Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-15
Big Stern In the South the Only.
Disturbing Feature Of tho
Week.
Otherwise Conditions Are Favor.
able and Fall Trade is Expand.
ing Nicely.
Strike Of the Anthracite Minors
Likely to Have an Unfavor.
able Effect.


prices in many branches of trade finds
Its chief exemplar in the market for
raw cotton, which has witnessed the
greatest excitement, heaviest trading |
and largest gain in price for at least a
decade. English spinners, who are re-
ported very generally short of supplies.
are considering drastic methods of
the requirements. In Ameri-
can cotton goods the situation, from
being a. short time ago buyers. mar
ket, is now reversed and sellers are in q
position to dictate terms. Maximum
cotton crop estimaters Of past years are
apparently panic-stricken and predict
famine stocks for the end Of the year,
even with reduced consumption.
Most food prices are either firm or
higher on the week, wheat being adj
vanced on better export demand and
bad weather at the northwest, proved
by the low grade of much of the re-
ceipts; corn is in good demand. with
scant supplies of old crop, and pork
and lard sympathize Herewith. Raw.
sugar is still scarce and higher on the
Among the few products lower are but
ter and tea. Print cloths are out of the
market at old prices and southern cot
ton yarns have advanced. Wool is still
rather weak and the demand for spring
weight mems wear goods is Still disap-
pointing.
The predicted anthracite coal miners
strike is almost the only unfayorablei
feature of the industrial situation. The
iron and steel situation has not mate
rally changed and irregularity in de-
mand and prices is still a feature.
Wheat, including flour. shipments for
the week aggregate 4,665,7S2 bushels,
against 3,373.100 bushels last week;
4536,552 the CORES ponding week of 1899,
s.675.291 in 1893, 6,2s9.94S in 1897 and 81
566,326 bushels in 1896. From July to
date this season wheat exports are 80. 9
9S3,s43 bushels, against 42,012.795 BUSH
els last season and 36.469Os1 in 1889.
Corn exports for the week aggregated
2402.7s6 bushels. against 3,162,271 BUSH
els last week. 3,2s2,T5l in this week a
year ago. 2,631 ,O05 bushels in 1898. 1901, :
O9e bushels in 1897 and 2.394.7S7 bushels
in 1896. From july ! to date this sea-
son corn exports are 37.167O36 bushels.
against 1880. 263 bushels last season
and 3O.s3s.s72 bushels in 1s9s-s9.
Business failures in the United States
for the week number 1871. as against 1Gi
Hast week l49 in the week a year ago,
l73 in 1895 16s in 1897 and sl5 in 1896.
/ In the Dominion of Canada business
failures for the week number "a, as
lagainst IS in this week a year ago, 90
lin 1893, Sc in 1897 and Al in 1896.
Dunn q Company's Report.
New York, Sept. 15.-R G. Dun &:
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade today
says:
Some hesitation in business is caused
by the wiping out ofithe city OF Calves
.lston and the order for strike of an.
ISthracites coal miners. Otherwise the
/ working force has increased this week
4 for operations are resuming at stee
4 mills and the Michigan Peninsular Ca
4 plant and the Deering Harvester works
q have started up after seven weeks idle
u ness. with 5000 hands each. From
J many quarters Of the east and south
{ least better distribution Of merchan
\ disc is reported in jobbing and retail
Z circles. The weather has continued
. favorable for the maturing corn crop
; \ with cutting progressing and the crol
generally beyond danger.
Many orders are being received a
iron mills and prices are steady. Il
structural and finished material Their
y is much business and activity is becom
ing almost universal. for the agreemen
as to prices, which is expected to b
reached next week.
Failures for the week were 1915 in tn
!. United States against 149 last year, an
S 80 in Canada, against 80 last year.
Rank Stataynant