The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-12-22

=. @. Dun = C0rnpany's Weekly Re
view Of Trade for iast week says:
Holiday trade Increased moderately
and IN wholesale sample lines no Re.
lapse was seen either In volume 81
trade or in prices. Cold weather help.
ed New York. but II fs stlll behind the
rest Of the country. for GONE recent
losses from failures in the textile mar.
kets have fallen rather heavily here.
Collections In the country conffnue
good, and this relieves an anxiety
which might otherwise be felt over the
higher rates for money. Merchants &C.
counts are In good condition, 20 that
new sales Of commercial paper are light
even for this season. Industrial con-
ditions continue. with no great accum.
niatiOn Of new merchandise in any
quarter. In spite Of the break In cot,
ton the demand for fabrics Is stiIi good.
sellers having little 70 offer and moth
ing at cuts In prices.
General conditions as to partially
manufactured and finished products IN
the iron and steel industry are little
changed. Prices are hard and mills
are working on old orders that win
take them well into the new year. Al
Pittsburg there IL stilI complaint that
new business is not offered, but Chica,
80 concerns have no such dIficuIty.
more idle mills have resumed and little
wage controversy Il heard. Il IL esti-
mated that I.200. 900 tons Of rails have
been ordered for next years delivery,
American makers have scored another
triumph In the African bridge contract.
secured In the face Of British compsti.
ticn-
Most Of the footwear manufacturers
have booked suficient business to keen
them well occupied for many weeks
and are refusing new contracts except
a. further advance In price.
New England factories are mainly
working on spring goods. and mail or
ders come freedy from distant sections.
Improvement il noticed in the local
jobbing trade. aside from rubber goods,
which il neglected. Sole leather is quI-
ct and union backs weaker. but uppers
are remarkably active for the season.
Stocks Of glazed kid have been reduc-
cd. Another general reduction in quo
tation is reported in the Chicago hide
market.
Sales OF wool a. the three eastern
markets increased to 6.7ss, 500 pounds.
against 5.267s s44 In the previous week.
Exports OF cotton in November were
valued At $l5.054.e7l more than in the
same month last year. mainly owing
to an advance OF % centa In price. The
enormous rise In quotations Is shown
by the fact that year ago the average
export price was FL cents above No.
vember. 1888. making ~ cents. or e2.7
per cent advance in two years. Ship.
ments in November fell to g41.s4s
bales. against 1.211.344 in the previous
month. indicating that foreign spin
ners are less urgent for raw material.
Port receipts were heavy and there was
8 collapse in prices on the oficial esti-
mates OF the current year at IO,1OO, 900
bales, for a much lower figure was ex-
pected and traders remembered that
years representations proved half a
million below the actual production.
Cereals did not maintain their advance.
Coffee has suffered from liberal re-
ceipts At Brazil ports and No. Rio IL
s-Sc below the price q month ago.
Failures for the week were $40 IN
the United States, against 2iS last
year, and IS in Canada, against &c last
year.