 1892, but oule eW
York for the week transaetq IRE
smaller than In 1892
The outgo af wheat Gtaggetl q fQnh-
cts OF disasters, but while the 1as
advanced cents at the we1f lse
would have been much greatelS tor
the feeling that the enornqQn lgn
demand may not last. Exporll ~.
cluded, have been for the ~ eek
S,36s, $50 bushels at Atlan1e Qtls,
against S.676,607 last year q. ~
bushels from Pacific ports ag1ln 5,-
sll last year, making for the t9t ek9
II $50 bushels against lAst
year. without doubt many ern
farmers are stlll holding oar tleir
wheat ana yet the receipts . enlet
western ports have been in TN eelt1
3d. ,lg4 bushels against 23.4 1P1-
els last year. It Is slgniacoli knls
heavy demand continues ali elgn
crops, officially harvested. I1e q e1-
ports continue large, 1854 i1st
6S2, ,s7T last year and 7,002,o9 aqs z TOE
three weeks against s,s14.5g yeE
and although It Is the bottom w OF
the year for corn. prices nave risen
nearly IL cents during the
While cotton spinners are 81 nave
agreed upon q selling agenc z cure
talimeht Of production, there petteE
demand for staple goods. and p5o ~ q
better demand in future. 9glen
goods also, there has been mar M
provement during the past ena
better sales, with extensive ql4ty'
This - reflected In the larger = q c-
tion6 N the woolen market, sale lasllg
amounted for the past week g ~
pounds, OF which 2,7l4, 400 were stlc'
making for the past three weel "
100 pounds, against 81. .l62.Tg9 spe
same week last year, 20,7eb,bOl y ne
same week in 1895, and 19.4S1,by 1r tpe
same weeks In 1892. Sales " oeon
have been the largest for neatl tHo
months, but at some concession9 in etiee
which are not reported in publ = qufp-
tations. With few orders. as 80, tpe
next season, the manufacturers lpp.
eether encouraged by the ncr
nave reason to believe that the -
demand haR set In. But there ne
f66tsf6a ( lie CURRENT demand "
for lower priced goods.
There Is much hesitation ID ~ IRON
and steel trade, partly because tne out-
come OF various combinations q iaege.
fner pig, steel rails, bars, wire p1l 20 9nu
the like, cannot yet be defnitely antiei.
pated. II general buying was etpeeted
10 result from these movemenle y mas
mot appeared thus. far. Yet price o. eo-
nestic products have not deetinea, ena
although the tone Is somewha eaker
for bars and plates. quotations ere IN
part sustained by considerable ord frs for
EXPORT. The plate mills have eelved
orders for 25,O0O tons from the 1Yefn-
ment for ship purposes, ana 9ar
and billet mills have very epco1fasins
demand.
Failures for the week have been ~ IN
the United States against "a ~ year
and 2i in Canada against S6 last eaF,