Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-22
Fall Distribution Of Wearing Ap
parel Very Active Cotton
Prices Are Good.
Business Failures More Than . Year
Ago Wool Trading Slow
Grains High
New York. Sept a2Bradstreet's to.

trade and business. On the other hand
the course Of staple prices has been
very generally upward this week, fall
distribution Of dry goods. clothing, hats
and millinery has been of large volume
at nearly all markets; there is a decid-
eddy better tone noted in the boot and
shoe and kindred trades and the
strength of cotton goods, tho apparent
ly in excess of that shown by the raw
material, has been regarded as iudica-
tive OF confidence on the part OF manu-
facturers. Premature shipping, due to
hot, dry weather, is responsible for a
portion of the heavy movement Of cot
ton, but back of this of course is the
desire to profit by the exceedingly good
prices ruling. The rush of receipts has
been too much for the bull movement.
however and the price is materially
lower on the week.
Reports of damage to grain in shock
IN the northwest, reinforced by north
western buying at Chicago, furnished
the key to the advance of nearly 2
cents in wheat, followed by a gain of
to cents in flour and u cent in corn.
Some of these advances in wheat were
afterward lost in realizing Other farm
products were higher, pork and lard
advancing on better export business
and butter and cheese on improved de-
mand. Iron and steel are quiet
Wheat, including flour, shipments for
the Week were 3,557,000 bushels, against
4,665.9S2 last week, 4.63O,765 in the cor
ponding week of 1899, 5,2224, 927 in 1895,
5,70s,s25 in 1897 and S.93O466 i'll 1896.
From July / to date this season wheat
exports are 3s,O91 $50 bushels, against
4664S.560 last season and 4I,694,OlS in
1S9s-99.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
2.134,205 bushels, against 2,492,7s6 last
week, 965 in this week year ago,
2,626,29O in 1885, 4.9e2,l42 in 1897 and
2,6l0.479 in 1896. From July to date
this season corn exports are 1871 .241
bushels, against SO, l55, 52S last seaon and
33SS,565,162 in lS9S-99.
Ruiness failures for the week num-
Der 49, against 167 last week. 147 in this
week a year ago. 1S2 in 1898 and 237 in
1897. Canadian failures number p this
week, against 35 in 1899.
DUN'S REVIEW.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review to-
day says:
The strike in the anthracite coal re-
gion, which has involved about 100000
miners and probably 10000 others, is the
overshadow.ng influence in business.
This conflict Gisturbs business and in
terferes with calculations of merchants
over large part of the Atlantic seas
board, and is really the only tangible
cheek to the general recovery which set
in With the large demand for iron and
steel. Outside of the anthracite indus
try enforced idleness OF hands is an ex-
ception, and even in the Pennsylvania
coal region other employers would
gladly take on thousands of the more
Intelligent miners.
Wheat advanced sharply to SO cents
| "wednesday. helped by gloomy reports
from the northwest and free purchases
at New York. The sensational gain In
the price stopped foreign buying. which
lied to heavy liquidation and reaction
1 almost as large as the previous move.
|ment.
Cotton has felt the loss of consump.
tion, declining heavily. Brighter croI
A news from Texas also has depressing
i effect. The cotton goods market for
flew days continued the strong move
lment Of last week, but closed les
lstrong, tho bare Of goods at first hands
A Heavy curtailment Of production is still
A the rule. Standard brown sheeting
! again advanced 4 cent.
a Last weeks Improvement in the boo
land shoe market caused an increase II
i shipments from Boston to 1899 cases
|against 67,142 the previous week.
Sales of Wool at the chief market
We're only 2.Sl7,O0O pounds. against 10,
Z 443,s00 a year ago. Holders continu
confident and dullness fails to caus
: lower prices. Foreign conditions ar
unsatisfactory, especially in France
but fair prices are expected at the Lon
don sale next month.
In iron and steel products greater &C
y tivity at former prices was the rule.
Failures for the week were 211 in tn
United States, against 1854 last year, an
thirty-three in Canada, against eight
e cen last year.
New York. 22.-The following tabl,
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the ban
clearings at the principal cities for tn
week ended Sept. 20, with the percent
age of increase and decrease as con
: pared with the corresponding week Las
year:
! Inc. De-