The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1898-11-30
TRADE REVIEW.
Thanksgiving Week Witnessed Prosperity
Among Many of the Industries.


Among Many Of the Industries.
/ r. G.. Dun e. Co.'S weekly review OF
trade reports as follows for last week:
Thanksgiving in 1898 means more
than for thirty years. The harvest
home" has never recognized larger
crops on the whole in this country, the
general prosperity Is. attested by the
largest volume of business ever rec
orded, the peoples verdict has given
reason to hope that the nations honor
will not again be In peril, and a war
not matched in history for swiftness
of success with smallness of loss has
brought more perfect union than ever
between North and South. and closer
bonds than ever with kin beyond the
sea-" ending with the most important
increase of territory since California
was added to the union.
There has been more liberal buying
of cotton goods in part because of last
weeks reductions in bleached goods.
and the curtailment of production in
print cloths has caused an advance or
a sixteenth, while the export demand
supports heavy brown goods. and all
are helped by the feeling that cotton
has probably seen its worst. There Is
slight improvement in recorders for
mems spring woolens, though neither
jobbers nor clothiers have yet been
buying freely. The bulk of the de-
mand Is for medium plain fabrics, es-
pecldlly StTBeS anu CldyS, Dut Hi8u
grade goods are quiet. More Is doing
in dress goods. but not enoagh for pro-
ducers. Sales OF wool have been 49,.
$4,000 pounds for four weeks, includ-
ing about 100000 for export.
but mostly at concessions which have
been this week a little increased on
fine unwashed fleeces.
When the steel rail contract was
ready for final signature. withdrawal
of one large company killed II, but a
working compact Is nevertheless said
to have been made. apparently sort
more confidence Is perhaps expressed
than Is felt. The market for bessemer
grows stronger at Pittsburg and gray
forge advances to 50 25; billets at
Pittsburg are in heavy demand at
SIS 25 and steel bars at SIG; the Edgar
Thomson works have started on rails
with three to four months orders
ahead: Chicago works have booked
further orders for plates. including one
for l 500 tons, and statements made by
the Iron Age shows that bids for the
$1,000 tons needed in the Coolgardie
contracts. are hindered only by an
ocean freight syndicate.
Wheat has again advanced a shade.
though for spot only Ac during the
week, while western receipts are
heavy: for four weeks have been 49,
c5f,z5l DuSnelS, against z5,ll3,lVf puSn-
els last year. The Atlantic exports.
flour included, have been 395I,s7d
bushels last year. Pacific exports,
371,1s5 bushels, against 1926. 959 bushels
last year. making for three weeks OF
November 13,642.066 bushels, against
15,195.209 bushels last year. While At
lantic shipments exceed lats years, a
decrease from the Pacific affects this
market but little. Moreover, corn ex-
ports continue heavy, in four weeks
10.5S3,21S bushels, against 932S. 7SS
bushels last year, lifting the price sc
and showing continued demand for
nearly five months almost equal to the
unprecedented demand of last year.
Failures for the week have been 1856
In the United States. against 236 last
year, and 81 in Canada, against 25 last
year.