The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-12-04
ORDERS FOR CRUDE
IRON MODERATE
6ut Business in iron and
Steel is Steadier.
COTTON GOODS ARE FIRM
Unsettled Weather a Drawback to Re-
tail and Jobbing Trade.
BEST TRADE REPORTS FROM TIE SOUTH
The Most Backward Relatively Are from the
East Where Complaints Of Unreasonable
Wea her Are Heard. Cotton Lower.
The Corner in Corn.
(By the Associated Press.)

tBy the Associated freSS.t
New York, Nov. 30.-Bradstreet's to-
| morrow Will say:
unsettled weather and holidays are a
! drawback to retail and jobbing distribu-
ton in many markets., but the general
situation is still a most satisfactory one,
| and the iron and steel, coal, boot and
! shoe, hardware and lumber trades are
| comparatively we'll situated. The indus
trial situation is also deserving OF note
! because of the striking absence Of COM
plant as to pending future labor trou-
bic.
while the volume of new orders in
| crude material continues moderate when
compared with the enormous activity for
some time past, business in iron and
steel is steadier, and as a rule held bet
ter in hand.
Southern pig iron has been sold heav-
iIy and an advance from SLIPS for No.
, is predicted for December LIST.
Despite a slight decline in the price
Of raw cotton, the effect OF smaller eX-
port movement, and realizing by holders,
| cotton goods, are, as a rule. firmly held,
and the opening Of spring trade is await
ed with confidence. The one unsatisfac-
tory feature in c%OttOns, in fact, is the
depression in the export branch, which
tends to weaken brown goods. Bleached
cottonS of many grades nave been ad-
vanced this week. Silks are rather slow
Of sale, and recent price reductions fail
to stimulate business.
"Relatiyely the best trade reports come
from the South and Southwest, while the
most backward are from sections of the
East, where unreasonable weather is
complained Of, and from sections Of the
spring wheat region which suffered most
from the shortage in yield.
The feature in the grain market this
week was the carrying to a successful
conclusion of the November corn cor
nor in Chicago. Following the private
settlement of the shorts, at q basis of
oGC . bushel, came a drop to Ale. At New
York the influence of this corner-one Of
the few successful corn corners On record
was to advance prices slightly, owing
largely to a detection of supplies.
Failures for the week number 1Sf.
as against 215 last week, 1T in this week
Il year ago, PIP in 1898, $50 in 1897 and
315 III 1886"
HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENT.
New Orleans, Nov. 30.-Secretary Hes
ter's statement Of the worlds visible
supply of cotton issued today shows the
total visible supply to be 1858 400 bales,
against 3,622,312 bales last week and A.
Vbt,oSu DdlSS last NedI. vi INNS, the JOCdI
of American cotton is 2,S39,156 bales,
against 2,75S,312 bales last week and g.
1880 bales last year. and of all other
kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc.
$4,000 bales, against 424 ,0Q0 bales last
week, 569, COO bales last year.
OF the worlds visible supply as above
there is now aloat and held in Great Brit
ain and Continental Europe 1915, 900
bales. against 1881 ,0C0 bales last year,
and 2,54S, COO bales year before last: in
Egypt 155, geo bales, against 10. OGO bales.
and 1S5 600 bales: in India III 600 bales.
against 100, 900 bales, and Is, O0O bales:
and in the United States 1852. coo bales,
against 1,773. 900 bales and 1920. 900 bales.
Secretary Hester's New Orleans Cotton
Exchange statement issued today shows
an increase for the month in round figures
OF l09, Gee bales. The total for November
was 1867 ,S31, against 1,65S, 1925 bales last
year.
The amount of the crop brought into
sight for the three months from Septem-
Der to November 50th inclusive, shows
receipts at all United States ports of B.
So, $50 bales, against 3,0f9, S13 bales last
year; overland across the Mississippi.
Ohio and Potomac Rivers All ,O34 bales,
against 581 ,O32 bales last year. South
ern mill takings, exclusive Of quantity
consumed at Southern outports AIS. POP
bales, against 430. $50 bales last year; in
terror stocks III excess Of those held at
the commencement Of the season $50, 28O
bales. against 4SS, 465 bales last year. The
total amount of crop brought into sight
during the three months ending November
goth, 4~,S19,151 bales, against 4,519. $50
bales last year. Northern spinners took
during the month of November 1894 $50
bales, against 479. O4S bales last year, in
| crnoCjrc thcjr +o+oJ for Tho throo ,,o-+I-
to 1880 bales, against 937. 504 bales last
year.
Foreign exports for the first three
months of the season have been 1851 .6O2
bales, showing an increase over last sea-
son of 375, $50.
Stocks at the Seahoard and % leading
interior Southern markets on November
30th were 1,434. 10, against 1,755, $50 bales
tho same date last year.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
New York, Nov. 30.-For the week end
ing Friday, November 30th. Net receipts
at all United States ports during week,
2So,S69; net receipts al all United States
ports during same week last year, 263, 1874;
total receipts TO this date, 1888, 2S4; total
receipts to same date last year, 3,C17 PAT:
exports for the week. 206, 407: exports for
same week last year, 2O3. 179: total ex-
ports to this date, 2,347 .65S; total exports
to same date last year, 1882. 1873; stock
at all United States ports, SO, 726; stock
at all United States ports same time
last year, 975, POS; stock at all interior
owns, 631.983; stock at all interior towns
same time last year, 743- 024; stock at
Liverpool, 494 900; stock at Liverpool
same time last year, Isl 900: stock OF
American afloat for Great Britain. 269, Oo0:
stock of American afloat for Great Britain
same time last year, 140, 900.
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
New York, Nov. 5o.-The following are