The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-15
WEEK IN THE TRADE WORLD.
ALL sEasoNABLE LINES SHOWING
GOOD RESULTS.

Wholesale Distribution Limited, but
the Western Jobbers Are Getting
niE orders-Iron and steel and
boots and shoes Are Enjoying
Good Markets-Enect OF the Cow
eminent Cotton EstImate-shGp-
ments af Cereals.
New York. Dec. i.-Bradstreers to-
morrow viii say
Favorable conditions rule generally In
all Hines of reasonable trade. Holiday
preparations are. OF course. dominant In
retail business. and. whore this has hith-
erto Jagged. It has been stimulated By
more Eeasonablc weather
Wholesale distribution h limited az Il
natural at this period. bat Western Job
bers are In receipt OF fair recorder bust
ness. So Tar the best reports a. to retail
trade come from the West and South In
leading industries the hcst report l. stili
that made by finished products OF tho
iron and steel industry but other favor
ably situated lines are boots and shoes
and lumber. New bualness in the former
s. rather light az wholesale bat manu-
facturcrs generally are busliy employed.
aud leather IL firm ln sympathy. a COOL
export demand for the latter l. noted. Re
tail lumber Is rather quiet. but whole
sailors are preparing Tor a good yeas.
Hardwo0ds are specially firm In prise.
The cereals are lower In price. due %
pront-tuking on the late upward move.
the larger movement OF supplies. partic-
weather and to less interest on the part
Of foreign buyers.
Government Cotton Estimate.
The government cotton estimate Of TO-
10000 bales was larger than expected by
tho trads which hooked for about 9.T50
90. The feeling n that " the yield does
not exceed i0loo00 bales. consumption
which las year was 100000 bales of
American. must either be- heavily curtail~
-. or stocks viii b. reduced 20 the vaniah-
inT point. The close OF tho week finds
future quotations ~ lower and spots 81
on
The goods market is quiet. as natural
al this period. ana high cost OF raw matte
rial and low cost 81 finished product DO
not harmonize. Eary spring trade husi-
ness. however b. fairly satisfactory. The
hRht weight season In men's wear WOODEN
goods has proved Disappointing. but wo-
mems plain dress goods are well ordered.
Rather more has been done in foreign
wools. chiefly Australian. this week. aud
Melbourne and London sdvices are OF
hfmer markets. Low pred domestic
WOOL h rather weak however.
Iron and steel Market.
While business Ia iron and steel as a
whole Ia quieter than OF late. there 4 no
apparent dimlnution Ia strength and act
pare well with the best recorded
Ono sale of 5000 tons ~ rails. divided
between Eastern and Western mAis. ~
reported. and other sales will swell the
weeks business 90 10000 tons az the
much-abuaed but nevertheless accepted
50 basis. Another feature rs che sale Of
1850 tons for export 10 Norway. The
volume o. rail orders already booked Tor
next year Is declared TO exceed an re-
cords. Although steel plates have advanr-
"a 81 per ton, the demand q apparently
undlminished and large producers erc re-.
porting buying outside makes 90 mn con-
tracts. Here again large orders for cx-
pert are reported.
A. another proof Of stability. q f. re-
ported that one Of the largest Pittsburr
interests has agreed 10 the present scale
Of wages continuing next year Pig iron
Is dull except for some new business az
Chicago. ard - per ton has been con-
ceded on Bcasemer a. Pitsburg. Some
lnrge interests. hitherto buyers. are nov
making iron themselves direct from ores
Biliets are dun but steady Hardware u
active. jobbers stocks are small. and
manufacturers are busy on orders.
shipments OF Cereals.
wheat. including four. shipments for
the week aggregate 4Is5.5I7 bushels.
against 3. 49, i59 last week. 6s.ei9 IN the
corresponding week o. 1889. 6.2i1. $50 IN 1875.
4G0i.2s9 Ia 1897. and ss2ts29 IN ise6. From
July I 10 date this season. wheat exports
are si.0i70B bushels against " $50. 90 last
season. and 1921 OSJ3 Ia 1850. Corn ex-
ports FOR che week aggregate 4ss3.tS.
against 5.57i 81 last week. f.0i7.is5 IN this
week year ago. 9.2sla5s In iSes, ti2as1s
In 1897 aud 2sifl0 Ia 1881.
From July ] 10 date, this season. corn
exports are si9O6.ia bushols. against ioi-
40 SO last season. and 13ts. 20 IA is9s-ao.
business failures for the week Ia tue
United states number ga. as against "a
last week. 2ii Ia this week a year ago.
"a In ISIS, 81 In 1897 and 1S9 IN ise.