Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-20
ar Of 1879 was It's .rrngre IS,
ELECTION RETARDs TRADE.
Iobbing Business I.cssened by the
,riccriniIIYa OF Election Result 3.

Uncertainty OF Election Results.
New York. Oct. 30. Bradstreet..s
Review of TRADE today says:
the johbins disributive trade tends
- lessen with the advance of the falls
sas'en, ihe ~ iol.es'aisc intlGencesof ante
Lection fafliisg psc9n,es, more clearly
psrcentsbls, and IL result is a general
II quist, the. III tile same time. coEfiden,
5s.e1ing in ge,.aral tiaesa. which tlle stock
market has apparep.}y begun to dis
tisaunt With the rssllll Of, swelling cur
rent bank {. a,!ilsa vel above recent
totals. a i TOR some time past. the best
trade advances come from the south.
Which rs1nairs cieerful, in spite Of the
IS Yer cotton. Pacific coast atiSices are
tiiat export trade is3 Nei y large as the
result rf ARM needs and Asatic re-
3auirenisnta. Southwestern trade IS, on
the whole, quiet, and there is a DISPOSE
lion to charge the election With this.
Eastern wholesale trade is quiet but
steady Gross railway returns continue
ts0cd considering the reportssof quiet in.
9ll other tnes.and fet returns, those
/. tiaan those of July The country's for
Ign trade is4i!l a fatterine condition
Sept enber Gxports being the largest ever
high priced GOTTEN Shipments the nine
mon ila returns are far in advance of
#all precious years, imports. on the
ether hand. show few gains. and the
outlook IS for a record breaking export
trade and a merchandise balance for the
calendar year, in advance of all other
years.
q Prices of farm products have tended
tsGosenWa rd. this week The most notable
drop has been in cotton. half a cent for
/ the Week and I cent from the highest
point reached due to the good picking
and the absence of froat, encollra ging
maximum estimates Of yield, and also
because of the heavy weight of receipts
brought out by the high price of two
weeks ago.
I Cotton goods are very firm. despite
1.-THE drop in raw material, but the dispo-
sition is to sell carefully on spring ac-
licount Wool is a little more active and
firm in tone atgeastern markets. but the
demand is still to cover orderae received
by manufacturers, who are not inclined
| to buy beyond this.
The repression noted is perhaps, most
prominent in the iron and steel indus
tries, WHARF values for the cruder ma
iterials remain well down to the lowest
point reached in more than a year past.
land even here it is to be noted that a
larger volume of steel rail orders have
been placed this year than in former
tperiods. Sales this week of rails are Tes-
ltimated at $4,000 tons, mostly at the
4 west. Structural material makers are
4 reported exceptionally well fixed as to
orders. Pig iron has been slow of sale.
!, but Chicago reports that a business of
lat least loo. 900 tons is in sight that may
be placed after election. The large steel
mills are well supplied with orders, tho
4 at low prices
Wheat, including flour, shipments for
1.-THE week aggregate 3,796.643 bushels,
against 4,297,855 last week and 4,160,51s
In the corresponding week of 1899. From
July 1 to date THE season wheat exports
are 55.311 ,165 bushels. against So, 125. 66h
last season. Corn exports for the week
iaggresate 1855 1893, against 1886, O37 last