The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-26
NOT N THIRTY YEARS
Has Thanksgiving Meant so
Much as This Year.
PROSPECTS STILL BETTER
For the Closing Year of the
Century, Says Dun's.

| weekly review OF lrdOe Will say eoiAiOI
| row:
Thanksgiving in 1925 means more thai
for thirty years. The Harvest Home
has never recognized larger crops. on tn
whole, in this country; the general pros
perity is attested by the largest volum
of business ever recorded; the people!
verdict has given reason 10 hope that tn
| soundness OF the currency and the ma
tons honor will not again be IN peril
! and q war not matched in history FOL
| swiftness Of success with smallness Of
loss. have brought more perfect union
| than ever between north ana south, closer
bonds than ever with kin beyond the
sea-" ending with the most important
increase of territory since California was
added 10 the Union. The year. so excep-
tional in agnitude and variety OF oiess-
fngs. draw near its end with yet anoth-
er good gift-a marked increase Of conf
dence in prospects for the year which Is
TO close the century.
The industries are doing remarkably
well, considering hindrance until OF late
by unreasonable weather. With stors and
cold any branches now get larger orders.
There has been ore liberal buying OF cot
ton goods, in part because OF -ast week S
reductions in bleached goods. and the cur
talent OF production in print cloths has
caused an advance of lilo, while the ex-
port deand supports heavy brown goods.
and ali are helped by the feeling that
cotton has probably seen Its worst. Yet
wide sheetings are still irregular and
some five per cent lower. There is slight
improvement in recorders for mems spring
woolens. though neither jobbers nor cloth
iers have yet been buying freely. The bulk
Of the demands for medium plain fab
rics especially serges and clays. but high
grade goods are quiet More is doing In
dress goods. but not enough for producers.
Sales of wool has been 15.s95.oo0 pounds
for four weeks. including about 5000, 600
for exports but mostly az concessions,
which have been this week a little in
creased on fine unwashed feeces.
When the steel rail contract was ready
for final signature the withdrawal Of one
large company killed it but a working
compact is nevertheless said 10 nave been
made. apparently a sort of ''gentleman's
agreement" in which more confidence IS
perhaps expressed than IS felt The mar
ket for bessemer grows stronger at Pitts
burg and grey forge advances TO S925, bill
lets at Pittsburg are in heavy demand I
s1525 and stee. bars at $500; the Edgar
Thompson works have started on rails,
with three or four months orders ahead;
Chicago works have taken further orders
for plates, including one of 1900 tons. and
statements made by the Iron Age show
that bids for the 900 tons needed in the
Coolgardie pipe lines, with other heavy ex-
port contracts, are hindered only by the
ocean freight syndicate.
Wheat has again advanced a shade, only
Il cent during the week. while western
receipts are heavy. for four weeks 3So3i.-
col bushels. against 29119.1G last year.
While Atlantic shipments exceed last
years. a decrease from the Pacific affects
this market but little. Moreover. corn
exports continue heavy. in four weeks
1853. 235 bushels. against e32S. SIS bushels
last year. lifting the price s. cent and
showing a continued demand for nearly
five months almost equal to the unprece-
dented deand for last year.
Failures for the week have been iSs in
the United States, against 275 last year,
and q in Canada, against . last year.
BRADsTREETs
New York Nov. 25.-Bradstreet's tomor-
row will say:
Winter storms and a holiday have inter
fered with wholesale demand and distri-
button but later clear cold weather is a
compromising feature. including heavy re-
tail business in seasonable goods. In gen
srsl business circles most developments
have been favorable. notable among
which might be mentioned general adj
vances IN prices Of cereals. provisions,
groceries. cotton, steel and pig iron. he
latter chiefly az eastern and southern
points; continued heavy general export
trade. a better tone in the market for
hides and leather. more frmaess in cotton /
goods and active stock speculation. ali OF /
which are reflected in a heavy bank clear /
ngs total.
Uufavorable features are few. prominent /
among which IS the continued dullness ar Z
wholesale OF wool and wooden goods. The I
situation as 20 the cOuntry's exports Is 4
4 fat;erins one. except for the scarcity OF I
freight tonnage, which is becoming ser
Gus. tending 20 check shipments OF goods !
contracted for and thus 20 seriously ham /
Der the Development % American trade /
abroad This IS particularly felt n The I
ron and steel industries. Considerable 4
'is iron arranged for shipment Is being
ielsyed and may ultimately be thrown 1
'ack on domestic markets. The movement
II whea, and other 5readstuTs continues
arge ard although some reaction has
ouowed early strength. demand s sufi-
-eac apparently % more than c0un-ersct
NJ growing increases n supplies.
The aETeeent as 20 pri1- cloth prosuc-
ton and heavy sa-es Of COtt0ns for expor-
lave st.rened sales % manufactured !
foods somewhat and impaired more
hee-ful tone q this trade and 70 raw
Material Itself Woolsa goods saoz< EttIe
feet as yet ~ current good FETAL tistri-
.Etion- b1t there Is a sfesdler tone as 20
he values
Important dsvelopsnts are looked FOR 81
h iron and steel industry. and while the
LEGGED combine as GO steel rsE prices
GEMS 20 have fallen through. s.ee- hiue-
a!ues ara stronger su6 there i tax az
'gentleman's agreement" as 70 prices.
skug the place OF an actual combine.
2 pig iron the situation Is a waiting
ne but large buyers are Dsuifestlaz
lc-e Interest and zitn Ire strength of
le metal markets abroad ard the feeling
hat 1ses wiI witness = hesvy consuu7-
I've denard- theIz = utsIe tendency 20
iaks concessions
Increased speculative interest T. a-th-a-