Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20
For Certain Products the Demand
Is Daily Increasing.
THE MOVEMENTS IN WOOL
Are Interesting Leather Goods At
tractise small Visc In wheat
nsesser shipments gnpectcd.

New York. May io.-R. q. Dun q
Co.'S weekly review Of trade tomorrow
will say: while buying 10000 tons
OF Bcnsomer pig at Pittsburg gave rca-
son for the advance In price to siss0.
with grey forge quoted at 'i5 per ton.
II II no, quite az clear a. II might DO
that the output. which was 255.00o tons
weekly. according TO the Pittsburg Rec
ord. ana has since been largely ,in-
creased by the addition OF many. fur
nncca. will continue to fall below the
demand. For tho requirements In
various departments for manufactured
products. II must be recognized. II
scarcely measurable and does not seem
Ms much diminished as might be ox-
pcoicd by higher pricca and long delay
IN delivery. In plates. for instance. the
demand cover. many thousand tons for
bridges az Chicago and Plttsburg. and q
Philadelphia concern accepted several
thousand tons and aftcrward was
obliged 10 refuse more. one other cons
Germ In the same city refusing over "a
900 tons.
'"rhc shipments Of boots md shoes
from the East have been. for two weeks
Of May. % per cont larger than last
year and 800 per cent larger than In
1899. Higher prices. which have been
asked for several months. are now more
generally paid for mems wear. though
most works are covered by earlier or
dcrH for four months ahead or more.
Leather shows hesitation. dealers ap-
phrcntly questioning whether the fias
hum Nl4n ffhlaumn
the same question runs through tho
hide market. though advances arc
alight.
"speculators are doing n large busi-
ness In wool. some foreign and some
American. They have bought about
1000 600 pounds Of Australian wool In
bond here. "a II now rvported.a and about
i.0oo,oQo pounds domestic territory wool
II nlro said to have been sold for ex-
port nt about a. cents clean. But this
does not east much llght ON the auca-
tion whether speculative sales abroad
have yet been covered or will be with
In short time. nor N there any in
dlcation that the market here will re-
rrond 60 the temporary foreign demand.
The orders Tor wooden goods arr dccid-
eddy better. and although the Wooden
association In not yet In operation, u
seems 10 have given certain kind o.
confidence To prices In the wooden goods
department.
wheat has been rising during the
past week about cents, and nobody
can tell why. although the exports In
The p1st two weeks hnyc been 10 fse.Qo5
bushels. Hour included. AGAINST s.f3h.f1t
bushels last year. Better shipments
were expected after the opening %
navigation. and there Is really no use
In considering the dreams OF Western
spectators and crop reports at this
time. No one can form a fair Judgment
at the middle Of May regarding the out
put which win be visible to everybody
In the middle of July, The best that
can be done II 60 accept the crop re-
ports, official and other. almost with in-
definite allowances.
Dieter shipments nrc expected after
the opening Of navigation and arr. In
fact. coming. the outward movement
from Duluth alone In two weeks rcach-
ing nearly 100000 buHhela Lack OF
rain In California has caused a large
reduction IN all estimates for that
State. and Pacific exports are dccrcaa-
ing end holders are less ready 10 accept
current prices with the prospect OF n
shortage
Failures for the week havo been it7
In the United States, against $50 last
year, and II In Canada. against 20 last
year"