Show 1jETino K FOR BUSINESS Despite the Hot Wave a More Cheerful Feeling Prevails WOOL IS RATHER FIRMER Steadiness In Market is Somewhat at the Expense of New Business Cotton Cot-ton Goods Partake of the Strength of Raw Material Dry Goods as a Whole Still Classed as Backward I for the Season An Immense Business Busi-ness in Steel Products is Reported Booked I I New York Aug Bradstreets tomorrow to-morrow will say Trade Is still exhibiting ex-hibiting many of the Irregularities Incident In-cident to the transition period between midsummer and < nlJyfull trade Despite De-spite the hot wave with Its effect on the growing distributive demand and also because of the reports of damage to the corn crop which It has Incited a more cheerful feeling is perceptible in general trade and the booking of fall orders for dry goods clothing and hardware at leading Western centers and heavy engagements In Iron and steel products though Jit lower prices I are of encouraging proportions Prices arc not showing the precipitate declines I de-clines noted some time ago and among the really encouraging features Is the advance In wheat mainly based on Improved export Inquiry Wool is rather llrmer than of late I because of the better Inquiry though it must be admitted that this steadiness steadi-ness is somewhat at expense of new business Cotton goods partake of the I strength ot raw material and where weakness Is still perceptible brown cottons print cloths and wide sheet ings the natural corrective of reduced I production Is being increasingly tIt t-It has been a remarkable year In cotton and cotton goods and although the goods market Is comparatively weaker than the raw material a great deal hinges on the next months business busi-ness In dry goods circles It is regarded I regard-ed as certain that with an 11000000 bale crop values will be maintained at prices lower It Is true than the present pres-ent quotation for raw material but still high when compared with last or previous years range The spring lightweight season has opened with prices 2Y to 10 per cent higher than a I year ago and much depends on the attitude at-titude of buyers In guiding manufacturers manufac-turers as to purchases of raw malerjol I While the dry goods demand as a whole Is still classed as backward for the season hot weather Is credited with some of the responsibility and trade attitude as a rule is one of hopeful expectancy ex-pectancy An Immense business In steel products pro-ducts Is reported booked at PIttsburg and Chicago and steel bars are really flrnior with an advance of 1 per ton announced by Weatern manufacturers who have sold their output up to tho close of the year Pig Iron Is still rather rath-er neglected but Inquiry for this material ma-terial is really better at the South largely on export account and furnace fur-nace shutdowns uro so numerous ufl to indicate an adequate realization the fact that the root of the evil is i In the output of crude material Current production Is claimed to bo the lightest for more than a year past and further announcements of shutdowns shut-downs are scheduled as far ahead as September 1st A significant feature of tho trade Is the strength of structural struc-tural material A large quantity of material Is reported needed for railroad rail-road renewals but steel rails are also nominal unchanged at 35 per ton The other metals are dull and tin Is weak here and abroad at a recession from last weeks quotations Wheat Including flour shipments for the week aggregate 331S7GO bushels bush-els against 3327003 last week 3GUU51 In tho corresponding week of JS9D 392860fi In 1S93 3lGOKl in 1897 and 2C3521C in 1S9C From July 1st to date the season wheat exports are 178S7620 against 22021650 last season and 18 354728 in 1S9S |