The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-17

has been strengthened by skiIlful manage
ment of the print cloth siuation- which.
in turn. has induced a more liberal de-
mand for kindred products for the spring
trade. Seasonable quietness Is reported In
the lumber trade. but prices retain all their
o,dstrength and an active demand is look
ed for with the turn of the year. Holiday
trade is reported extremely active al most
markets. The coantry's export trade Is OF
the largest volume ever known. that for
November surprising the total for Deem
Der a year ago, with the indications favor
ing total trade for the calendar year al
least one-sixth larger than year ago. and
our sales abroad aggregating g for every
dollars worth we buy.
Wheat Including four shipments for
the week aggregate 6057.ee5 bushels port
land, Me-. not received. against sses. s52
bushels last week, 4 se4. go bushels in The
corresponding week OF 1887. 2e5s sss bush
Since july this year the exports OF wheat
aggregate 1oeO1S. l3s bushels. against rs
ess. 075 bushels last year.
Corn exports for the week aggregate g.
81. s36 bushels. against ISIS SS3 bushels last
week. II SIS bushels in this week a year
ago. 2sl4. 80 bushels in 1885. 2e57.S7O bush
els in 1885 and 65s. 90 bushels in lsr4 Since
July this year corn exports aggregate
- al. 7s4 bushels. against y. ISL 81 bushels
during the same period a year ago
Business failures are about nominal
numbering 2S3 for the week against -
last week. 2S3 in this week a yesr ago. SO
-,
Business failures for the week in the
Dominion Of Canada number g. against .
last week. 43 in this week a year age. -
in 1896 Y in 1ss5 and II in 1884.
4. FOREIGN ORDER TURNED DOWN
Chicago. Il. Dec B.-Iron andSteel to-
morrow will say:
One estimate OF the pig iron sold here
within a week IS 5000 tons. An inquiry
from the Russian government for 1850
tons of rails. to be delivered at Kladivo-
stock within a year. beginning next March,
had TO be turned down by the Chicago
mills because deliveries could not be made.
FINANCIAL REVIEW.
New York. Dec. 1s.-Bradstreet's Fnan-
ciaI Review tomorrow viii say:
An enormous aggregate OF transactions
in both bonds and stocks. with an IN
usually wide range in the variety OF Sc
curities traded in. have been accompanied
this week by advances which carried prices
for a majority of the stock exchange lists
10 the highest level Of the wear. While
large speculative interests have been &C
tive and manipulation has not been lack
ing. the low. conspicuous developments
were the large influx OF public purchasing
and the equally marked buying for Eu-
ropeau account. accompanied by great &C
tivity and advances in the American de-
partEent OF the London market. In many
respects the movement was calculated to
bring TO mind the so-calIed boom OF
the more so because in both cases
a series OF exceptionally large credit bal
ances in the foreign trade OF the United
States. accompanied By an expansion OF
general business and decidedlyfavorable re-
suits as regards railroad earnings and
dividends. furnish the basis for specula-
tive confidence. IN the present case. how
ever. the conditions both in these respects
and in regard to the accumulated capital
OF the country, are deemed so superior 10
those upon which previous demonstrations
Of confidence were based that some of the
most prominent individual interests in
Wall street are emphatic IN declaring that
prices Will be carried to a much higher
level Such views, in fact. did find general
credence in financial circles. but at the
same time the market, after remarkable
exhibition OF It's bullish temperament. in
the early part Of the week. presented the
symptoms Of a heavy realizing OF profits
by professional interests. which TO con-
siderable extent checked the advance in
parts OF the list in which the upward
had been most pronounced. and /
diminished the volume of trading TO a con- !
siderable extent