The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-11
No IMPORTANT
GAINS IN PRICES
The Anthracite Coal Trade
Outlook Dark.
BIG STRIKE PREDICTED
One Hundred and Forty Thousand
Miners to Go Out.
WIDENING OF FALL TRADE AT THE VEST
The Settlement of the Tin Plate Scale and the
General Resumption Of Operations in
the Glass Industry Make the
Outlook Brighter.
(By the Associated Press.)

New York, Sept Bradstreets Of to-
morrow viii say:
Trade developments this week have
been mainly favorable and the improve
ment in general distributive business no.
ted III the latter part of August has
gathered force in the first week Of Sep
tember Leading features have been the
widening fall trade reported at nearly
all points West, South and on the Pacific
coast. some Improvement in the jobbng
demand at the East, with Southern buy
ing q 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 unyaryingly 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, tie general resumption Of opera
tiolIs IL the glass industry, the predicted
settlement satisfactorily Of the remaining
iron and steel wage scales, and the possi-
cloths viii 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
ticn that 40, 900 mon Will strike this
week
''The iron and steel trade continues
positively cheerful in tone, and large
business has hecn and is being booked.
mo important gains in prices are re-
ported. On the contrary. Bessemcr 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 further heavy &c
cline in August, but stocks again in
| creased
"Wheat including -four. shipments for
| the week, aggregate 1913, 100 bushels,
against 3.24S.313 bushels last week, A.
3l3 500 bushels in the corresponding week
of 1899, 3 2.200. POS bushels in 1898 5,tG1, SOC
bushels in 1897 and 3,799 141 bushels in
! 1896. From July 1st to date this season
! wheat exports are 20.311.SG1 bushels,
/ against 81 47G. .243 bushels last season and
| 81 733. 800 bushels in 1&98'99.
! Corn exports for the week aggregate
| 2,1G2.27 bushels. against 3,711,f9O bush
! els last week 4,7S6S1S bushels in this
! week a year ago, 3,SG8 $50 bushels in
| 1898, 4,3t2222iS in 1897 and 2,65644S bush
! els in 1895. I'ronl July 1st to date this
season corn exports are 3o,234 230 BUSH
! els, against &c 077.512 bushels last sea-
son and 2S.3O7 .8e7 bushels in 1898 80.
business failures fer the week num-
/ >xlr ~,
! the week q year ago. 142 in 1898, 1l3 IN
1897 and COS in 1896.
canadian failures number 2G as
against % last week, p il 1899, i in
| 1888, 80 in 1897 and II 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, 0.531 bales; New Orleans
t.055: Mobile. 1,499; Savannah, 20959;
Charleston. Ass; Wilmington, 7.653; Nor
/ folk 1881: Baltimore, 50: Boston, 20;
Philadelphia, 220. Total, 81, 507 bales.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT
New York. Sept. For the week end
ing Friday. September 7th, 1909. Net re
ceipts at all United States ports during
/ week, 81 ,50.; net receipts at all United
States ports during same week last year,
106, ISL; total receipts to this date, 31,o0
! total receipts to same Gate last year
! 11G,501; exports for the week. 15,I91; eX-
ports for same week last yea, l5.231;
| total exports to this date. Is 13.; total
exports to same daie last year. 2o551
stock al al United States ports, 1l3 492;
stock at ali United States ports, 3f33;
/ time last year 451549: stock at all in
| terior towns II 900; stock at all interior
| towns same time last year, 247,391; stock
at Liverpool, 209, coo; stock al Liverpool
same time last year. S43 eco: stock OF
| American l.float for Great Britain, 22OUe;
stock Of American afloat for Great Britain
same time last year. $4,000.
Mr.. George B. Hiss, secretary Of the
| Southern Cotton Spinners' Association
| tells the Charlotte Observer that, IN ms
opinion, cotton will 50 TO II cents. Ht
also says that number Of mills Will cur
| tail their output for several months.