Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-13
THE TRADE OUTLOOK.

i Wool-15@16.
THE TRADE OUTLOOK.
Business Conditions Are Generally
Satisfactory.
New York, Oct. 13.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade today
says:
More seasonable weather had import
ant influence turnout the country. but
the coal strike continued as the re-
straining factor in business. AS spec
uiation everywhere is on a small scale,
the effect is minimized. Lower prices
recently for iron products have been
without distributing force and the
iirmer market for print cloths and
strong quotations for lumber show that
in some directions in the great indus
tries a small increase in demand is
capa Bile of raising prices. The situation
st.ll promises recovery when politics
and the strike are settled.
Distribution of merchandise at the
west is still Very active. The working
force is increasing steadily and in rail-
road and manufacturing circles N the
middle west scarcity of labor is caus-
ing uneasiness Fear OF tight money
has made some men hesitate but
higher rates result from the activity of
the movement of cotton al high prices
N the south. AT the moment the move
ment of gold from Europe has tended
TO relieve the tension in New York and
gold is still coming from Australia
iron production has been further re-
dEced, according to the Iron Age. Oc-
tober 1.-the weekly capacity of furnaces
IN blast Was 223,l69 tons, against o3l,G7S
September and 2963T6 June l. Stocks
al furnaces continue to accumulate,
gaining 36,Sil tons in September. A
gratifying feature is the evidence that
supplies in consumers hands are low.
Quotations of iron products are steady
and foreign buying continues, two con-
tracts Of Importance being placed.
Pipe makers are buying quantities of
pig, while car and snip builders are shso
urgent bidGers for material.
Wheat also declined without The aid
of a government report. Domestic con-
siitions are generally satisfactory and
foreign crop news cheerful. Corn re-
mans steady, the face of the decline
Sin condition. Foreign buying is small.
Shipments OF boots and shoes from
Boston at the rate of SS4i5 eases week
II mean the most active business since
April and exceed the heavy forwarding
lgof las. year. Improvement is general.
with orders from all parts of the coun-
Etrysand frequent requests for immeGi-
late Shipment Leather is sharing the
increased activity at the shops and the
average price of hides at Chicago adj
vanced Accent.
Sales of Wool at the three chief east
ern markets steadily increased, 81
! 9i7 900 pounds, against 3,417.265 tn. pre-
i ceding week. Prices We're not affected
by lower figures at the London sale
which had been discounted.
Failures for the week were 223 in tbs
United States, against 16i last year anc
4 50 in Canada. against q last year.
] 5radstreet's says:
Tho some measures OF business vol
sE.une and value make unfavorable com.
i parison with a year ago and specuia-
5! ton is certainly on a reduced scale il
i nearly all lines. other registers of trad
Eactivity are still favorable and it i:
Il hard 10 resist the conclusion that. Will
4 few notable exceptions. the actual bust
ness OF the country is as rule full,
i equal to- ii not slightly in excess of tn
corresponding period of 1899. Prices q
j staples as a whole are firm.
The event of the week in the iron an
Il steel trade has been the taking of $50.
900 tons Of rails by The Pennsylvania
Railway Company al SIG per ton, an
nounced on Friday. This action, whic
Il probably Will be followed. by other com
panies lisposes of the steel rail ruz
zle satisfactorily to the rail makers an
I.constitutes another element of strengt
to the industry generally. In structur
al and bridge material the feature
the placing OF the contract for the ne'
East river bridge. which calls for near
lily 10000 tons.
Wheat. including -four, shipments 70
the week aggregate 4,292S55 bushel:
a against 4.459.167 last week and 5.265, 6:
bushels in the corresponding week {
1899 From July ] TO date this seaso
wheat exports are 51,514.512 bushel
tagainst 6O.965070 last season.
Corn exports for the week, 2.s96,0:
u bushels, against 2,265,249 last week an
3.Ss6, 1888 in this week a year ago. F'rol
July to date this season corn export
are 47,2O7.6 sos bushels. against 64.154,1i
last season.
Hardin County Prohibitionists.
Special to Times Republican.
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