Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-22
MARKET REPORT.
What Dun's Agency Says Of the
Week + Business.

nc" York. Dec. I.-R. G.. Dun x
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tum1r-
Do" Viii say. Better weather coull-
uuu, ua inc Atlantic seaboarl and
pronounced activity In distribution OK
Nl sUpg lines of merchandise at
o1u,h.u cities nay.- mIarleu a slight
% MoI. aggressive cone 90 general Uusi-
n,ss. Distinctive holiday business.
which at tnls period ul the season
means rslail distribution, has shown
.uiln.r Improvement ana no complaint
is neuI1 nom amy quarter. while the
JD"-Ny trade Us much more active than
tui several sears past
nchan,td conditions In the leading
manufacturing industries during the
last week before The holidays mean
much. AT this tiW iu ordinary years
furnaces close down in large numbers
ANA duIuess ia general at mills and
shops where iron and steel are ham
dice. Instead ul reductions of working
lolee or concessions iu price this year
however reports nom The principal
cities indicate the existence of contracts
that NiI. take months To- tll, and new
sales aie made az the former level de-
spite much talk of cheaper ore next
year Fuel declined about 20 cents n
cost of raw material has been reduced.
II is seldom possible to secure prompt
delivery OF partially manufactured
forms or finished products. and each
week brings more orders from abroad.
while the November statement Of their
exports shows another decrease COM
pared with last year I'm these products
Tin again dropped sharply. taking the
price about 10 cents below the top. aul
almost to the level prevailing year
ago Other industries exhibit the same
indifference 10 precedent.
Instead Of the holiday quiet I'm the
wool market the last weeks figures of
sales al the three chief Eastern mar
kets amount ~ 1855, 900 pounds against
Gie5hJl pounds In the preceding week
and 5-tlNA Is.uuds two weeks ago,
while year aso The aggregate has
fallen Co G3l25U pounds from an ave-
rage of over 100000 pounds I'M the two
previous weeks. Prices are steady, but
show mo- recovery from the recent de-
,uua and manufacturers purchase only
raw material 90 ON orders.
Another decline appeared In hides at
Chicago taking the average back TO
the level prevailing two months ago.
Leather was also easier. the finished
product was we'll sustained by ship
mCnts from Boston OF 9OS9S eases,
which Is by far the largest movement In
recent weeks New orders are fewer
IN number but shops have contracts
for months ahead Local jobbers have
accomplished much more than was eX-
pected
Wheat is quiet, receipts aggregatue
| 4.S02 40 bushels against 3.306.2S9 last
year while Atlantic exports were D.
| 70l Az bushels flour included against
only l,536,l6i bushels in the same week
| Of 1883
Liquidation in coffee caused a heavy
! volume ~ option transactions and
largely increased estimates OF the next
Brazil crop took No. Rio down TO the
lowest price of the year, which is Q
cents below the top point. The present
figure is still more than a cent above
! last years weakest spot, and receipts
airs 100000 bags larger.
Failures for the week were 293 In
| the United States against 22O last year.
and is In Canada against % last year"