The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-09-13
WEEKLY REVIEW.
IT,. Buap... ofth. wsek AZ Reported By
Bradsttsst's.


Favorable crop reports from nearly all
difectioss and continuance OF the
boom in steel and iron continue TO /
characterzs the general trade situation.
Latest adyices ~ to the corn crop have |
replaced anxiety With confidence IN the
larger estimates OF the size Of that crop /
and satisfaction with the outlook for
trade this autumn. Harvesting and
threshing arc interfering a little with |
business in the spring wheat country, |
yet Duluth. Minneapolis and 81. Paul
iobbers in general lines are pushing for
new busiress. In South Dakota and |
washir gton farmers show no disposi- !
ton to sell their grain. California re-
ports perfect weather for harvesting. !
The other side to the crop outlook Is
found in Texas. where worms are said
to have seriously damaged cotton in some
sections
Iron aud steel prices nave advanced
from 3. to s. further, and demand at
this time continues In excess Of the out
put, which probably almost equals the
largest preceding rate Of sroduc,ion.
All finished products are beginning toll
show the effects Of higher prices for raw
! iron and steel In corresponding adj
vancc.. Western iron and steel mill,
have orders to keep them busy into 1890,
aud refuse to name prices for future
delivery. Apparently every mill and
furnace In the country sat work, and
I the current 6scal year will probably
I break the record NJ production. AZ
nearly all iron makers bought years
supply Of ore 1T lowest prices. advances
IN wages and other items u cost to man
uiaciurors have been more than equaled
by the advance Of prices. Diversity Of
demand and certainty Of heavy requests
vet to come forward point to the iron
and steel boom a. the greatest on record
here.
Total cleariats this week lonly five
days amount to toi5.OOO,OOO, abou, .
per cent more than last week, 10 per
cent more than in the first week Of Sep
TENDER, 1891. ~ per cent more than In
1898. but rs per cent less than In the
like week Of 1902, and 10 per cent less
than In 1891. Advances In prices this
week, aside from Bcssemer pig iron,
steel billets. sar iron and wire nails, in
cludcd gains In quotations for cottsn,
print cloths, hrmlock sole, sone cheaper
paper, sugar aud lead, while wheat,
corn, oats, pork, coffee, cattle, hogs,
wool, leaf tobacco aud hops are lsuer.
Exports Of wheat from both coasts,
United and Canada, this week amount
70 :. 200, 600 bushels. against 1871 .92s
bushels last week, 1907 900 bushels In
the week year ago, 49O2, 900 bushels
two wear, ago, 1857 900 bushels in the
E week Ia 1892, snd 4,726,OOO bushels ir
n the like week in 1891. Indian corn OK
9 ports continue to expand. In the third
o week Of August the total sent out wal
b, /, 1876 600 bushels In the following wseI
$ Il was .. l2i, 900 bushels, and this weeI
II Ia 100000 bushels, the hsayies
= weeks shipments this year, comparec
: with l27, 900 bushels In the week = yea
y ago, and 672, 600 bushels two years ago
= Actual gains in volume Of genera
i trade this week are recorded Al seattl
d aud Tacoma on the Pacific coast, 81
a Louis aud Kansas City at the west
Duluth and 81. Paul northwest, and a
u Chattanooga. Augusta, Atlanta an
n Memphis at the south. Competition
l. between rival coal companies still pr,
= vents advances Of prices Of both bitum
It nous end anthracite, and the outlook ic
81 wooden mill plant IL not quite as brigh
Z As Is that for cotton mills, which Al
p sold well ahead.