Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-11-25
REPORT ON TRADE,
Moderate Improvement In Certain
Lines In Kansas City's Territory.
The CUDAHYS CLOSE A BIC DEAL.
Capacity OF Their Plant at Sioux City to BE
D0ubled-An Enameled Ware Trust
Formed with 1t. Louis - the
Central Point.
NV YORK, Nov. 90 Bradstrcet's
commercial report says:

There Is moderate Improvement In stapl
prices and In the distribution OF wooden goods
shoes hats and hardware In the region trlbu
tary to Chicago, ST. Louis, Kansas City an,
Omaha In South Carolina, Tennessee an
Louisiana jobbers report moderate revival Ii
demand from interior merchants, which repre-
sents some Of the business delayed by yellow
fever guarantees. Trade reports from
Georgia and Texas are quite Irregular. Som,
cotton planters are compelled to sell cotton u
loss TO meet advances made earlier In Tn,
season, and have little or no surplus will
which to buy merchandise Others, notably II
Texas, contrive 10 hold cotton, which delays
mercantile collections and in some sections
has an unfavorable influence.
Colder weather northwest and In the central
Mississippi and Missouri river valleys has
helped retail trading Manufacturers OF iron
steel, agricultural implements, railway cars
and WOODEN goods report an active demand and
large output, although the appearance Of spec
ulative steel has resulted In weakening the
price OF bilets and a like tendency on the part
OF Bessemer pig iron. Higher prices are re-
corded for wheat, corn. oats, strip, hides,
leather, shoes and for turpentine The rcac-
tiOn In iron and steel Is likely to be followed
by an advance II the present rate OF c0nsump-
tion continues
There are 235 business failures reported
throughout the United States this week, COM
pared with 273 last week; 800 in the week q
year ago; 32s two years ago. 295 three years
sgo, and Us compared with 1863 In the like week
In 1899
THE cuDAnYs CLOSE A BIG DEAL
SIOUX CRY, Ia., Nov. 2O.-A deal OF
great import to Sioux City and this
section of the northwest was closed
yesterday by the signing of contracts
between the Sioux City Stock Yards
company and the Cudahy Packing
company. The Cudahys will double
the killing capacity of their
present plant, greatly increase
the storage facilities by the cree
ton of new buildings and equip
with new and modern machinery the
plant of the old Sioux City Dressed
Beef e. Canning company, for which
they have just contracted. The beef
killing capacity will be increased to
1000 per day, the sheep killing ca.
pacity will be the same, while the hog
Strengthening capacity will be 1000
These improvements, together with
the glue and soap works, will cost in
the neighborhood Of 100000 and will
be begun at once. Employment will
be given to LOO men.
AN ENAMELED WARE TRUST.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20. "A huge coinbna-
ton of capital with st. Louis as the
central figure has been effected. The
ST. Louis interests are those Of the
Niedringhaus Bros, known as the st.
Louis Stamping company, and the
Granite City Steel company. The plan
now is to concentrate at this point the
manufacture Of enameled ware, which
will hereafter be entirely under the
patents of the Niedringhaus concern.
While the interests involved are most
heavily st. Louisan, there are also
other companies which will be under
the control Of the new corporation.
These other plants are located as fol.
lows: Two In New York, three in Chi.
cago and one each in Milwaukee, Bal.
timore, Boston and Philadelphia. The
total Capitalization Of the new corpor.
alton will be s95,OOO,OOO The presi.
dent Of this huge concern will be +.
G. Niedringhaus.