Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-16
pRADsTREET's REVIEW OF TRADE.
Disturbances by Money situation Con-
fined to Speculative Circles.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
turing lines is queting down, but, it is
worth noting Is undisturbed by the money
situation, the influences of which have been
confined to speculative circles. Hohday ,Licla
a decided impetus and comparisons with
the same period of preceding years are
uniformly favorable, little doubt remaining
that, although retail trade In seasonable
lines has been somewhat affected In some
places by unfavorable weather. hohday
specialties have enjoyed exceptional G- aG-
tivity. AS regards prices, 1t is a notable
fact that as many staples have advanced
this week as have declined, while by far
the larger number OF quotations nave re-
mained steady or firm.
The strength of textiles Is still a most
notable feature of the general situation.
Cotton goods are heavily sold ahead by
agents and a very large spring business
has already been booked. Raw cotton Is
firm and unchanged on the week. partly
owing to light receipts and to reatfirma-
ton of a short crop estimated by the De,
partment of Agriculture. Manufacturea
goods, where not advanced. are firmly held.
Wool is less active than of late, but prices
uuotably higher The London market mas
closed at an advance over the last sale
and talk of higher prices with the iirst
of the year is common. Woolen goods
share the strength of the raw material
and silks and It's products are also firmiy
held.
n,
an especially strong tone, owing TO small
receipts and depleted stocks. Provisions
have noted weakening after the recent ad-
vance. but lard and pork are stu higher
than last week and hog receipts are rather
smaller than expected. Wheat has been
steady, partly on foreign crop reports re-
timations of possible international dis
turbances and also because or expectations
of n bullish government crop report.
In most lines of iron and steel are quiet
Estimates
point to little gain In stocks and source
of strength is the claim made that west
ern furnace capacity Tor me naii oi H. meA. ~
in ore have been active, and althoush
nothing like the rush to book production
witnessed a year ago has been seen, 2 large
placed by the close of the year what
little weakness there is perceptible Is In a
few lines of finished products. Hardware
remains in quite active demand at num-
ber of markets and holiday specialties are
notably in good distribution. In other met
ais there is considerable irregularity. III I'm
is again lower and copper Is being shaueu'
while lead Is higher
The open season. usually not regarded
as favorable In the anthracite coal trade,
Is this year welcomed because II allows
of unimpeded shipments later than usual
Higher water In the Ohio has released a
large quantity of bituminous coal, ana the
outlook is for replenished western stocks.
At the east, however, bituminous coal is
still in scant supply. ~,
Wheat, including dlour, shipments ior me tne
s. 1873, ,33l bushels last week, 6,2i3,S59 bushels
in the corresponding week last year, 4'oJi .
S99 bushels in 1897, 3,254,S26 bushels In 1896
and 2,056 043 bushels in 1895. Since July OF
this season the exports of wheat aggre.
gate 97559,926 bushels, against lO9, ,72O S52
bushels last year and 1lSS09, 1877 bushels In
1S97-9S.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
40l7lS5 bushels, against 3Sl5,699 bushels
last week, 3,25l,9S6 bushels In this week a