The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-17
BUSINESS CONTINUES
HEAVY FOR THE SEASON.
NEW ORDERS. HOWEVER.
ARE STILL SMALL.
Industries Are Retarded by Labor
TruubIeS-Cotton Firm
AMI Higher.

N'w York. FL. !s-H. q. Dan & COS
weekly review OF trade viii say tomorrow:
Business continues larger than ever st
t'!s season in amount of payments and o.
'h~ whole 80 large - ever in retail de-
iNoTi"S. though new transactions do not
Vet give ASSISTANCE that /; Will hold At tin
same rate.
I conditions affecting rev orders and con-
tracts have changed in some respects rlost
i~tv"rably. while othe: changes tend 10 re-
strict OPERATIONS for a time. hut a con-
>erVauF- JTdgmeHi Of the conflicting tend
cncies appear 10 u.trran; strong hope.
Important hrlUghe~ o. business are
hindered 10y labor troubles. Of which the
building trade strike at Chicago affects the
greatest number Of contracts for Industrial
products and the labor and wages IF the
greatest number Of men. Circumstances dn
not Yet promise its speedy ending. AMI in
som" other branches Of industry prosperity
and advancing prices seem 20 have rendered
controversies more frequent. But in other
branches declining prices. -: such decrease
~ orders as may lead 70 stoppage Of
works. have an opposite tendency.
III" rise Of cotton 10 50, has caused such
increase in receipts and purchases for ey-
port that reaction would ordinarily follow.
''N''~ ~ Hf"l IiLtttFE advanced. and Il
does not appear the demand for them has
bc"n strengthened. Between positive as
Se'tlunS that stocks in the country have
b"en exhausted OF in q few days will he.
and equally positive assertions that heavy
receipts will continue. buying OF cotton bv
Spinners AMI goods by dealers naturally
heSitatcS.
The rise In wheat also brings ont larger
western receipts. I. two weeks 5.fti.1 ~
bushels. against G.23t.l66 bushels last year,
bLt Atlantic exports. flour included, In the
same weeks have been only 1854 s
bushels. against Gig. p last year. The
pr4'e closed half a cent higher Tor the
week.
com exports Of G.2iI.4.! bushels. against /,
4>j.-l5 for the same weeks last year, seem
L" Justify the rise Of / cent. as Western
receipts fall a little b-lJw last years. in
Two weeks II."35.g13 bushels. against n
tJN.:.3 last year.
situation in steel.
Inc sait of Mr.. Frich against the Car |
HeSie company TO obtain an accounting and
settlement discloses enormous profits maGe
"hth prices OF steel products doubled last
year. but when peace W., kent nv IA.
SlsahtIc iron and steel companies. That re-
SUITS OF great Importance may spring from
a contest affecting the control al 80 many
IRON "oFks IS evident. The new sheet COM
pdny has united ownership Of lG..ps, mills.
II IS Said, nut four widely known coUCerns |
SoElfoilhg sixty five mills renewed TO June |
frlces Of pig have not changed. though con- !
Siderable sales, including some TOR export. !
are reported. but the excess OF supply over
demand, which appeared in January, is in
creased By the starting of n new furnace
with a capacity of tsc IONS daily. \ sale is {
reported OF 100000 pounds Calumet and
tiee.i copper to consumers of the Manga .
tuck alley at 10 cents.
Heavy sales of sole lvather at Boston. .x- !
CeedInS hr.s| hides. at a Reduction Of half
d cent in price, with unusually lars: 5 les
OF hides Al Chicago. also at lower prices, /
indicate that the dealers and CONSUMERS
who have looked for cheaper boot and sloe
business MAY be satisfied. Heavy Imports
of hides at New York have some Influence /
and are part due to the famine in India. |
shipments Of shoes since February 1 have |
been %.sD cases, or nearly - per cent |
larger than in the two weeks OF any other |
year, but many of the works are nearly out ,
of orders. |
Wool sales a: three Eastern markets have /
been only 13.Sz4 .i5S pounds in two weeks. |
against l.. $500 last year. The interior still !
believes I'm a further advance. but buying OF 1
wool on sheeps' backs has stopped, and tho
manufacturcr has made IL clear that tho
mills hold large stocks to fill recent orders. \
Cancellations become SO numerous IA TO !.