The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-08
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
Volume Of Business Does Not Materially
Increase 10 The East.
IMPROVEMENT IN TIE SOUTH AND wfSl
Failures reported for the Week
Were fso in the United states.
Against IJ2 Last Year.

New York. September 7.--R. G. Dun 9
co, $ weekly review Of trade tomorrow will
say:
The volume OF business does not ma:eri-
ally enlarge at the East and there is only
moderate improyere Of the West and
south. but II expestauons Of greater activity
when politics ceases to DISTURB are real zed
curren, operations win be iouni to have laid
a substantial foundation.
The most important event OF the week IN
tho industrial world was the AK eement Of
the tin plate wage scale with the Amaisa-
mated association. granting about per cent
advance to $4,000 HANDS lofg idle other
wtrkerS disputes are nearing settlement.
wllse tno B.lG4s. D.. hHse Cf b00.0ND pieces
OF print cloths at ?'tc clears up the rail-
RIVER mArko. and u is believed to preclude
Serious vase dinerenets there. The final ue-
els on OF the dissatisfied Anthracite miners
ss 10 strike will be rcached. II strike
Is oeeided UPON, II Is likely 70 involve oaly
a portion OF the anthracite interCs 8 and the
producers are well prepared as production
In Az gus WAS SIS COO tons over lSst year aad
ooRl has been moylnG to market Tor ava
we ks very heavily.
Prices OF grain are little altered good crop
repor.s e9mns in freely, but tLo enort be-
ing neulraliged bv q foreign eitlmnto OF a
worlds crop below requirements
Nheat stocks carried over were ample TO
NEST the discrepancy aud traders Co moi
seem able to advance pross more than DC
over last years for wheat and &c foc corn.
Tnis differ cncr 10 apparently satisfactory TO
growers and .i3ofl2 bushels Of wheat were
received az interior cities IN the first woak
Of Sentembor The Atlantic shipments OF
corn made better comparison thau in re-
cent weeks. 2,923,0Ta bushels. against S0iI 500
las: year.
Cotton is strong In the face OF a larger
yield than expected
Business in iron and steel products steadily
mere ascs. and mills arc more actively en-
ployed October is m. ntioned a, the prob
abe date Of general resumption. II IS
slsnihcant that Ehipyards on the lakes and
the Pacific coast are full of orders for eight
months or more As TO pig iron, tho outlook
Is no better In spite Of a decrease in nro-
dueilon to 2SlITs to weekly. according TO
the Iron Age. furnace stocks have increased
to 5si, ?lS tons gain Of 1S7T tons during
Apsust, but thu increase ir demand vas
noteworthy untii August IS. Railroads have
refused to make reduction IN freight rates.
WI oh II was hoped would increase exports.
Betstmor DIE and gray forge further de-
cliHet 81 per ton at Pittshnrg, although no
chnIse IL reported Mt other points
copper continues fra, with electrolytic
moderately
Last weeks shipments OF boo's ard shoes
from Boston were only 7n3t1 cases. aRnlnss
a 9I1 In the previous week. and FOR tho venr
thus far the decrease compared with 1899 has
amounted To 2s4 81 cases Sales Of wool nj
the three chief Eas crn markets declined
10 2SSS.50o pounds. against pa no In the
previous week and apes 2on last wear
Tht dullness was not accompanied nv any
pronounced wcnkresE, although Coat & Bros
circtlhr for Scptemher J made tho average
prices 2oa.c for 100 grades against 90Ac a
month earlier
II the wooden goods market there Is n
rather deeeptve appearance Of activity. The
BULK OF the business Is In now limos recently
put out as substitutes Tor standard goods
and AZ lower prices
Failures for the week we're ii5 IN the
United States. sgalnst 1872 last year and "a
IN Canada. against 30 last year.