New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-08
l. although % 1000 tons deliverable In three

| full. although $4,000 tons deliverable In three
! wears are wanted by one Mexican roao' anu
| 1000 tons for Prince Edward Island are poush'
| for delivery next year, and Illinois mas 'ahen
4.OW,-ton contract for Japan. though hlieu VIII"
| earlier orders until nearly the end Oh the yea
| Structural and plate contracts are remarhao''
! heavy and the demand for bars is everywhere
| somewhat better.
Just as II Is the little deficiency which may
| raise prices much, so it is the little surplus
| which may cause much depression whiie "
lasts The Fal River cotton mills do not seer"
| to agree about curtailment Of their produc''on'
nor does III appear To be remedy LOT '"'''
difficulty. But there is some gain In den'ahu ioi
staple cotton goods. which may presently De
| come sufficient to establish more heaIths ooii-
| ditions The wooen manufacture starts '"o
| lightweight season with proposed aoNa"oe VI
| ~ to 10 per cent in prices OF such quaiiues d.
| can be strictly compared with last year, but
| there are few such goods, for the modihca'io"'
| in character and style of goods produced are
| this year so general as TO suggest that COM
| parison with past prices is by most producers
purposey avoided In consequence, ana also
because the wool market Is thought not sure 10
hold BUYERS OF goods have been extremely eau
| tious and the smallness Of sales at the three
chief wool markets. for the first week OF Au-
eust-onlv about third OF last years. and less
than half the sales in 1S92-s therefore not sur
prising Yet the Western holders OF wool are
so confident and find such ample banking sup
port in carrying their stock, that coates
Brothers prices average lSSN cents ior
| 100 quotations. against 1SI2 July l.
The boot and shoe industry again reports
| actual shipments from the East for the year
thus far exceeding those of any previous year
| To date and while the excess over $50 Is small
| the quantities being 2.5S6,669 cases this year.
against - .,S} COZ the excess over lSJ6 Is ABOUT
900 90 and over 1891 about 232,OD cases, ana
| the increase since 1892 is about ID per cent.
while nearly all the works are said to be pussy
| some have scarcely any orders ahead ana are
kent running by current demands. whlIe othe's
have orders in advance for weeks ana III many
cases for two months But Joppers "le
still holding back orders as far as their ua"c
permits and although prices nave pe'n p"'
slightly advanced at any tim" TINS year, t''S
| average about per cent higher than IN May
! though slightly lower than in January
Wheat answers quickly and gives evidence that
| farmers are disposed to hold their grain, whi'h
| has risen "a. cents for September and 40 for
| NO 9 red in elevator. Western receipts are
still small. while exports for the week have been
|
| and for five weeks -four included, 14.326'l IL
| hushels against II 6JI S2i last year. only
uttle longer the delay Of foreign supplies VIII
| give especial advantage to holders or the eN-
,rernolv reduced quantity in visible supply but
unless farmers are more united and persistent
than they ever have been a yield Of nearly
700 600 600 bushels will result in lower prices
| cor, oxrorts were about 4OOO c bushels less
han last year for the week. and for I'VE W's'S
| rayo been : 5O2 $40 bushels. against 1854 ~"
| last wear but the price has advanced fully :
cents Bright crop prospects, with acreage
only - Of per cent lower than last year pre-
vent ris. In cotton. the uncertainty as 20 de-
mand for goods here and abroad materially
helping.
Heavy orders OF gold for import. S2.0I5OW
from London 81 .G5oOo0 from sydney by San
Francisco and a novelty. the arrival Of S2Soil
at san Francisco from Hong Kong. have excited
the more remark because these movements seem
To- prove that present rates Of exchange do not
reflect the actual stat" ~ business, owing to
large foreign Indebtedness still unliquidated It
IL believed that gold imports viii be large dur
ing the rest 81 tho year. even though they are
not needed nor likely To be. and international
bankers are disposed to employ as much OF their
funds abroad they can Commercial loans
are Increasing. however. In spite ~ the report
from almost every part ~ the country that old
debts are being cleared of Stocks have risen
distinctly above 500 per share for the sixty most
active railways. an average not reached until
last week since the destruction Of the Maine In
February Prior 10 that event $50 ~ and SD 70
were reached February 10 and H. hut the aver
age had been steady. about 81. for some
time. rising to that point from S5d 20 January >
no
point Of the year as yet. showing rise ~ about
S. ~ per share since the day war was declared.
or II per cent Considering the bright prospects
Of railways FOR heavy traffic this year. the
OF prices does not yet seem particularly high.
| although London Spectators, as Is usual at
every little rise have been selling 10 some ex-
|