The San Francisco call., 1898-10-08

NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Bradstreets tomorrow will say; With the exception of some parts or the South. where heavy storms and yeIlo" fever, with resulting Quarantines check olstrl- button, a very large business appears to De doing. though complaints of narrow margin of profit well nigh unanimous. While the bank clearings of September point 10 shsn'iy smaller business done the country over than one year ago. this weeks figures point to fair gain last year, and therefore over all previous records for this week of the year The volume of distribution, as whole, IS wei up to or above that reported a year ago in most sections and therefore far in advance of recent preceding annual periods. AS TOT some time past most avtivity Is perceptibe in the West West and Northwest and and on on the Pacific Coast particularly at Puget Sound and Columplfa a River points. It has been carnival ana iali celebration period at number or western cities this week. and resulting large dls- tribution. both retail and wholesale. is reported At leading Eastern markets recently 1aVoraDle reports fully maintained, with business Tn textiles, particularly cotton and woolen goods ing that the spread of yellow fever in some sec tions of the South with resulting quaran!innies, ni has sharply checked trade In the lower MISS issippi Valley. while heavy thunderstorms on the South Atlantic coast have operated to ar ar : rest distribution and reduce the rice crop me general industrial situation Is very favorable one Marked activity continues to be ieat- mense rate of production at present Tn th9 absence of immediate new demands has caused a sharing Of some few grades of pig iron ana steel billets Movements in an upward It d1ree- tion, however. are reported from the west; The situation a to prices generally is one ot sustained strength, wheat being prominent Tn this respect. while the most important reduc- ton is that growing out of the refined sugar To the eXceNtional strength Of ocean freights Is charged some of the falling ott III exports from southern points. Business failures still down to minimum. numbering l6+ for the week. against 166 last week, 237 in this week year ago and 2SS In 1894. Active demand for the actual wheat and unprecedentedly smaller stocks to start with have constituted a balance for generally estimated maximum worlds yields, and recent considerable increase in stocks home and abroad In the lace, therefore of a gain of 70O0 GOO bushels in Amer ican and Europeans stocks last week prices influenced by the small gain in world 8 stocks in September-15. 500 GOO bushes-have ruled port of wheat stocks shows total on October in this country and Canada of g 52S. coo bush els. gain Of 10, 135. GOO bushels for the month, against 12, 746 GOO bushels year ago. while Eu- AZ 200, GOO bushels, n gain of only 5,400 900 bush els. against IA. 200, 000 bushels In September q year ago. A combined gain is here indicated of only 15, 800 eco bushels against 27OOOt0 last year. and 20. 900 coo to q OO0,0o0 bushels gain in 1895 and 1896. Stocks in this country and Canada east Of the Rockies October l are the smallest reported at that date since 1882.
 Prices of leading staples as reported to Bradstreet's, while showing rather more irregu- lerity. In the majority well held.
 Warmber weather early in the week checked buying of heavy goods at Canadian cities. but better conditions later have favorably affected distributive trade. Toronto reports heavy Northwestern buying. with farmers in that liveries are more liberal. although prices are still above export b Is in ontario. Ameri- can lUmbermen are reported hiring large num- bers of men for work in Canada this winter.
 Canadian failures this week numbered 2S. against % last week. 45 a year ago, S7 in 1896, 1 In md