The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-26
LARGEST N YEARS
Merchants are Looking for
Big Holiday Trade.
PRICES RULE FIRM
Collections are Satisfactory
Even From Cotton Country.
PRICES RULE
FIRM

New York. Oct. 25.-R- c. Dun & Co.'S
weekly review Of trade VIII say tomor-
row.
Jobbers are still urgently asking fer
prompt deliveries by manufacturers CT
linens. while opening transactions IN fan
cy goods for the holidays are unusually
early, showing that dealers anticipate a
large trade.
Prices Of commodities rule firm. and
collections are satisfactory, even south
ern payments coming forward rapidly,
now that thetardy cotton crop has begun
TO move freely.
Each week the situation as to iron and
steel becomes more encouraging. orders
POW running to the middle OF 1902 N many
products. Despite the extensive s4aition
TO productive capacity last year, there
is still much ill work in progress O.
preparation, promising many new Tlapts
ready to start next year. The feature
of the week was the placing of enormous
orders for steel rails, practically assuring
another record breaking output Other
railroad supplies are also in great de-
mand, the mos. serious amount felt at
the many points on account Of the short
age. Added to this IS much structural
work in replacing wooden bridges by
steel arches, and in the miner lines
there is an equally vigorous demand.
Pig iron reflects the brisk movemtnt in
finished products, and higher prices are
anticipated. 1t is worthy of note that
the domestic situation IS not called to
stimulate export trade and the loss of
much foreign business may re directly at
tributed to the strike, which put the mills
so far behind on home needs Coke ovens
are active and the output is large. but
lacl, of cars and motive power restricts
shipments. Coal deliveries are similarly
retarded, dealers being often unable to
I'LL more that small proportion Of their
orders.
In wooden goods conditions are quiet
on account Of the warm weather. but
mills are fully occupied and producers
Of knit goods have orders for some time.
Strength in the raw material is con-
spicuous. mills buying freely.
More satisfactory prices are received
by domestic wheat growers, last years
figures being surpassed Notwithstanding
the largely increased yield just harvested.
Smaller crops Of other cerals and hay
caused the use Of much wheat in fatten-
livestock. and with lard more than &c
above last years prices and mess pork
s. q barrel. this has been a most profita-
BILE proceeding. Foreign buying IS also
heavy. exports for the week. including
-four, amounting to 4s94.9SS bushels. as
against 1885,. $50 last year and S1Ss.4s2 in
1896. There is also a tendency TO hold
back for stil higher prices, as indicaI
by western receipts of only 6122, IS. lsh-
els. as against 7.41l,o5 bushels a year ago.
Corn was supported ~ estimates of
reduced yield in Roumania and a splendid
increase in Atlantic exports TO 1,19tf.c09
as against sol .135 in the preceding week.
but the current outgo IS trihing COM
pared with 216.5s2 bushels last year and
9,554.St3 two years ago.
Failures for the week numbered IN the
United States 24O. against zoo last year.
and % in Canada, against % last year.
Backache should never be neglected. It
means kidney disorder. which. il allowed
to run too long. may result in Bright
disease, diabetes or other serious and
often fatal complaints. Foleys Kidney
Cure makes the kidneys well G. Gehring.
400 East Douglas. Geo. Van Werden. 9es
North Main, Wichita Drug Co., 10 East
Douglas