The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-14
BUSINESS MOVES
DESPITE THE HEAT
Brighter Agricultural Pros
poets Make things Hum.
.COiiONS ARE NOTIN STEP

(By the Associated Press

CBy the Associated Pre>s)
New York, July 1o.-R. G. Dun & Com
pany's weekly review Of trade tomorrow
Viii say
Business again responds to improved
conditions. Retail distribution of mcr-
challdlse IS accelerated by more season
Die weather and fewer labor controyer-
-iee, While wholesale and jobbing trade.
especially at the interior. shows the en-
couragIng effect OF brighter agricultural
prospects. There j. the customary ex-
cesslve demand for farm hands. Advices
q holiday traffic and holiday trade re.
port no dlmInution IN purchasing power
and s-eml-annuaI inventories show a more
gratifying situation than expected. There
Is less than the usual mid summer idle
ness III manufacturing except IN the cot
ton industry. Commodity prices advanced
signify during June IN number, on July
beng $5y.456, compared with $9S. $50 q
month earlier. a decline OF "a per cent
IS recorde. II comparison with July, 1902.
chiefly IN articles Of food. Railway earn
lngs Tor June are 1871 per cent larger
than last year and 25.3 in excess OF
1901.
"Vio]snt changes in quotations of raw
material are never good for business III
hnlsher products 50 that as yet the cot
ton goods manufacture shows no improve
ment IN reSpOnse to the fluctuations at
the cotton exchanges. But it is certain
that there viii ultimately come a revival
Of activity at the mills when the material
reaches a less inflated level at which
goods can be manufactured with profit
Meanwhile, stocks of goods ia dealers
hands have fallen low and sellers are
insisting on generally higher prices than
they did a week ago.
Failures this week numbered 1914 in
the United States, against 1913 last year
COTTON RECEIPTS.
New York. July 1O.-The following arc
tie total net receipts Of cotton at al
ports since September list:
Galveston, 2,O91 ,319; New Orleans
., 292, 466; Mobile, 214,O60; Savannah.
1. 294. 49,: Charleston, 209, 627: Wilmington.
325. OPS; Norfolk, sos, 773; Baltimore. 47,515;
New York, 57.O31; Boston, 98,297; New
port News, 1883; Philadelphia, 26,3S9;
Brunswick, 11S,217; ~Fernandina, 3,134;
Pensacola, 136. 1O4; Port Arthur, Sc, 663
Port Townsend. S9,5S4; San Francisco
5,447: Portland, Ore, 1.541; ElPaso, 1857;
Eagle Pass, 12,479; Laredo, 10, 7O9. Total
7,67S,2 42 bales.
COMPARATIVE COTTON STATEMENT
New York, July 10.-For the week end
ing Friday, July 10, 1903: Net receipts at
all United States ports during week, A.
G97: net receipts at all United States ports
same week last year, 0 ,S2S; total receipts
since September list, 7,67S,242; total re
ceipts to same date last year. 7,494, 493
exports for the week. 1886; exports for
some week last year. %. SOP; total exports
since September LIST, Sass, 0S3; total ex-
ports same date last year, 6,39S, S3S; stock
at all United States ports, 245, 097; stock
at all United States ports same time last
year, $50. $40, stock at all interior towns,
IS, 439; stock at all interior towns same
time last year, 81, 233; stock at Liverpool
same time last year, 1853, 0G0; stock of
American afoat for Great Britain same
time last year, 10000.
QUOTATIONS OF COTTON YARNS.
New York, July NO. 16s / and lbs l
Warps at 1S@1S12; No. 14s-1 warps at
lSZ1019; No. 1851 warps at 19@912; No.
2Gs-1 warps at %; No. 22s-1 Warps at 81;
No. 26e-1 warps at 2112; No. 6s to los yarn
at 161aM17: No. 12s1 at 171a; No. 14s1 at
18; No. 16s-1 at 1872; No. 20s-1 at 20;
No. 22s-1 at 81; No. POSI- at %; No. So ply
soft yarn at 1872; No. 1852 ply soft yarn
at 10; No. SIS ply hard at 17H@1S; No.
1852 ply hard at IS; No. 1852 ply hard at
1872; No. lisp ply at 10; No. 16s-2 ply at
$4,000; No. 20s-2 ply at %; No. 24s2 ply
at %; No. 26s-2 ply at 2312; No. 30s-2 ply
yarn at %; No. 1852 ply at %; No. SIS,
I, and 5 ply at 1712G1S; No. 20s-2 ply
chain warps at 2215; No. 24s2 ply chain
uarps at 231A; No. 2Gs-2 ply chain warps
at 24; No. 30s2 ply chain Warps at %.
No. 16s2 ply hare twist at $4,000; No.
20s-3 ply hard twist at %; No 26s-3 ply
hard twist at 232.