Omaha daily bee., 1900-11-24
HAS OLD ACTIVITY AND TONE
Business Recovering Former Form Without
Last Springs Unstable Rise.
WORKING FORCE IS FAST INCREASING


NEW YORK, Nov. OR. G. Dun & Co. s
Weekly Review OF Trade tomorrow will
say:
With reasonable promptness business IS
recovering in both activity and tone, and
fortunately without the sharp rise in gem
ana which was followed by a sudden and
serious transition to more natural range
to better Goods are rising ir rssponse
sources. helped at the end of the weak By
the more reasonable wea cher. Business is
not what 1t was on the top of the wave Of
industrial prosperity, but the working force
IS fast increasing The ordinary measures
or business reflect operations at all points,
but the textile markets are at the point Of
least response to the improved undertone
Recital of conditions in the iron and steel
market has become monotonous repesl-
10 ti9n, Zach week there, is the same record
OF activity so generally distributed that
SSNe1riSthhing, aver ih from the raw material to the
Iihlshed product, enjoys a share. There ia
li', also me same freedom from speculative dc-
Cumuidtion IN anticipation of fancy prices
that has been for weeks the most encour-
aging feature Railroad companies compete
lines are filled with difficulty, owing 20 the
unusual domestic demand for all forms of
a goh tbera ana steel products tut in no quartz
such as was seen during the meteoric as
cent last year. In few descriptions prices
business.
=, Two factors initiate strongly against ac-
~, anu strength IN wool ana woolerS
Mild weather has been the chief adverse
lnruence, reducing sales far below n nor.
MAJ volume In this vicinity. while llquida-
tion or embarrassed concerns threatens to
throw a considerable quantity on the mar
disquieting features 1t Is not surprising
that sales of wool at the three chief eastern
markets declined to 535i,331 pounds, against
s,352 900 pounds In the week preceding and
l9S1O;392 pounds year ago
Hides continue to rise, regardless of the
largest arrivals Of cattle at Chicago In
many years Leather has ceased to follow
the advance in the hide market and most
grades of boots and shoes are at the prices
prevailing two months ago. except for
split and kip boots. Considering the al :
vance OF over 10 per cent In hides In these
Is insignificant. but every attempt to secure
higher prices ends negotiations for sales
and 1t is necessary to take orders at old
rates or close the shops.
tors In cotton advanced the price about
&bo bale In ten days. Receipts have been
of moderate volume, but the size of the
any ordinary system of averages this year
owing to the ample funds in the hands of
planters, enabling them to hold back much
1OW.oO0 bales because of the slow move.
ment and this fact, together with Lass
months record breaking value of exports
forms the basis Of present prices. october
shipments are unlikely to be equaled again,
while sales of next September's options at
cents do not take into account plans for
large increase in acreage next year. Con-
sumption decreases on account of the high
price, northern spinners having taken 150-
goo bales less than last year to date. while
British exports OF cotton cloths in 'ctooer
were IS per cent less than in 1899 and of
cotton goods 80 per cent smaller
Failures for the week were 23S in the
twenty-nine in Canada, against twenty-five
last year.