The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Trade Report.

Bradstreet's report for last week
says:
Despite some irregularity, both as to
demand and prices due partly to warm
rainy weather, but likewise a rehec-
ton of a hesitancy to embark largely /
in new business pending. political
events, the general tone of trade is
favorable one, and confidence as to the
outlook for bushes in the remainder
of the year is notable. Some diminu-
ton in the volume of jobbing business
is noted at large western centers and
continued rainy weather in the north
west. alike checks the movement of
wheat to the market, Injuries the grade
of the same and discourages retail and
iobbing distribution. Ten cent cotton
is the key to the favorable report
which comes from the south and the
character of reports from this section
is more nearly favorable than for
many years past at this time. The
indisposition to contract heavily as to
the future is perhaps most marked In
the iron and steel trade, and here, also,
the most marke' tendency toward
weakness in the cruder forms of pro-
duction is noted. The industrial out
look has been improved by the sign
ing of the tin-plate scale, but the an
thracite coal situation is, on the sur
face at least, rather more unfavorable
than week ago, more miners being
out and production steadily decreas-
ing.
Special weakness is noted in the su.
gar trade, owing to the practical break
of the raw-sugar corner as much as tc
the passing of the canning season and
the reported intention of the refners
to reopen the war on prices.
Special strength is noted in provis
ions and hog products, in which the
, strong statistical point is receiving
: more attention. The strength of the
4 railroad situation is reflected in earn
a ings fully equal to last year, and in in
, stances larger and the announcement
0 that rates are to be advanced Novem
/ Der 1. October disbursements were
e the heaviest ever known and are part
lv reflected in current bank clearings
I which are the largest since last June
The rail situation is the cynosure o
I eyes in the iron and steel trade.
L western road has bought $4,000 tons a
Chicago and large anthracite rail
" road has gone into the market at tn
S east. but the heaviest systems have no
u vet contracted for their requirements
though announcements are awalte
d with interest because of the exampl
&c they set to buyers generally. Pig iro
A. is weak all around, being lower at tn
south and at Pittsburg and demand
n largely for small lots. Export deman
a. is being favored by lower freishts.
% help to the market for plates has bee
'f afforded by the order for 5000 stet
cars given by trunk line.
v Wheat. including flour shipments fo
ell the week. aggregate 4,459,167 bushel
n against 4.242,S10 bushels last weel
p 5.1S3.39S bushels in the correspondent
at week of 1899, and 5,497. 224 bushels
1898. From July to date this seaso
j. wheat exports are 47221,667 bushe
Of against 55,699,41S bushels last seasol
u. business failures in the Unite
Id States for the week numbered III
e. against 169 last week LAG in this wee
DO a year ago, and 1853 in 1898.
Canadian failures for the week nur
ne Der IS as against % last week.
~ Wheat.
. Portland.-Walla Walla wheat, So
Of 5515c; bluestem, 5Sc; valley, 62c.
he Cleared: French bark La Fontail
112.1S2 bushels wheat, Queenstown.
o. Tacoma.-Wheat - Quiet and
"a change in quotations. Bluestem, 5S
he club, 55c.
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