Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-11-15
AFFECTS TRADE.
Influence Exerted on Commercial
Interests by tho Elections.
Causes What Dun Calls "Broken
Week" = Mild Weather Also
Acts as a Check.

New York, Nov. Ok. u. Dunn IL Co.,
in their weekly review of trade, say:
II has been broken week and just before
and after elections in the most important
states operations rarely have much sig
niiicance Stocks and products are weak
ef, ana tl.cre is some decrease In the num-
Der of establishments at work. both for
reasons having nothing to do with uues-
tons Of government The controlling pow
er at present is the effort to readjus, prices
after tn" remarkable rise of last summer
III important materials and products, with
the struggle of great combinations to pre-
vent decline
The Iron Industry.
The price Of Bcssemer pig is lower s1i.75
at Pittsburgh, and billetS are lower be-
caus. there is scarcely any demand for
rails at the combination price; structural
contracts are now few, and the demand
for wire and wire nails has been curtailed
| by the tusts advance of prices LAG per
cent. in four months Large western and
eastern orders foi cars help the demand
| for bar, but finished products are quite
generally sold below quotations. which
| are now lower than they were two months
ego.
| Leather Production stopped.
| The United States Leather company,
| holding great quantities produced from
| high-priced hides, finds outside concerns
reducing prices of leather and has stopped
| production for Gu days, in order to control
| tire market. Rough calf is two cents lower
this Week, with other kinds unchanged.
Meanwhile the great boot and shoe manu-
| facture 10 embarrassed, even to the stop
| Iage of very many works, by the refusal
| of jobbers to purchase, i'll the belief that
leather and shoes must decline in accord
/ with hides.
Wooden Mills Closing.
| Many WOODEN mills are also closing to
fny, \, "A y.1 a
ly satsfactor. for some dress goods and
worstels. and the Washington mills open
| clay woTSteds at ten cents advance. But
prices OF these and most qualities OF
| woolens are still! unsteady, for manufac-
turcrs do not know yet what they have to
meet.
Wheat Falls Back.
Wheat falls back with great reluctance
IRON It's summer rise of ~ cents, but has
declined ~ cents for the week, western
receipts being S,Gl9,ylO bushels. against 81
s45.0S2 Tor the same week last year. Belief
i'll Il crop much smaller than last year S
has to resist actual receipts of 45,T25,3Gs
bushels i'll six weeks against 3,GG5,GUo last
Year, and Atlantic exports have Deen only
$3.50, 945 bushels, flour Included. against 49,
34!.6l9 last year.
business Failures.
The liabilities of firms failing In October
We're $l6l79.53G. against Sl0,772,9iS in five
4
Failures for the week have been $50 In TIL,
United States against 26l last year and A
in Canada against ~ last year.
Bradstrcet's Report.
Bradstrect says:
The interruption to general trad,
throughout the country, incident to cleo
tiun has been emphasized by UNUSUAL,
mild weather, which checks demand 70
clothing, heavy weight textiles and othe
seasonah.e goods
Advance i'll Prices disappears.
Except for iron, steel and cotton tn
larger portion of advances in prices O
commodities reported since March las
has largely disappeared. Earlier antici
pations of continuous advance In price
: and demand this year. the outgrowth c
the activity OF two and three months ago
have met with disappointment. But ther
Is little reason for the reaction in sent
D n.ent by many who discuss business cond
: tons. Every wave OF Increased aeua;l,
|. since the tide began to rise in March ii;
!, resultedein net gain.
a Feature of the Week.
Tho featureT,f the business week uff1or
larger cities as an improved demand fl
t textiles with increased strength in iron ,
: Pittsburgh after the recent reaction. 4
) cities in the central western states no,
crate volume of business is reported, will
out material cnanse. complaints bein
: most numerous from Cincinnati.