The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-07-20
BRApsTREET's REVIEW.
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and much more rain Is needed 1T oam- age is to be repaired, the rest of the country reports fair amount of mois- ture and the South Atlantic, the Gen. tral Western and the Southwestern States return more favorable advtces than a week ago, both as regards the crop outlook and the business doing. The great steel strike. closely followed by the tie-up of hard coal miners by a few mine firemen, has resulted in the greatest suspension of labor reported for some years past, but it Is to be borne in mind that this season Is the natural one for vacations. and nothing like the maximum number of men re- ported on strige is thought to be out. Fair estimates place the number of men actually striking in the steel trade at less than 50, 600 and the number Of idle coal miners will not equal this amount On the other hand. the ma chinists strike has shown signs of dis integration and Is generally conceded to have been failure,
 It has been a weather market for ce- reals. The week was ushered in by a severe break in corn. by which much of the advance on dry weather stories again as the week advanced on reports 
 forded partial relief.
 Wheat sympathized ia the early break. but strengthened again. not so much on bad crop reports at home, for dry weather Is still complained of. as because of a decided improvement in the export business and advices of Spanish and French buying here for quick delivery. The oat crop prospect is a poor one and that cereal is at- tracting increasing interest.
 Iron and steel as whole is unsettled by the strike, which Is, however, con- fined to one locality, the Central west and again directly affects only the tim plate, the sheet and the hoop mills with in that territory. The uoual summer shut down. which increases the num- Der of those idle from other causes, has led to some apparent over-estl- mates of the number on strike. The outlook Is, with a continuance of the strike. for some weakness in the cruder form of iron which will, Of course. tend to accumulate, and, on the other hand, induce some advance in the firIfshed products affected directly by the strike.
 A better tone for wool is listed at all markets and prices for finer grades. fine territory and Australian wools are steadily hardening. Textile manufac- turing is on a better footing than 1t hrmer and many of the mills have booked so large a proportion of their output that they will take additional orders only at value" Raw cottons have been quiet, but on the whole rath- CT frrner, owing to the report of dry weather damage. Bradstreet's advices indicate a distinct improvement in the Eastern portion of the belt,
 Boot and shoe shipments from East ern markets are smaller than last week but well ahead of last year for the week and season. Orders are of good volume and quick sales are de- sired.
 Wheat, including flour shipments for the week, aggregate 5,221, 800 bushels. against 5,016,146 last week. 3,029, ,3S1 bushels in the current week of 1900, B. 40S. .072 bushels in 1898 and 2,30o, 469 bush els ip 1898.
 From July to date shipments az gregate 12,762,455 bushels, against r. S71.S49 bushels last season and 9,177,- S6S in 1S99-190o. Corn exports for the week aggregate 1,714,081 bushels, against 2.s00,73S bushels last week, 4,- 1S2,15s bushels insthis week a year ago, 3666,294 bushels in 1899 and 2,S22, ,12s iR 1898.
 From July to date exports aggre- gate 6,oOs, ,167 bushels against 1o,613, 755 in the season of 190o-1, and 1O,951, 433 bushels in 1S99-1900.
 Business failures in the United States for the week were POS as against 199 last week; POP this week a year ago, IA in 1899. 1ss in 1898 and 22O in 1897.
 Canadian failures for the week num- Der B as against g last week, 26 in this week year ago, 19 in 1899 and F in 1SQS