The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-25

previous QuOJaLl0nS or manifest a SIll
further pronounced tendency upward.
This, too, has occurred in face of a rather
smaller distribution in the ordinary trade
channels than has been noted in recent
weeks. So far as autumn and winter
trade is concerned the complaint of I'M
seasonably mild weather restricting re-
tail distribution is repeated from many
cities, but rising superior to this and to
unquestionably smaller distribution at
first hand is the accumulated strength of
textiles, but particularly cotton goods,
which reflect some additional strength of
the raw product due to smaller receipts
and better foreign advices, but in a large
measure also portray the influence of act
i've demand coming on a market excep-
tionally bare of stock. A further advance
in print cloths, a feature this week. has
brought the quotation for stanrard grades
up to three cents, a point not touched for
four years past. Raw wool is higher on
the week at all markets on active de-
mand, shared in by the manufactured
material, for which further price ad-
vances are expected. The American mar
ket for wool is still claimed to be the
cheapest in the world. The .dUllness in
heavy winter goodr produced by the pres
ent warm weather has not as yet served
to impair confidence in wholesale lines.
Cereals remain, on the whole, dull and
uninteresting and price fluctuations are
within an exceptionally narrow range,
with quotations ruling about what they
were one year ago. Copper is strong on
a perceptibly improved demand chiefly in
electrical lines. Coffee has advanced,
partly on the fear OF interruption Of ship
ments by quarantine restrictions and also
because OF reduced shipments at Brazil
ian points, coupled with stronger Euro
pean advices.
Iron and steel are sea 9nably quiet after
year of unexampled activity, but the
price changes recorded serve to impart
an appearance rather of irreguIarity than
of weakness, some makes of steel, par
ticularly plates and sheets, being lower,
while Bessemer pig iron is higher on the
week. Authorities in the trade consider
prospects of maintenance of present con-
ditions of price and demand during 1900
as quite favorable. A feature of the mar
ket is the presence of what might be
termed supporting orders, which will be
forthcoming at small recessiOns. De-
spite prophecies of checked export trade,
a large foreign order for rails Is report
ed placed this week. Coke production is
on an unexampled scale and arrange
ments for next years supplies are report
ed completed, but the iron ore situation
is yet to be settled though a doubling Of
last seasons early agreed on price is not
unlikely. Notwithstanding a total esti-
mated production of As, 900 900 tons of an
thracite coal this year, an increase of p
per cent on last year, demand has been
so good that stocks are at minimum. A
good volume of business is doing in hard
ware, more particularly at western points
and the spring outlook is confidently re-
garded.
Wheat, including -four, shipments for
the week aggregate S6SS,6T bushels,
against 4,540, COZ bushels last week, 5,S24,-
726 bushels in the corresponding week of
1885, ,465 153 bushels in 1897; 3753, SOS bush
els in 1896, and 2,460. 3O6 bushels in 1895.
Since July l this season the exports of
wheat aggregate So 46S, 546 bushels against
IS, 124,OS3 bushels last year and 101, 43S, 679
bushels in 1898. Corn exports for the
week aggregate 4,149.523 bushels against
4,603,7 1S bushels last week, 3,993S46 bush
els in this week year ago, 1887 bush
els in 1897, $3.50, SOP bushels in 1898, and
1870 1913 bushels in 1895. Since July l this
season corn exports aggregate 92,126,4S S
bushels against 6O.S22.762 bushels during
the same period a year ago, and $3.50,
145 bushels in 1898.
Business failures in the United States
tend to increase slightly, as usual at this
period, and number POP for the week, as
compared with 199 last week, 1s2 in this
I week a year ago, 233 in 1897. 296 in 1896
and 2SS in 1895 Business failures in the
Dominion of Canada for the week num-
Der 3S, as compared with 10 last week
27 in this week year ago, "a in 1896 and