The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-07-04
Dun'S Review of
Trade Conditions.
The Course of Busin ess in the
Various Lines.

V0SlVuS AluCSs
New York, Juno 20 r G. Duu &
Co.'s Weekly Review Of Trade .omor-
row will say: The country begins to
feel some Of the effects Of it's new place
among the pations. Influences aiseot.
iog its business during the week rang
cd oil the way from q boycott. at St
Louis TO . var 10 South Africa and
from suo spots 10 the relief of Pskiu.
Drou,bs and sun spots have played
their part before, but oous coo quite
foresee tte results Of defending Ameri.
Can rights 10 China Political ic au
sDoes work together to create o STATE
OF uncertainty until tho controversy is
over.
Tho long effort to hold nomin al
prices for iron at Piusburg has ceased
and the associations DOW eogoizs 90
open market 10 which Bessemer ia olfsr
cd at $19 aod billets at $26, With grey
forge ~ SIT. Scarcely . single trans
action 10 reported. buyers sbstsiuiug z
even more tbso wheo prices we're pure
y nominal. and while there are many =
considerable contracts waiting for 0
sifs bssis 10 oost Of material, the pro.
6lsm 10 . rather dif6culs one. Over 80
furnaces are ssid to have gone ous Of
blsst sod while some have been stopped
Tor repairs msoy more vill be idle for I.
time uosil wage scales for the oomiue 2
yesr have been settled With labor or.
gsoisstious. With Q proper adjust.
msns Of supplies and prices to sbs 40.
tusl demand . heavy business is possi.
bls bat delay at this season my effsot
prosperity for como ,ime TO como.
With steel plates quoted at l 80 O.,
Pis'sburg and No. q sheets at 2 8
cents. no general gain 10 business re =.
cults from sudden decline 10 struc,ural
shapes.
Neither efisisl or unofficial accounts
have removed doubts about the wheat
crop and IL it proves as low a. one
estimate, 460. 600. 900 bushels. the
ex,eos to which it may now be displaced
10 Eoropeso consumption by coro will
DO seriously ses,od. Exports Of wbes,
and ooro were 420. 900, 900 Bushels 10
1898 and 400. 200. 900 in 1899 and
have been about 10000. 900 busbels
wheat and 210. 600. 900 bushels ooro in
the crop year 1900 bot never 40 large
before. for in 1892 when 225, 900. 900
bushels whess vsos abroad there we're
only $4,000. 900 bushels corn. Bu,
oil recent estimates OF productio have
been 10 fer dissrasted aud It 10 scsrcelv
good sense to bsss grave apprehension
90 soy 90 carly 10 date and tho eeusus
tbis year will DO awsissd With especial
interest because il will help to show
how unworthy Of rslisnee sous essi.
masss bsve been. ln four weeks ef
Juue Atlantic exports Of wheat Aour
included have been 10. $50, ,076 bushels
sgsioss 8.984. .63S last year. and Pacific
e.oorss 2.753.978 bosbsls sgsiust g..
445. .749 last year. while corn exports
in 'be four weeks hsve been IL 1885,.
244 busbsls sgsinst IL. .4s5. 500 last
)er. After risiog four csots whoa,
c'ossd unchanged for tho week add corn
ooly cont higher.
The Fsl, River committee has made
. sudden reduction to 2 81 cents 10 the
price OF regular priot cloths With 90, .
sio Gle sale recorded. M. ara nsw 4.
msnds reported Important Bot nei.h.
er the sudden reduction 10 prio,s oor
tho quiet settling 10 pricos Of staple
gooda has stimulated the market to de.
sired activity. Depression 10 the mark.
ct for goods did not prevent raw cotton
from advancing 10 10 esnts
Fsilurss for The week have been POI
10 the United States against l8l las,
year aud II 10 Canada sssioss % las,
year.