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Show Outlook Is Promising, as Grain Yield Will Be Heavier Than Expected. MARKET AT PRESENT IS COMPARATIVELY QUIET Demand Js Reported for Seasonable Season-able Goods; Collections Are Said to Be Slow. 1 The encouraging crop forecasts havo lent a bettor tone to financial and business markets. The outlook is said to be promising, and yet at the present time conditions generally are rather quiet. Money is to bo had for tho more pressing needs, and yet is not abundan.t enough to supply all tho calls. Tho bank clearings for the past week were $5,719,013.50, as compared with $5,-931.S20.S5 $5,-931.S20.S5 for the corresponding week of last year, a decrease of $212,807.35. The hardwnro trade roports a fairly good week, seasonable goods moving out in considerable quantity to various towns of the state. Collections havo fallen off. There has been a fairly good demand for refrigerators, gas ranges, builders ' hardware and for all kinds of sporting goods. There is a tendency to restrict biding among the wholesale trade owing to the coming reductions in freight tariffs, which will materially affect tho hardware interests. inter-ests. Local jobbers claim that the reductions re-ductions aro bound to help tho jobber, in spite of the statements of certain railroad officials to the contrary. The trade is preparing for a heavy fall business busi-ness in stoves, stove furniture and piping. pip-ing. Lumber Market Is Off. The demand for lumber at the present pres-ent time does not meet the expectations of the dealers. Tho trade roports that the outlook is not very encouraging. Dealers say that considerable uncertainty uncertain-ty will characterize the market for tho next sixty days. The cement manufacturers manufac-turers sn.y that they are bettor able to take care of tho heavy drafts on their output than previously, and consequently conse-quently are feeling better. Prepare for Heavy Trade. The wholesale dry goods peoplo are making preparations for a heavy fall trade. Thcro has been a maximum receipt re-ceipt of goods from the eastern mills and manufacturers' agents. Shipments, just at present, aro not very brisk, ns this is the quiet season of the year. Curtailment Cur-tailment is said to be depleting stocks There is a variation from this condition, condi-tion, howevor, in certain linos of goods, as may be noted in heavy sales of pnnT. cloths, Persian patterns predominating in most of them. Knit goods arc said to bo quito active. The demand on fall lines of goods iB steadily broadening, petticoat manufacturers aro operating more frequently and satins are being talked of more and more. It is said that buyers are taking a better Iine of faJbrics, and largo orders aro being placed for voiles, elcmines, crepes and sheer effects. Eotail Dry Goods Trade. The retail dry goods trade roports better bet-ter business than a year ago. The general gen-eral demand, of courso, is for summer fabrics and wash goods. As is usualb' the caso during .the heated spell, there is little doing in woolens. Quito a call is reported for foulards, pongees, Tuscans, Tus-cans, etc., in the Bilk lino. Parasols, Par-asols, cloves and hosiery contimio to sell well. |