The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-18
Continue at a Maximum Volume Tor
This Season Of the Year,
While Pres IS a Whole Have Not Been
Approached in Recent Years.
Strength cf Values Still Most
Notable Among Manufactured
Textiles, While Cereals, Hides
and Leather and Manufactures
Thereof Have Also Strengthen
ed Slightly.

NEW YORK, Nov .-"Bradstreet s"
tomorrow will say:
General trade and industry continue
at a maximum volume for this season
of the var, while prices as a Whole
manifest a strength unapproached in
recent years. Strength of values is
still most notable among manufactured
textiles, but cereals, hides and leather
and manufactures thereof have also
strengthened slightly. On the other
hand, pork products and tin are slight
~ lower The great majority OF prices
however remain firm at unchanged
quotations An active conSumptlve
demand for wool is reported at lead
ing markets, accompanied by fair ex-
port demand and a further reduction
in stocks.
Cereals do not manifest any striking
change this week. but the resisting
power of the market is apparently
greater, more moderate receipts OF
wheat at the West inducing some
covering, and corn is sympathetically
stronger.
Another feature naturally attracting
attention at this time of the year is
the active demand for, but generally
reported small stocks, of coal available.
both East and West.
Lumber displays continued strength,
and advicss are of an unexepc. edly very
heavy cut this winter both in the
Northwest and at the South.
Some shading in provision prices is
noticed, largely as a result of heavy
receipts of hogs.
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withstanding reiterated reports of the
settlement of the war among refinerA
The market for iron and steel is rath-
er cuieter at the East. but heavy
demand both for pig iron and stee, is
reported at Chicago. Some shading
in prices cf plates and steel billets is
reported, but Bessemer pig iron is
higher.
In other metals a feature has been a
decline in tin, both at home and abroad
(partly recovered later, however), while
copper remains unchanged.
In hardware a further decline in
builders grades is reported, but al
ready some orders for next springs
delivery are being placed.
Wheat Gncluding fiour) shipments for
the week aggregate 1910, COZ bushels,
against i.G-0Si0 last week; 5,679, al
in the core onding week of 1893, g.
531,7s2 in 1897, 1892 in 1896 and
2,9l6,S33 in 1895. Since July this sea-
son the exports of wheat aggregate ST.
1850 bushels, against SO, 800 1897 last
year and 95,913 526 in 1S97-9S.
Corn exports for the week aggrega te
4,60311S bushels, against 1851, Al last
week. Since July 1st this season corn
exports aggregate SS070,S 800 bushels.
against 56,S2S,916 during the same
period a year ago and 5667O.410 in
1S91-9S.
Business failures in the United States
this week number 1S9, as compared
with 49, last week, 229 in this week a
year ago, 235 in 1897, 30S in 1896 and
323 in 1895. Business failures in the
Dominion of Canada are 10, as against
rs last week. "a in this week a year go,
81 in 1897, Al in 1896 and ~ in 1885.
NEW YORK, Nov. 17.-R G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade" to-
morrow will say:
The signs of the shrinkage of the new
demand for iron and steel products be-
come more clear, and while prices of
pig are maintained without change and
premiums for early deliveries are no
longer paid, plates are qouted lower
at the East. The strength of bars at
the West is largely due to the great de-
mand for cars, of which it is said that
l,00O per day are ordered, but at the
East prices are a shade lower A
new demand does not make up for the
rapid completion of old orders in some
tr,Ar
weakens prices.
In minor metals, the collapse of Lon
don speculation depressed tin to %
cents on Wednesday here, but suhse-
quently an advance in the foreign mar
ket brought the New York price up to
% cents.
sale of copper by the Calumet and
Hecla, said to be of 20.0O00OO pounds,
lowered the price to II cents.
Spelter is weak. with lead and tin
plates unchanged.
Textile manufactures are doing well.
although in woolens the speculation in
material threatens to cause some en-
barrassment. Sales of woods were again
heavy. 21,642,311 pounds at the three
chief markets, making in two weeks
4l.S23.S11 pounds, against Il 49,, 100
last year, when the mills were well en-
ployed. Clearly a large share of the
transactions has been for speculation,
but the mills have been buying also, es-
pecially those recently started after
long idleness. Prices are a shade
stronger for fine washed Eastern fleece,
and for fine and medium delaine so
that the entire list averages about an
eighth of cent higher.
Wheat declined fraction, but fully
recovered, although Atlantic exports
were only 2.976.55 bushels, -four in
cluded, against 1865, 76S for the same