Show OF T the signs this week are all more favorable more definite information limits the loss by injury to wheat and cotton I 1 while corn prospects continue good business Busine sj in in almost every part of the country ifie proves wi t hi 6 iia h y 4 i i 6 n a of a good fall trade manufacturing ing is is m more ore active and labor is better employed railroad earnings 0 S show how gains as usual and th the e belief that wars will not last has s 0 on the whole the feeling has decidedly improved 1 and the ho actual situation also some months the dalness in the iron trade has been a discouraging cou raging symptom but now an increase of tons in the weekly output E since ince july let is recorded a gain of nearly 6 per cent this is partly due to the resumption of furnaces which suspend for a time in the summer bummer for repairs but some n naw nsw w and large works have swelled the output of coke iron to tons weekly there is no change in prices and for a moment a little lose less activity at new york or philadelphia but foundry irons are ar more firmly held and at pittsburgh mill irons are 25 acts stronger in all quarters a better demand is felt and sales of ore at cleveland are now large while it is noteworthy that PO ito advance appears in in steel rails though sales of tons east and tons west are recorded besides pacific coast contracts for 3 the coal market is i also stir strong ong and active and an advance is expected about september coincident with the advance in rail charges the latest advises advices regarding the crops are favorable because they indicate that the injuries undeniably sustained are not so serious as many apprehended while the harm barm done in minnesota and dakota has been bean great in some localities the latest estimates from 1200 points appear to justify belief that the yield from increased acreage will b tie e about as large as that of f last year so the gloomy anticipations as to cotton in texas are root met by telegraphic accounts of rains throughout the state anda and a better pros pec t and it is explained that with good weather vo athar hereafter the state will exceed last 1 ast years yield speculation has entirely disregarded crop news no we and cotton has been lifted a quarter with prospects of yield just as hogs bogs have risen 5 and lard 18 cents centa per ills bs in spite of excellent prospects tor for corn which was nevertheless hoisted yesterday wheat has haa declined over a cent and the now MOW export demand is still the prey prevailing alling feature though noreisa crop advices advises are i gloomy |