... supply, and prices are now as firm as they have been for a long time past. Despite the comparatively high prices, however, complaints are made that the rate of wages and prices of the raw material affect unpleasantly the manufacturer's and merchant's profits ...

... balance of trade with the world generally. These payments are not likely to decrease, for large shipments of grain are expected inward. The tra:e in foreign grain took last month considerably over eight hundred thousand quarters. This month the quantity will ...