People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1894 — ON THE MEND. [ARTICLE]

ON THE MEND.

“Bradstreet’s” Sees Signs of a Revival it. General Business. New York. Aug. 4. —“Bradstreet’s” says of the trade conditions: ■While little .significance is attached to the moderate improvement In trade at San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Augusta and Atlanta. when it is added that clearing-house totals for July report twenty-nine cities with larger aggregates than in July last year, contrasted with the June report, which contained only sixteen cities with aggregates larger than those in June a year ago, it is perceived that there are Influences at work at the Interior favoring an Increase In the volume of business. ‘‘Wool remains steady at last week's 1 cent advance, speculation having been stimulated by differences of opinion as to the tariff outlook for that staple. Wheat has advanced In sympathy with corn on Increased orders and reports of crop damage from abroad, while corn's sharp advance is due partly to exaggerated notions of damage from drought. There Is little likelihood of the corn crop being smaller than in either of the two preceding years, notwithstanding our advices of 25 per cent, damage in Kansas and 40 per cent, in Nebraska. Southcx crop prospects generally are excellent. "Improvement announced in general trade at San Francisco is in part based on interest manifested in the war in Asia, provision dealers particularly anticipating largely increased trade. War between China and Japan has not affected the price of tea here yet. although an increased demand is noted in New York, Boston and at Chicago,”