The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-16
DUN's REVIEW OF TRADE,
A satisfactory Situation With
Promising Outlook.

NEW YORK. Feb. I6.-Dun's review to-
day says.
Business continues of good volume IN
nearly all parts of the country and reports
from the West and Southwest OF salts
factory distribution of merchandise by
inbhers begin TO have a familiar sound
Heavy orders come from agents on the
road
There is no important change IN prices
in any department OF manufactured goods
and some staples rise while others de-
cline. but the longer the situation re-
mains as at present the sureT the business
world feels about rise N prices III lhe
future for the demand for merchandise
for prompt consumption does not decrease
Some progress has been made in the diFec-
ton OF settlement Of labor differences IN
the far West. and the temper OF SOFT coal
miners is more amicablc, While there Is
little concern among steel interests over
the sensational stories Of organization al
The mills to enforce demands for higheF
wages
The standard measures OF BUSINESS
make favorable comparisons The ran
roads OF the country reporting for the
first week of February show gam OF o-Z
ucr cent in gross earnings over last year
and PA per cent over 1899 Bank clear
ings for New York show a gain OF o. per
cent over 1890 for the week, while outside
New York the increase was 100 per cent
At some points there are evidences OF
an inclination 10 delay operations III IRON
and steel until something definite Is
known about the proposed combination,
but this applies only 10 small undertak-
+ jngs which are insi significant IN comparison
with the urgent dealings that cannot De
/ postponed.
| purchasers find difficulty in securing
even approximate dates for delivery OF
! goods in many products and mills are so
/ fsr behind orders as a rule that no new
/ contracts are sought Structural materiai
I and railway supplies are in greatest re
/ quest. numerous heavy orders oelIs &C
! cepted this week at full prices
/ NO sign Of weakness is apparent IN any
! department of the boot and shoe industry
! some manufacturers have booked orders
that viii ensure running on full time well
/ into Nav and il is an exceptional case
/ where fobbers can secure March delivery
even from the smaller shops Statesmen
are returning from the West and South
( with most cheerful reports, and Whiie 10
/ ca jobbing IS less brisk than last week
there Is 10 complaint.
News regarding the textile manutac'
lure is less encoura ging, despite the rae
that sales of wool at the three chief East
ern markets rose to 6,STe.6t0 POUNDS, Ial
exceeding all recent records and snow
ing gain Of $50 500 pounds over The same
Weei, last year
Cotton fabrics continue quiet and 90
nestle mills are rot fully occupied LILY
erpcol cables have given no support. WI.
Manchester IS securing raw cotton ROE
India in unusually large quantities IheS,
. influences caused . further decline IN MD
Clias uolauds, taking the price 10 Jh
Lowest point in three months.
Wheat was advanced this week by re
ports cf receipts at the mills unhL 10
grinding. Flour output at Minneapolis /
much smaller than year ago, and iur
tn-r decrease is expected Stock spe2u
Iation was on smaller scale. and a rage
= movement resulted from operations O
dav-ro-day traders. VITO have magnihe
the report of a hitch in the deal for
= consolidation or other union OF the stet
cornga MES. Railroad stocks seem TO b
still in rather strong hands and the float
ing supply in the street Is small havln
a., been further reduced BY late Withdrawal
! for investment.
Failures for the week numbered =
IN the United States, against rs last yea
and IN Canada 40. against II last year