Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-16
AUGUST EXPORTS LARGE.
Have Never Been tquilled IN my Previous
August
Dun Reports steady aud Marked Pros
pcriJ IL nusinc,s aud Industry
Throughout the Land.

Sew York Sept. i5.-R. q. Dun q co.'s
weekly royicw OF trade will say tomor-
row; better than all other news. tho
record OF August commerce shows the
relation ~ United States business 10
that VI other countries Exports were
{su.2Cs,si5 larger than ever before In
August, and exceeded the imports by
t35929. 600. partly because exports OF
staples were ts.5Gdg;, larger than last
year. hut also because exports of other
products, mainly manufacturing. were
u0.3i90oO larger than last year aud
larger than any other month Of any
year Fears that great advance In
prices might shut % exports % manu-
featured products have not been IN
natural. and 10 Is most gratifying to
nnd that such exports continue and cx-
paud
THE excess OF exports over Imports
gives fair promise OF gs large balance
ln foreign trade tu the benefit or this
country during tho winter us has ever
been seen. That manufactured exports
do not fan on, but are larger than over
ls both surprFlug and gratifying Tho
volume uf business now In progress has
never been Hyallod.
"rho great movement or grain IN
wheat and Hour IL little larger than
last year in August and two weeks
Of September ts2o255 bushels. flour In
cludod. from Atlantic ports against
5.i21,0'G bushels last year ana from Pa
cinc ports 5ij.55a bushels. aSainst sea-
| iii bushels last year. ~ FAR more cfr,c-
tive IN preventing "a decline IN prices
than any official or unofficial estimate
OF yield. Government reports Indicate
wheat crop N only 5iGOOOO0O bushels
but last year the September report In
/ dlcutod 5s5, 900 900 bushels and nftorwurd
/ the official return made IL $4,000 900
bushels, one would be surprised 90 see
/ "a like revision this year, The price, 100
/ spite of good exports, has fallen ilc Tor
/ western receipts have breu 70 500 i5h
/ bushels IN two weeks, against 1865 500
/ bushels lnFt year. und corn exports g.
| 0s3,2l2 bushels, against iaal,3ll bushels.
/ The feeling Dr. not unreasonable that
/ foreign needs are Just now well inlicat-
] ed hy the corn movement,
al this season cotton shipments nrN
| always small, and hopes or fears rule
! the market but prices have declined
.
! Tie loss buying ON foreign account
| "ENtraordlunry efforts % Increase the
| iron output failed iu August. partly be-
/ cause the Ftupp1gc % O. f.w large fur
| uucof Tor repairs moro than balanced
/ the addition uf thirteen small furnaces
90 tho producing force, ana partly boz
! cause hot weather prevented full pro.
! ductIon. The reported outbreak ~ 2GG-
| $50 tone. AGAINST 2GIGia tors August D.
! with n decrease ~ 2 a't tons On uuso'd
stocks, Indicates consumption ~ 1890,
Ol9 toms during th4 month, Purchase
e.. 20 600 tens NJ BCRs,mrr and 10000 ton.
% other Iron or reported with an nd
/ vance iu iogsDmur 10 S22hN ut Pitts
! burg, hut uuUtutiOua are wild because
OF premiums paid Tor early delivery.
"plntos No the onet and common bar
nt plttshurT are 81 per ton higher, and
| wire nails huvo again been advanced :.
per ton, orders Tor plates include sew
| prul Tor export. and ul' Tor vessel 10
! the Delaware river with one Tor Ven
ozueln nt Plttsburg. hut many FOR al
! forms gre refused De- pu.' the work.
are unable 10 nm thrW IN time ana som,
orders 10 much Importance have beer
withdrawn 90 tho wet uu account nj
tho delay unavoidable and the hIgl
| prices Chnrggl.
"Tho heavy sales of wool. i20fG.0n
pounds Tor the week and 2l.2aal0
bounds for two weeks, ncninHt 3G.f2a iO
pounds iu 1908 are llrggly due 90 hogv'
manufacturing uurcl narH no Hlsion, bl
thrrr ls elsewhere The buying ls mostly
hnaad on expectation that London 71los
h0rluniug next Tuesday, VIII show n'
iwnortpnt advance, Prices here ar
gtiT. and the dnw0nd for wooden good
~ nti aurtr fee etrtnr.
'FauurcH frr 'h' week hive boon n
IN tho United States ngnlrgt lA lnH
year ana 80 In Canada against 20 las
year,