The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-09-02
JOBBERS RUSHED
WITH BUSINESS
Prospects for Fine Crops
Booming Trade.
(By the Associated Pressl

New York, Aug. 29.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow Will say:
August closes with jobbing activity
apparently at its height in the Northern
half of the country, and the total volume
OF the months operations probably in
excess of any similar period in previous
years. Actively instrumental in bringing
about this result are the continued good
crop prospects. At the South the an
nuai diminution Of cotton crop conditions
mas developed as the result Of hot, dry
weather in the southern half of the belt.
AIDED to this is much reported damage
| from insects in Texas Prices reflect the
dlVerse reports from the different sec
uonS, wheat being lower on good weather
ana large receipts (mGch of them below
sfade) and lower cables. while cotton
mas sharply advanced and the margin be
tween Old and new crop deliveries has
| narrowed as the season Of 1901'02 draws
! to close. Other farm product tends to
| drift downward. Corn is lower on good
weather but a good export business has
developed Beef cattle receipts are
| heavy and stockers and feeders are low
| er at wholesale while retail prices are
| expected to follow. Prime cattle are
however, reported bringing full prices
Produce receipts are very large, but
| prices are on the whole quite strong
hallway earnings thus far in August
are fattering, being six per cent larger
| than 4 year ago
| AT the East dry goods jobbing is quiet
! at New York, and cotton goods are in
rather better tone aided materially by
| the strength Of cotton
| Business failures for the week numbe,
| l4o as against 1SS last year.
| COMPARATIVE COTTON STATE
NENT.
| New York, Aug. 9-For the week end
| ing Friday, August 29th. net receipts
! at all United States ports during week
| 60004: net receipts at all United States
| ports same week last year, 51,S16: total
| receipts to this date, 1,654,S ,S2S; total re-
! ceipts to same date last year 1854, ,9O7; +;
| exports for the week 81 .258: exports for
| same week last year. 1859: total ex-
| ports to this date, 6e04 S37: total ex-
| ports same date last year, 1888; stock
! at all United States ports same time last
| year, 234, $50; stock al all interior towns.
| o3.648: stock at all interior towns same
| time last year, 124,920 stock at Liver
| pool, +36 900; stock at Liverpool same
| time last year. 1896 900: stock of American
afoat for Great Britain, $4,000: stock of
American afioat fer Great Britain SAINT.
| time last year, $4,000.
TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
| New York, Aug. 29.-The following are
! the total net receipts of cotton at all
ports since September 1st:
! Galveston. 2.0S3,27S bales; New Or
/ leans, 2,271 .469; Mobile, 115102; Savan-
nah, 1.153, 256: Charleston, 275, ,242; Will
mington, 2SO, 655; Norfolk, 459 S76; Balti-
more, 101 col; New York 16l 964: BCs-
! ton, 116,776; Newport News, 2S,O97 !;
! Philadelphia, 36,175; Brunswick, 123, 76S; ;
| Fernandina, 1850; Pensacola, ss6,732
/ Port Arthur, 54,207; Port Townsend
! 113,061; San Francisco, 3O,S25; Portland
! (Oregon) 14,420; Vancouver, (B. c. 2,554 :
Ell Paso, (Texas) 1,44O; Eagle Pass,
! (TeXas) 2,11O; Laredo, (Texas) 1910.
| Total, 1864 ,S2S bales.
HESTER's COTTON STATEMENT.
New Orleans. La, Aug. 29.-Secretary
| Hester's statement Of the worlds Wis
| ible supply of cotton issued today shows
| the total visible to be 1,343 ,354 bales
against 1,432, 1928 bales last week and
| 1,571 626 bales last year. OF this the to-
|
| against S3S, 1928 bales last week and 945,-
| 626 bales las year, and of all other kinds,
/ including Egypt Brazil, India, etc, 546,-
/ coo against 594,0 900 last week and 626 00O
! last year.
| OF the worlds visible supply of cotton
| there is now afioat and held in Great
! Britain and Continental Europe, $4,000
| bales against 7S9 900 bales last year: in
! Egypt IS, 600 bales against So 900 bales
| last year. In India $50, 900 bales against
| 349 900 bales last year and in the United
! States 207, ,00G bales against 81 900 bales
! last year.
| TOTAL BANK CLEARINGS.
| New York Aug. 29.-Total bank clear
! ings week ended August 2Sth 81 032 306,-
/ S3S; increase 1871 per cent; outside of
New York city $677, ,O75, ,13S; increase 4.6
| per cent.
| GoIdsboro n c.. Aug. 30.-Within a
! year S110G25 have been expended in
| GoldsbOro in the erection of new resi-
dences, new stores. manufacturing plants,
public buildings, etc. Following the COM
/ rleton of the new City Hall will be
| conmodious market house, and then
comes the government building to cost
/ $35 600 Just now the work of street i'm
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