Trade Slows After September Boom in Textile Markets
R G Dun reports a quiet trade phase after heavy September and early October buying. Wages rise in woollen mills, notably Olneyville Rhode Island, with late 1890s style recovery. Iron and coal markets show tight supply, while cotton declines reduce print goods prices and boost textile gloom.
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Soap Ad Claims Cold Water Cleans Best
Promotes FELS-NAPTHA soap as nearly automatic by doing most laundry work in cold or lukewarm water. Credits PEL" & CO. of Philadelphia as the distributor.
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Bradstreet's Views on Trade Conditions in 1890s
Bradstreet reports irregular trade movement with overall large business volume. Wool speculation has ceased. cotton goods dull due to weak raw cotton. Western merchants overestimated fall demand. Gulf states market largely stagnant. eastern cities show weaker merchandise movement and weaker collections. Bank clearings total 1 306 993 884 dollars, down slightly from last week, with various year over year comparisons. Wheat exports for the week fall to 5 552 171 bushels from 6 039 000 last week.
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Corn export movement shows sharp drop this week
The week’s export of Indian corn totals 1,177,648 bushels, down from 2,224,000 last week and far below prior years including 2,979,000 a year ago and 1,348,000 two years ago, with 92,000 three years ago and 929,000 in the same week of 1893.
South Boston Group Opposes City Consolidation Bill
The South Boston Citizens Association adopted resolutions opposing Chapter 861 of the 1897 Acts which would consolidate the Boston Board of Aldermen and the Common Council. They argue centralization harms popular rights and urge citizens to vote no and defend local governance.
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Free ferries for East Boston workers in Senate race
Charles B. Howard urges East Boston candidates to pledge free ferry rides to city workers. He notes other areas have free bridges and argues ferry costs burden the working class, demanding clear plans from contenders for Senate and House on ferry subsidies.
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Hinrichsen to push lake canal bill with Gulf link
Beardstown October 2 Congressmen Hinrichsen after Illinois River Valley Association convention plans to introduce a bill to create a ship canal connecting Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. The project is estimated to cost 26 million dollars.
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Correction on Printing Pen Investigation Dates in City Council
Charles R Saunders from Boston requests publication of a correction regarding statements at a Common Council meeting about repairs to municipal printing presses. He notes testimony date April 9, first bill dated May 21 for Dennan & Tarbett totaling 9, second bill for 64.78 dated August with omitted item dates.
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Charles R. Saunders
Boston
Hold the Common Council To the Editor of the Post
Citizens of Boston vote on November 2 to decide continue or abolish the Common Council. The piece asserts the council protects taxpayers from wasteful spending, trains future leaders, and resists Mayor Quincy’s aim to abolish it by pushing to the Legislature.
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