The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-08
BIG STRIKE PREDICTED
One Hundred and Forty Thousand
Miners to Go Out.
WIDENING OF FALL TRADE AT THE WEST
The Settlement of the Tin Plate Scale and the
General Resumption Of Operations in
the Glass Industry Make the
Outlook Brighter.
Outlook Brighter.
(Bv the Associated Press.)

New York, Sept. 7.-Bradstreet's of to-
morrow will say:
'Trade developments this week have
been mainly favorable and the improve
| ment in general distributive business no.
| ted in the latter part OF August has
| gathered force in the first week OF Sep
TENDER. Leading features have been the
widening fall trade reported at nearly
all points West, South and on the Pacific
coast, some Improvement in the jobbing
demand at the East, with Southern buy
ing marked feature, rather better re-
ports from the two great staple crops
of the West and South, corn and cotton,
improved export demand for American
products, notably wheat, iron and steel
and cotton and unvaryingly good returns
by the transportation interests of the
country. The corner appears to have
been turned in bank clearings, because
the aggregate for the first week of Sep
tember though broken by holidays, is
larger than the total for the preceding
week. The industrial outlook has been
improved by settlement of the tin plate
scale, the general resumption of opera
lions in the glass industry. the predicted
settlement satisfactorily of the remaining
bility that recent large sales of print
cloths will avert a resort to wage reduc-
tions in the New England cotton mill in
dustry. The anthracite coal trade out
look, however, is clouded by the predic-
ton that 900 men will strike this
week
1.-THE iron and steel trade continues
positively cheerful in tone, and large
business has been and is being booked
mo important gains in prices are re-
ported. On the contrary, Bessemer Pig
is lower on the week and little is doing
in steel billets, the price Of which is lit
tie above that of raw pig. Export de-
mand is expanding, however, 10000 tons
of Southern pig shipped this week from
Birmingham, and orders for twice as
much more are reported booked. Iron
production showed a further heavy de-
cline in August, but stocks again in
creased.
Wheat, including -four, shipments for
the week, aggregate 1878, 100 bushels,
against 3,24S373 bushels last week, A.
353, 500 bushels in the corresponding week
of 1899. 5000 2GS bushels in 1898, 5.461 500
bushels in 1897 and 3,799141 bushels in
1896. From July 1st to date this season
wheat exports are SC. 317 sci bushels,
against 81 ,476,2l3 bushels last season and
81, 1913, 500 bushels in 1S9S'99.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
3.162,271 bushels. against 3717,49 BUSH
els last week, 4,7S6,S7S bushels in this
week year ago, 3,S6S,S69 bushels in
1898. 4 ,943 34S in 1897 and 2,656,44S bush
els in 1896. From July 1st to date this
season corn exports are 35,254,250 BUSH
els, against As, or 512 bushels last sea-
son and 2S307 ,8G7 bushels in 1S9S-'e9
Business failures for the week num-
Der 154, as against 165 last week, 123 in
the week a year ago, 142 in 1898, 173 in
1897 and 30S in 1896.
Canadian failures number 26 as
against 32 last week, q in 1899, II in
1898, 90 in 1897 and Il in 1896.
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
New York, Sept. THE following are
The total net receipts of cotton at all ports
since September 1st, 1900:
Galveston, 531 bales; New Orleans,
1858; Mobile, / 499; Savannah, 20,959;
Charleston, 2,4S5; Wilmington, 1858; Nor
folk, 1891; Baltimore, 80; Boston, %;
Philadelphia, 22O. Total, 51,5O7 bales.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT.
New York Sept. For the week end
ing Friday, September 7th 1900 Net re-
ceipts at all United States ports during
week. 81 ,507; net receipts at all United
States ports during same week last year,
106, 4S7; total receipts to this date, 51,507;
total receipts to same date last year,
116, SOY; exports for the week, 1871; eX-
ports for same week last year, 15,25I;
total exports to this date, 10, 797; total
exports to same date last year, 25,461;
stock at al United States ports, 1l3,499;
stock at all United States ports, 113,499;
time last year, ASH ,549; stock at all in
terror towns, 1880; stock at all interior
towns same time last year, 247 ,591; stock
at Liverpool, 2O9,OO0 stock at Liverpool
same time last year, $4,000; stock OF
American afloat for Great Britain, $4,000;
stock of American afloat for Great Britain
same time last year. $4,000.