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West^ Locally the market has shown a fair
amount of tone, but there bas been onĩy a very
moderate call íor suppliea. consumers, appar-
ently, having good stocks on hand and have
shown no disposition to take ãdditonal stocks of
lumber at an advance in prices, at least while
they hold their prêsent liberal supplies. Tlie mar-
ket in ĸeneral for yeIIo"w pine has shown a
moderate amount of tone. There has been a
moderate amount of actlvity to tbe call for
supplles; the oHeiinga have been ĩairly liberal,
but Inasmuch as retail dealers bave sliown more
of a lîlspositlon to acQuire suplles than has
been uoted for a consiiierabie period past the
business transacteij has been on a steady basis
oí values, ranging from $15 to S16 fop an or-
dinary cargo. North Carolina pine ĩias received
sligbtly Increaaed attention. and the buslness
transacted has been at steady prlces. Reports
received from Georgla say  that orders and in-





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MANDFACTCREE   ONLT  BY

EDWARD   SMITH   &   CO.,

Varnieli Makers and Color Qrindeia.
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quiries contlmie to come into tbis terrltory satls-
factorily to the manutacturers, Eastern orders
are constantly being received, and prices, al-
though not materially advanced yet, are up a
little and very firm.

The market for hemloek has shown a fairly
good tone, The volume of business transacted
iías been moderately large and prices have ruled
firm. but no advances bave been paid, Buyers
have given some attention to the market ĩor cy-
press and a gradual broadenlng in the demand
for thia style o( luũaber is to be noied; prlces
bave been wlthout changes and firm.

The general market for hardwoods has sliown
a fairly healtliy tone. There has been a moderate
amount of actlvlty to the cal! for supplies. Tbe
bulk oE the attention of buyers has continued
centered !n oak, which has commacâed full val-
ues, particularly for the better grades, which
have been especially waated. Mabogany bas
been In fairly good request, and pricea bave
ruled lirm. Birch and Clierry have haiJ a mod-
erate call and the better grades of Walnut have
had a fair demand for export. Only a limiĩed
amount of interest ĩias been shown by buyers ĩn
tiie market íor Poplar. and as there Iias been
fairly large ofterings tbere has contiaued an
absence of tone to values. Asb. Maple and other
woofls have been qulet and without changes.

METALS.—The market for ingot copper has
sbown declded strength, There has continued an
actlve call for supplies, and full prices have been
paid, closlng at ll!4<&ll%c. íor Lake Superlor
and 10%@llí* for otber descrlptlons. Tbe Pitts-
burg "Commercial Gazette." in an interesting
article on tbe copper situation, says that a well-
defined improvement, botli in tbe tone of the
market and in the demand for copper. set in
during the past month. Renewed interest showed
Itself early in Ãugust, which Guimlnated in
larger transactlons for domestio account than for
some time previously. Barly In tbe month
husiness in !ake was done at ll^c, after which
the market soon advanced to llĩ4c. The aggre-
gate saĩes during tbe month were large, and in-
clude about 10,000,000 pounds by tlie Caluraet &
Hecla Mining Company at llĩic, On some of
this business the C. & H, above mentioned guar-
anteed their own price only. Recent wldely pub-
líshed reporta stated that the Cammet & Hecla
had soid 5.000 tons of cipper for esport at ll%c„
but we can state on the very best authority that
Ihese reports were untrue, The Calumet & Hecla
did not sell any copper at 11% ceats. It is
just to say. however. tbat tbere was a little other
Lake copper sold at ll%c, and tbat price waa
also bld to other interests and decllned. for sev-
eral hundred thousand pounds. Tlie market
closed firm, wltĩi selĩers Inclinea to be con-
servative in accepting orders, in anticipation of
thelr ablllty to dispose of their product to greater
advantage later on. Foreign consumptlon of cop-
per during the flrst seven moatha of tbis year
Is on even a larger scale than durlng the samo
period last year. The Increase in Germany Is es-
peclally marked, and iadlcates rapid development
in the copper trade ot tbat country. Statistica
oí European copper consamptiOLi mabe tbe con-
sumptlon of copper in England and France for
tbe first seven months of tbls year 174,074,880
pounds. Add to this the German consumption
for tbe aame period. at the monthly average re-
turned for the first slx montlis of this year, and
the total combined copper consumptioQ of Eng-
land. Germany and France, from January Ist to
July 31st, thls year. is estimated at 250,962,850
pounds. Accordlng to the above figures the cop-
per consumption of the three above mentioned
countries was only 26.785,920 pounds less tban
tbe total United States production for the first
seven months of 1897, Bngland alone is now es-
timated to be consuming at the rate of about
209,000,0(X) pounds of copper per annum. Since
the ycar 1S02, it Is calculated íliat Englisb con-
Eumption bas increased about 93 per cent, In tbe
same period consumptlon in this country bas
&reatĩy decreased, If United Statea conaumptlon
at present was as great as tlie estlmates for 1892
made It. the consumptlve requirements oE Ameri-
ca and England together would more than equal





