Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-01-13
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
The Year Opens with q Confident
Tone in AL Branches.
A. 7. OF |. APPEALS TO CONGRESS-.
Legislation Wanted for an Eight Hour bay
ON Public Contracts, Injunctions, Con-
Wet Labor and Immigration
National W. q. I. U.

port says:

New YORK, Jan. S.-Bradstreets re-
port says
The year opens with tone Of quiet conf
dence pervading nearly all branches Of BUSH
ness with encouraging activity In the iron
trade, resumption Of work by many thousands
| of industrial employees In the western glass in
dustry, largely reduced volume OF business
failures as compared with corresponding
periods in preceding years and q general out
look certainly not inferior TO any previous year
| at this time. Distrbutlyc trade has naturally
been rather slow, pending stock taking and the
return Of statesmen to the field. While the
volume OF distributiye bus.ress Is not large.
| industrial activity Is spccia feature unc0n-
fined to any section, but specially notable In
the west Resumption Of work after the holi-
days has been generally encouraging in that
section.
Autumn weather In the northwest checks dis
tribulon, but collections are reported good.
| Sales of southern iron are large. Louisiana
sugar crop returns have been very satisfactory.
| Nine-tenths OF Floridas orange crop was
gathered before the late freeze and cotton Is
steady and with good export demand Wool
has opened up actively in some western mar
kels, and lower prices for cotton goods have
stimulated some demand.
Naturally en9ugn, there was q slight gain In
ast ,ha tota agsreganp sas asuinst e %, ,aSt
week, but heavy falling off from 1891. when
the total was lSs The total in this week Of
lsso was a'c IN los, to ana , IN lsSt 4S4 thus
nroconIn [ ~ ,ro 'n' "vum -
third.
The total number of failures Of national,
state savings ana private banks ana loan and
c0 , WAS ~, ''e pfe
those Of the panIc year.. 1893 Liabilities also
showed heavy falling off, being 60 per cent.
smaller than in 1898 and 90 per cent. smaller
.nan IN ,sa lae number ana liabilities now.
percentaae Of assets to liabilities in NJ lS,, was
only 70 the smallest reported since l,radstreets
record of bank suspensions was begun
A. +. OF L. APPEALS TO CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-The Legislative
committee of the American Fedora.
| ton OF Labor, consisting of President
| Samuel Gomners Secretarv FranL M
o-.,. Il M. -. E..L
o.i'sVn ""u W.T. nnu'e" nu,cSe'h' w
dlrectlOn OF the l7th annual cOnven-
| ton Of the federation, held in Nash
villa in December last has issuad an
49, 4. ~. 1870. :. NJ me-.
a"u,o'' w WIG inoao''o VI ''io ii'y
Fl1tn congress. A1ter calling atten-
| ton to the introduction Of modern
machinery and new business methods
81 ~. o.,,u.,.,,n -. o,,,,.. 49,
anu 'no oo"po0'''on y, 0on'io' iaoor,
| Dy whlch wage WORKERS are forced
into idleness and want, the committee
saws that thew feel that thew have n
u;.h. - hr,r, +ho,, ur,ororoos - a..
$50 W eo' W 'A0
uttenIion VI che iaw'hahlhg power
and to expect such definite measures
of relief as seems most likely to i'm
prove their condition and preserve
their independence and freedom as
workers and citizens, and, therefore,
urge earnest efforts in enacting into
law, the following measures:
Tristan eight-hour work day on all public
works, such law to provide that oil contracts or
suD-contraots LOT materials . furnished or work
S hs ths ax,mnm ohNr ' os
diydual in any one calendar day, Further
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