The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-20
Many Manufacturers Obliged to Re-
fuse Orders.
OUTPUT UNPARALLELED
CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION
IN IRON TRADE.
These Are the Optimistic Views of
Dun and Observation-Disclosures of
Great Business Next Year Unabat-
ed-Grain tatistics-Out1ook for
Wool-Business Failures.

New York, Nov 19.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade will say
tomorrow:
All markets and all industries are
working toward the period of Thanks
giving, of stock taking and of holidays
Colder weather has done much to ac-
celerate retail trade, so greatly delayed
in many lines by unusually mild and
open weather. The producing force
increases on the whole and many
manufacturers are unable to take all
the orders offered, while others are
committed as far ahead as they are
willing to be. The output in several
great industries is considerably the
largest ever known and the confidence
of great business next year is I'M
abated.
Hesitation in speculative markets is
in part because an immense capital has
been turned from them to investment
in productive enterprises.
GRAIN STATISTICS.
Wheat mas advanced a cent during
the week and small fluctuations have
been due to reports about Argentina
rather than to the heaviest exports
ever known. Atlantic exports. flour in
Guided. have been in three weeks of
November, 9,799369 bushels against
$685., 106 last year, and in the crop year
thus far over S6,O0O0O0 bushels while
the western receipts have been in three
weeks 21,213, $50 bushels against IA, 1885,
! SSS last year. Corn exports have been
| 7,101, 014 bushels against 6,641668 last
year.
IRON CONSUMPTION.
Iron products have changed but
| Slightly in price with wire nails and
rods a shade lower and while the con-
sumption of pig is the largest ever
known, works in some branches are re-
ceiving orders equal to their output,
while others have orders so far ahead
that they are unable or unwilling to
J take more. There is less activity in
| bars at the east but a healthy demand
at the west for manufacturing, car
| building, and other uses, and rails are
i in larger demand there, while some
! eastern works have recently taken Or
ders for months ahead
| Anthracite coal continues weak, with
sales at 81 net higher, the production
! in October having been 5,12G000 Tons.
! Tin is sustained by large consumption:
! lead is a little lower at $3.75 and a
break in spelter has reduced the price
at Pittsburg to S4.05.
| WOOL MARKET.
| The wooden market is embarrassed by
delay of winter weather, which retards
orders from clothiers, although most
| works have enough for some time
ahead, and while cold weather and
active retail trade would quickly brins
a change. prices of wool are so high
that some mills have stopped part or
their looms. Cases are mentioned OF
mills which could realize a profit OF
100000 to 100000 by selling the wool
they hold, but can expect none by
manufacturing at current prices. Wool
markets have become stagnant and
sales are almost wholly to realize spec
ulative profits, amounting at the three
chief markets to only 4,2130O0 pounds
for the week. Cotton goods continue
weak as raw material declines.
Failures for the week have been 267
/ in the United States against 334 last
year and 80 in Canada against 40 last
year.