New-York tribune., 1898-10-17

3 600 600 bushels on the final returns FOR the
two previous months the total for the crop year
thus far has been ~ 800. - bushels, cornmeal
Included against 80 iGi, ,21S last year The De-
cember op.ion advanced to 30 81 cents against
81 week ago. Nothing as yet appears 10 IN
dicate that the foreign demand for corn VIII be
as much reduced as has been generally expected
and the reflex influence OF large exports OF corn
upon the wheat market will need To be kept In
mind.
The safest indication Of the aggregate volume
Of business Is still the record OF payments
through the principal clearing houses which
were last week 60 per cent larger than year
ago although the traffic then was extraordinary.
and the increase over 1892 for the' week was
19j per cent. 1t is especially worth noticing
that the amount of payments at other cities
than New York has been little larger in Oc-
tober than in 1892 and for the week 80 per
cent larger, showing that the gain is not due
to operations In securities here. Indeed that
market has re1a psed into stagnation. except FOR
a few trust stocks. and out of total sales last
week Of / 105 900 shares 1862 were OF Sugar
and Tobacco only, while only 1900 shares
were sold Of the nine railroads most largely
handled and $4,000 OF all others. The aver
age Of prices for sixty railroads declined G6
cents per share during the week, but the aver
age for trust stocks declined 81 10 per share.
The returns OF foreign trade for the month OF
September show a decrease OF over S1S.OOO,O0O
in the value OF the principal products exported,
the aggregate being $52. 40 255. against $I0,-
1892 last year and S53 O54 $50 the year be-
fore Nearly Sl20OO00O of the decrease was in
breadstufrs. and over S5,50O,OOO in the value of
cotton, while in provisions and in oil the de-
small. Since October began the ex
ports have been little better the returns for
two weeks from this city amounting to $l69I1,
00S against S15, 5,403,510 for the same weeks last
year. At the same time some increase appears
in the value Of imports for it must he kept in
mind that at this time last year the movement
Of goods was greatly restricted, owing 10 the
previous heavy mportatiOns to anticipate the
new duties For the two weeks Of October inn
ports at New-York have been $lj.122,512
against S13097 49, last year
The output Of pig iron weekly October | was
2lJ63j tons against 2l30i3 n month ago and
there was decrease of about 10000 tons i'm
stocks unsod. not held by the great steel manu-
facturers. that the apparent consumption
was 9N'.SOf tons in September. against 9SOJ03
tons in August Prices Of products are every
whore well maintained, although the failure to
advance from the low level SO long held causes
some disappointment. but the new contracts
reported for the week are in the aggregate
highly satisfactory and give excellent reason
for believing that the consumption viii soon
press closely on tho heels Of supply The actual
shipments of boots and shoes for the year to
date have been per cent larger than in 1891
and loI per cent larger than in 1892 although
trading at the South is somewhat retarded by
VOL feK md Of fnat.
of lower prices In the textile Industries the
most important change of late has been the re-
newed effort to curtail production Of print cloths
at Fall River for four weeks, but doubt is yet
expressed whether the effort will succeed