Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-04-13

II Report 81 Trade.
nrdstrsst's report for the past wssl
says:
Favorable features continue In thu
majority In the general trade situation
The hopes for the advent OF seasonAbls
spring weather have been realised and
nearly all markets report an improved
distribution at retail. This. - sx'
planned heretofore. was really the key
TO the general merchandise situation.
The Industrial situation Il . rather
spotted one. April I. instead Of May
! !. seems to have been fixed upon ~ .
date for presenting new demands n to
wages and hours. Many Thousands OF
men are directly or indirectly involved
| in the ChicsSo building trades strike
and several thousands are out In the
coal industry in the Pittsburg region.
most OF the building trade strikers In
other cities have gained their demands
and the Hsach!c!sta' strike At Chicago
which Was regarded as threatening to
the entire iron and steel industry. has
been called on pending arbitration. The
price situation. too. Ii encouraging.
farm products easily leading In the up
ward movement.
Wheat crop advices are on the whole
favorable except from the central west.
Sympathy II shown with corn. which
In turn has been Influenced by the stea-
dy advance In hog products and by the
known smallness Of reserves In cribs
and In store. Nothing like the specula.
tive interests In corn has been seen for
some years past and the price now il
little below 80 cents at New York. Hog
products are very strong statistically.
Pork Is 80 per cent and lard Is rs per
.ent higher than q year ago. Another
product of the farm. cotton. has de-
veloped renewed speculative interest
this week and q slight upward swing
has occurred a. the result of increased
speculative attention working along
previously mentioned lines. Cotton
goods are seasonably quiet at nrst hand
but fair jobbing business Is doing;
he retail distribution ia encouraging.
Steel rails are frm and quite active,
particularly at the west and whatever
weakness Ia noted Is In some few lines
Of finished steel and In the low grades
Of foundry pig iron.
Recent advances In wages and the
strong conditions In the bituminous
coal and ore markets certainly point to
no great shrinkage In prices, notwith.
standing the fact that current demand
ls OF q hand.tom character and
buyers are still waiting for a break.
In addition expert inquiry Ia persistent
and from all parts of the earth.
The better tone OF the boot and shoe
industry Ia lead by steady prices In
leather and some advances In hides.
Copper and lead are steady. while tin
. slightly lower rs a result Of specula-
ZION.
Butter OF course reflects the advanc-
ng season and more liberal deliveries
while the slight shading in petroleum
IS hardly significant.
Wheat tinciuding -FOUR shipments
or the week aggregate 1855. $50 bush.
lis. against 2.ss2.3a9 bushels last week.
1854. 800 bushels In the corresponding
week Of 1899. 3.27S.726 bushels In 1898.
..036. 100 bushels In 1897. and 1.764 sos
bushels In 1896. Since July this sea-
ION tho exports Of wheat aggregated
I'll .009.6s3 bushels. against 1ss.345. 545
bushels last year. and ls3.S46,27s BUSH
is In iS97.9s.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
s.36l.69i bushels. against 3.l93.63S
bushels last week. 3.724.653 bushels In
HIS week a year ago. Asst 900 bushels
n 1898. ASSESS bushels In 1897 and
l.3si.st6 bushels In 1896. Since July
this season corn exports aggregate
100. l23.20S bushels. against 13l. 2S6,679
bushels during the same period a year
AGO. and l39 $780, +9 bushels In lS97-9s.
Business failures In the United
States for the week number ;s2. AS
compared with It's last week, 100 In
this week a year ago. go In 1898. 232
in 1897 and 23i In 1896. Business fail
urcs In the Dominion of Canada for the
week number Is, the Same number m
last week and compared with Il In this
week year ago. 50 In 1898. 3: In 1897
and 80 In 1895.
For the nrst quarter OF the year fall.
ures are fewer In number than In 1899
and liabilities are Z Der cent. smaller.