The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-01-04
BRADS TEET AND Dun
Total of Trade Larger Than
Since 1892
FOOD AND WOOL HIGHER
RJ-T COTTON Co1Ao-
RI-T COTTON AND COI1ON
GOODS WE'RE LOWER.
RANK CLEARANCES GIVE A GOOD SIGN
There was a Decrease of 1000 Failures, or
10 per Cecnt, as Compared with 1896
december Grain Shipments
break a five Years Record.

b,oak y five Years Record. !
New York, Dec. o1'-h' Du1 49,
romnany's weekly review OF trade VIII
:: ito i,s7a tomorrow:
coy which closed last
fallufeS loI Il 49, 80, ratl;
night have been ShhaI4eI III 'o'"i ~
4:oe than in any other year since lS9-,
~ smaller than in any year eX-
~ nun H,biitins
ccpt III 1922 an" ~ ~
per failure smaller IMAM :" "'
wear during the last 23, except louE.
m. auorogata of aU failures, commercial
- ctlo eoo oo0 Of which
anu o'"Nl"7' '" Ia 10 2fa
SZJ,SJo,OOO WAS III
commercial failures the amount OF IA
-. S1-l ono 600. Of which 500
- Observation-Disclosures and S13,-
O0O,0oo Was III Ct n.n,nn goo =,
100000 IN tradIhS' Win
- and other commercial lines.
DFOhtIa7t ~" 1.
The average OF HaDllltles per A"""l
,s only S11.5S and in 1892 only H.
+broo vaars in the past
O-o " oH' rivaE 1888 with Sill
49, aCr With S11 6,1. and 1855 with
o9o' LSo' WIN
FAt'o'o- zoo. orans with conditions rad
: 9raI+ rom those which prevail
N'"s VOC Great financial distrust
ed d 4e"i - - hgs nassed away. At
eAlS'0u -aar If entire freedom from
Ter d "Hoie '.%1 nm in which the coun-
disturbance o. =" l ;co indahtadnass.
Try mas pau naiIionc for stocks
taken ahu Pc an'l accumulated cred
sent from aoro"u' - ranresented
us aa'ln'C hoIances more than
Dy n Ia9 n" /" ;n 49, favor for the past
fo-o'ooo,4G0 with deferred exchanges
nNe oHt c@1n ooo 0oO hold bv New
IoI tn"H a1440o while the great in
1o ol b,va haan nushing their way
dustfleS ndNo 49, Mn nnnrecedent-
into foreign laaIheU9 ~ aation i no
ed success IL o"v More than
lon9ef d ll"I'el f1rv states ac-
nan d III III naaor+s arn amnloyed
coruIn7 idlo q vnar ago, and the
no" = 1ronco in WAGES for those en-
general do''nee e. 80 40 rostorn the rates
IkSsI;nr hoforn tho nanic. The volume
81 business through 1ea.t--@ houses. for
the week IT, per cent laLSeL % nnr
1892, has for the month peeH 10 PEI
cent larger than in that year, ana -
many industries and branches OIL ou9f
ness the later months OF thls year h''F
surpassed all records.
The iron industry has been greatly en-
outraged by increased oJlI'lq o 1i !
the past few weeks ana Whle 1ae s1lsn
improvement IN PIG IRON at lt's1u
has been malntalhed' now" ~ na+
the greatest output ever kho"1' IN ~,
contracts for finished products nave oeGI
unusual for the season 4ll1oI -, .
have been rather weak, with TN 1T lo'
cents, and copper at 1893, III splte o
large exports, white leau 10 qeo'eu rt =
3.I242 cents, ana spellei az 90
best beSSen1er lul NelSHt III P'"'o
selling at 500, against 94-lO LOT loI
eign. No change in prices OF coke al
pears. though the NJ were III
largest for any week TINS year -
The cotton industry Is naI'ou ~ 80
question of wages, although Il sel gI'
reduction now seems prooapIe. ~
manufacturers have been buying laIse
~ Oh Hlattl1"I ~ c+inrlo ted buyin
hr WOOL mannfacturers so that the woo
markets are stronger, though Wlthou
changes in quotations.
Iffor tho GREAT excitement at Chicago
wheat still goes out of the country a
}aroelv as before. Atlantic ports 500
7S3 bushels. flour included against l
s4o 40 last wear, and from Paclt
norris /. 625 bushels and in for
weeks the Atlantic exports, flour 1nclu'
cd have been 15,O60,047 bushels agaln'
Zoo 161 last wear. Heavy western L
coints are only rejecting temporary Co
ditions in the Chicago market. 81
ovtraordinar eynorts of corn, 14,404
oo5 h1shes against 9.444.S53 bushels
tbo four Weeks last wear. shows how sor
" foreign markets are pushed by II
Increasing demand for bread-stuff
Wbeat has declined q of a cent vii
40 C5iraoo market and corn has mea.
ub;Ie advanced 81 of a cent. The CO
ION movement continues remarkab
boovv. and vet the slight advance Ia
-" n,,;ntainnd The movement
GGata although more than seven millio
" les have come into sight, scarcely su
norts The largest current estimates.
features for the week have been 3