The evening times., 1900-10-01

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/ tember and of the prospects for October
are made as follows by "Dun's Review"
of trade, from special bulletins received:
| Chicago-Loeal industries. with but few
exceptions, are in full swing, and pay rolls
| Increasing. Mercantile collections are
| good, but leading retail trade is hampered
| by broken weather. although September
sales compare very favorably with pre-
vious years. Jobbing lines have sattsfac-
tory mail orders, and the house trade in
! principal staples continues good. The
| wholesale district is unusually busy send
| ing out merchandise. Business for the
month has quite fulfilled expectations. In
| dry goods, millinery, silks, and clothing
| current dealings hold up well, and there
| is improvement in boots and shoes, men s
| furnishings and hats and caps. In wool
| ems and worsteds for mems wear dealings
| are quiet, but a strong demand appears
| for cottons and linens. In groceries,
| canned fruits and coffee. the country de-
| mand is exceptionally good, and there IS
steady buying of fancy goods, drugs, ci-
! gars and liquors. Lumber dealings in
| crease, and there is no dirainution of new
| business in heavy and special machinery
and electrical equipment Iron ana steel
producers are preparing for greater actlv-
J ity, but heavy contracts for rails ana
| structural materials are withheld for low
er quotations Prices of cattle are steady
| on good demand, and sheep are tiTmer, but
| hogs declined. There is fair activity IN
hog products, and grain markets are mod
erately active. Wheat is steady, Whie
| corn advanced three cents on short re-
| cefpts There is good shipping demand
for -four, but sales of wool are light.
| Packer hides are unchanged, with the de-
mand improving. Railroads are doing
| large freight business, although Lake
! traffic is declining Grain cargoes east
| ward are plentiful with rates low, and re-
! turn coal cargoes unobtainable. Money IS
frmer with few loans under per cent
adelphia-Money is active at II
| TO per cent on time. Conditions are
| somewhat unsettled, owing to the strike
| and the approach OF election. BituminoCs
| cCal is stimulated by the anthracite strike,
| and there is brisk demand. with stocks
! decreasing. The Pennsylvania Steel Com
| Dany has booked a large number Of lns-
portant orders for steel rails 10 be export
! ed. The East India Railway ordered 6.5G0
| tons. Prices of iron and steel are irregU-
! lar but the volume OF business is iucreas-
! ing although general conditions are not
| materially changed Manufacturers Of
| large machine tools are busy. and there
| is q fair demand for small machine tools,
| with foreign buying active Retail lUm-
| her yards are busy and about the usual
! business for this season is being done oy
| retailers. The brick season Is closing and
| was not very satisfactory, prices ruling
/ low and the demand being lighter than
| usual. COOpeTs in some special lines are
! active. No change appears in hides ana
5cTh Isa4-5 sod he
volume of sales. Shoe manufacturers re-
port little business, and jobbers are dull,
| with the city trade only up 20 the average
| There IS activity in builders hardware,
| and carriage builders, and carriage hard
! ware lines are busy. Liquors are quiet,
| and the retail business is Improbable,
! about fifty licenses being transferred by
the court during the past week There Is
/ fair trade in domestic leaf tobacco OF bet
| ter qualities. Moderate sales of Sumatra
and Havana are reported. and cigar manu-
| factu-CTs are active, but local business
continues quiet. There is a brisk move
! nent of wholesale drugs one house t.
/ porting the past season the best in their
/ history.
J Boston-september has been salts
! factory month with the jobbing trade and
! the distribution of seasonable meTChan
! disc has been on a large scale. Retail
| trade has been satisfactory Develop
! favorable. with factories buster and Job
/ bers placing large orders. Shipments for
! the week from this section were about
! 81 600 eases. against Il, coo in the previous
! week. Leather has met with more de-
maud and the volume of business is lar
! ger with prices firm and tending higher,
| although it is difficult to get buyers TO
! pay any advance Western hides are
| stronger, and New England stock steady.
! In print cloths there is no change but the
market is firm for all cotton goods, and
| advances are pending. Manufacturers OF
mems wear woolenS have received consid-
| cradle orders Of late for low priced goods
| and are more interested in the wool mar
| ket, which has been a little more active,
| with sales of 1,S00, zoe pounds during the
week and a large movement Of sample
! bags reported. Prices favor buyers and
| have ruled low On most sales. The money
| market is firm at 312 to per cent on
| time with 10 indications of stringency.
Baltimore-FalI trade in all lines is
good and collections better than average.
What few lines OF cotton goods are offered
are higher in price, but many mills have
withdrawn from the market and decline 10
make prices for the future. The demand
for dry goods is brisk and the clothing
trade has been better than for some sea
sons There have been no new offerings or
wcoiens and the market is we'll maintain
ed Millinery is in demand, and straw
goods command high prices. Some weak
ness appears in hardware. with the eX-
ception of axes and shovels. Trade III
boots and shoes is only fair. with prices
unchanged. Furniture is hardly up to the
| standard. although manufacturers have
| sufficient orders to keep them busy. Leaf
| tobacco is active, with light receipts. Fall
/ johbing in harness is better than last
! years. and prices are more satisfactory.
Manufacturers of tinware specialties re,
! port Improvement. There is q slight i'm
| provement in the grocery business, and
| fruit Gamers have an unusually large de-
! mard for peaches.
| Pittsburg-The monotonous features that
| have prevailed during the past four months
| ket There is considerable tonnage on old
! orders for finished materials. but new
| business in raw or finished iron is limited
! to small orders for immediate consump-
| ton. Mills are fairly well occupied and
| prices are steadier on finished lines, but in
| raw materials the quotation is about what
| the buyer offers. During the week 2,G00
! tons Of Besseraor were sold at S14, and 200
! tons al $3.50, the lowest point reached for
| BesssmeF pigiron. There is heavier
| movement of pig, but as in the case of
| finished stuff, it is on old contracts. and
| does not affect the market With only %
! per cent Of the blast furnaces in operation
! outside the combinations and one or two
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