Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-10
TRADE OUTLOOK GOOD
Election Result HAS : Good EHset on
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4 New York, Nov. TO-. Bradxtreetsfs
Weekly Review OF Trade today says:
There is! a stronger tone in cotton
and wheat, In THE former largely be-
cause OF reports of damage, while the
latter IL firm at former quotations on
a volume of business, equal to lately
enlarged totals. Cereals are. az q whole,
dull and lack speculative Interest,
Wheat Is practically unchanged. early
reports of Argentine crop damage fails
ing to bring out much buying, and the
latter In turn Inducing realizing. Corn
is only fractionally higher, while hog
products are rather slow and weak.
1t Is from that long time barometer
of trade--the iron businssst-that rela-
lively the best reports as to the demand
and prices come. While a considerable
volume Of business was undoubtedly
placed just previous to election, the
quantity OF sales reported since has been
very satisfactory. Chicago reports the
past week 9 sale of pig at 600 tons. the
largest of any week and year. A similar
report comee from Birmingham, where
ll,O00 tons We're reported placed within
the pact ten days, while Pittsburg re-
ports the sales of finished material the
heaviest since last spring. "A similar
report az to sales of pig iron comes from
Cincinnati. The iron sales have been
Largely at an advance of so to Is cents
lper ton, while bars. plates and structur-
lal material have either been advanced
or the makers are now holding meetings
to agree upon increase. A large part OF
the business in cruder forms is reported
to have been on export account, despite
the reports of falling iron prices abroad
and the Very high grain rates. A heavy
business has also been done in rails al
lful! prices. Some heavy sales OF bridge
material and structural steel are report
! ed a New York. Hardware has moved
lrather better than of late. Other met.
ally are quleter. except tin, which 1.
4 slightly higher after the late weakness
4 ftopefulness as to Improvement in fal
/ demand, now that the election is, ovel
4 and cold weather has arrived, is report.
ed in all sections but nowhere IL tn,
4 fleeing of confidence SO marked az IN the
south. In the West. dry gouda clothing
SHOES and hardware are moving better
4 In the east, leather. shoes wool. tobacco
4 and coal are firm. and the outlook fol
business is regarded as favorable Or
i the Pacific coast. export trade With oul
\ mex POSSESSIONS and With Asia has beer
igood.
4 Refined sugar Isl almost alone among
i the staples, weakening thru the weel
by 1Ncents, but this is simply due to III,
4 decreased price of raws on enlarged
lsupply.
A Wheat. Including -four. shipments foI
4 the week aggregate 3555,507 bushels
lagalnst 3.61s.42l bushels. last week ant
4 4,65osie bushels in the corresponding
4 week of 1899.
7. From July 10 date this season
q wheat exports are 67,412.O7l bushels
4 against II, osa. s5s' bushels last season.
Corn exports for the week aggregat
sss2S7 .627 bushels, against S.92O,llO bush
l5els last week and i.5Sl,447 bushels il
. this week a year ago.
From July l to date this season cor
experts are 6o.66s, o795 bushels, agains
49, 423, 241 bushels last season.
Failures for the week in the Unite
4 States number 16l. against 1863 las
week and 1872 in this week "A year age
Canadian failures for the week mum
I Der II, against 16 last week and % i
this Week "a year ago.
& AT Winchestsr Kyst Annie johnson
i lscolored, aged 1o2 years, accidentally q
her clothes on fire while lighting he
& pipe, and was 80 badly burned that sh
{ died in a few hours