the entire United States output for 1896, Bhould
consumption in this country recover its normal
rate within tlie iiext twelve months. and no
diminution take place ín the foreign demand
meanwhile, it is pertinent to inquire wbere the
supply oC copper would be found sufflclent to
meet such an increascd demand. Manufactured
eopper has had a moderate sale at steady
prices. We quote íor sheets, 30sT2 ins. and
30ĸ3li ms., 10ĩ^@25%c, aa to weight; 30x
longer than 9S ins„ 16Hi@191íc.; do.. 38
x72 Ins., 16ĩé@25iÆc.: 36x96 ins., ISĨrø
25>Ac.; 36x120 ins., 16VíígilSĩĩc.; 48x96 ln3,.16%@
24ViC.; 48x120 Ina,, 16!Æ@241Êc,; 36 x luneer than
120 ina., 16'é@lSl4c.; 48x72 Ina., 16M)@26M!C.: 4»
X longer tlian 120 ina., 16VÉ@221ác.; 60x72 inB..
lCV^@a71éc,; 60x96 Ins., 16iÆ@25%c.; 60x120 InB.,
10>A@'2'2>éa.; 00 X longer man IZO Ins,, liiiiCa'
24%c.; 72s96 ms.. 16W@24«iC.: 72x144 ins.. 16Vâ
@26!4c,; 72 X longer thaa 144 ins,, lĩ^@24%o.;
108x120 Ins., 17iû@25ĩic.; 108 x longer than 128
ins., VJ'A@'2'i'Ac.; wlder than 108x144 ins., 2»>á&
'2'2>éc.; wider than 108 and longer than 144 Ina,,
21>é®'24>Ac. Bolt copper %-In. dlameter and ovei,
16^c. Clrclea, segments and pattern aheetâ, 60-
ins. diameter and less. 3c. above prlcea of sheetB
of same thickncss; circles, 60 to 90 do. 4c, do.;
circles, 96 do. and over,- ôc, do. Cold or bard
rolled copper, l@2c, above tbe foregoing pilcea.
AII polished copper lc. per Ib. advance over
cold-roĩled copper, when 20 ma. wide and under,
and 2c. advance when more tban 20 Ins. wlde.
Copper bottoms, 20íé@26ĩ4c. per Ib. Buainess
iu the market for pig lead has been on a íalrly
liberal scale, aud the upward course to values
has continued; the prices now quoted îor do-
mestĩc being ,$4.30@4.35. Spelter has had only
a liraited call, but prices have not changed, clos-
.ing at 4..S0@4.3ôc. for domestic. Tliere was a
further decline in the market for Straits tin im-
mediately followiniî our last report. LÆtterly,
hũwever, demand has shown sometbing of an
improvement, as ther bas been an increaaed call
for supplies írom both the consuming trade and
also in a speculative way; oonsequently the mar-
ket turned lirmer and tbe early loss in prices has
been recovered, closing at 13.75@13.80c. Trad-
ing in the market íor tin piates has been on a
moderate scale only, and whlle there have been
no changes in quoted values sellers liave been
able in some iuatances to obtain sllght
advantages. We quote prices as followst
I. €. charcoal, Melyn grade, .$4,60: Alla-
way grade, ?3.90; Allaway grade, I. X,. $4,65;
cbarcoal terne, M. coal, Melyn grade.
$4.60; AIIawHy grade, $3.90; Allaway grade,
I. X,, $4,65; obarcoal terne. M. eoal, Melyn grade,
$4.60; Allaway grade, $3-90: Worcestei giado, 11
x20, $4.00@4.05; 20 x 28, $8.00@8.æ; Ameri-
can coke. New York, Pbilaclelphia and Baltlmora
dellvery, 14x20, $2,95@3,25; Amerlcan charcoal
terne, 14x20, $3,30@3.35, and 20x28, $6,60@6,70;
I, C, coke, Beusomer Bteel. heavy. $3,70@3.73;
Bessemer steel, light, 14x20, $3.30@3.50.

NAILS.—BuEiness in tbe market for 'wiie nalla
bas eontinued active. Jobbers generally have
been buying in suiBcient volume to supply thelr
want for some time to come and retail mer-
cbants have also been laylng In suppllea wlth
Eome show of freedom. Mills, as a rule, have
reported sufficlent orders at band to keep them
busy for some time to come, and furtbermore the
demand upou the raills in operation has been en-
larged to an unusua! extent, owing to the tem-
porary sbutting down of sorae raills due to labor
troubles, Prices have ruled firm and a further
advance of 5c, has heen establiahed, closing at
$1.40 t. o. b. raill. New York quotations have
been ,$1.56 for carload lots on dock and $1.65 for
small lots from store. Miscellaneous wire nalls
have also bad a good sale at slightly hlgher val-
ues. Cut nails bave bad an Increased sale and
prices have been unchanged aud firm at $1.20@
1.25 t. 0. b- mill. The arrangemeut between
Eastern manufacturers has been reported as
working satisfactorily with business Improvlng,
Quotations are based on $1,18 at mlll. Pttts-
burg. and are to be deterrained by addlng the
íreight îrom Pittsburg to $1.18. base. Tbua
the   prices   for   car-Ioad   lots   delivered   at   the





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