The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-09-16
b BRADSTREET'S
Ne Not Been Reduced on Ac-
ht Of Advanced Prices.
|HAS NEVER BEEN RIvAlED
md Wool Continue to Go
In Price and the De-
mand Is Heavy.

III J, September 15.--R. G.. Dun q
i,y 3 1y Review of Trade tomorrow
b21Yt% Better than all other news,
@Ii6f August commerce shows the
Ethe United States business to
her countries. Exports were
N larger than ever before in Au-
kceeded Imports by s37,929. 69a,
\ NJ; Muse exports OF staples were
fnrger than last year, but also
1o4NGports of other products, mainly
8tyxting, were $40, $40, 900 larger than
q0r md larger than any month Of
yt1t. Fears that great advances In
|6m10&t shut off exports of manufac-
Is bfoducts have not been unnatural
tt y mpst gratifying to find that such
Irte oontinue to expand. The excess of
ftg etet imports give fair promise of
rGe Z balance in foreign trade to the
1tfQf This country during the winter
~ ov&1 been seen. That manufactured
Ire a. not fall off, but are larger than
IN - 10Th surprising and gratifying.
volume of business now in progress
hover been rivalled. The great move
|. o. Gfain. wheat and -four was little
sr than last year in August and in
|Weekp of September 5,920,273 bushels.
included, from Atlantic ports. aga nst
,076 last year, and from Pacific ports
68 Bushels, against 364, IA last year.
r more Effective In preventing a declin-
lrices than any official or unofficial
Of Yield. The government reports in
b = wheat crop of only 516,0O0.0O0
|els, but last year the September re-
indicated 5S5,000,000 bushels and at
ard the official return made it 675.-
100. One would be surprised to see o
revision this year.
% price of wheat in spite of good ex-
hAs fallen one-quarter of cent. for
Etrn Receipts have been 1S, $780, busa-
u TWO weeks. against l4,663,S95 lasi
and corn exports 6,0S3.212 bushels.
AT 1851 1881. The feeling is not I'M
Enable that foreign needs are just
we'll indicated by the corn movement.
this season cotton shipments are al
small and hopes or fears rule tho
set, but prices have declined during
week sixteenth, with q little less
hs on foreign account.
efforts TO increase the
output failed in August partially
pee OF the stoppage of few large
bees Tor repair more than balanced the
Hon OF thirteen small furnaces in the
uclug force and partly because hot
her prevented full production. Tire
FED output, 267 1886 tons, against 267-
August l. with decrease of 90 BAT
Ia unsold stocks, indicates q consump-
o3$4, 2O9,O12 tons during the month
hnt4 OF $4,000 tons Bessemer and 20.-
lon1 OF other iron are reported, with
3xe0ce in Bessemer to s25 so at PIT s.
bbpk quotations are wild, because OF
|l1me paid for early delivery. Plates
|aj III and common bars at Pittsburg
(4aN1t ton higher and wire nails have
RGtn advanced So per ton Orders
el4tl4 include several for export and
toEHA vessel In the Delaware river.
omolf Tor Venezuela at Pitsburg, but
&or all forms are refused because
foTka are unable to fill them on time
IoMe ORDERS of much importance have
Withdrawn at the West on account
AesHdelay unavoidable and the high
eharged.
b 4eavy sales Of wool. 12,056 900
40 Tor the week and 81 2S2.10O for
Reels, against SO, 629, 400 in 1898, are
Nv due TO heavy manufacturing pur-
p AZ Boston, but there. as elsewhere,
buying is mostly based on expe3ta-
that London sales. beginning next
Day, will show an important advance
y here are stiff and the demand for
IN goods OF all sorts is strong
lures for the week have been 100
b United States. against ia last year,
B2 II Canada. against % last year.