Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-23
It is Said to be Generally Entirely
Satisfactory.
COLLECTIONS ARE PROMPT.
Most Railroad Earnings show n Gain
Pig Iron Quotations Higher
Orders for Footwear.

New York, March ear. G. Dun q
Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow
! will say; The position of general busl
ness Is satisfactory, being marked thii
week by increased activity of retail
operation throughout the west and II
some Atlantic seaboard cities, which
Is considered the forerunner Of a gen
orally good spring trade, New enter
prises are reflected in the largest de-
mand for many months for builders
hardware and general materials and
contracts for prompt delivery OF al
structural goods are very difficult 10
place. Collections are prompt and rail-
road tonnage IL well maintained. Earn
ings OF all railroads for the month
Of March to date show gain of lOS
per cent over last year. and 80 per cent
over 1899 The gains extend to prac-
tically the whole country, The tex
tile industry alone does not improve.
Short time has been adopted by FAN
River cotton mills and there are re-
ports that some of the southern weaY-
ing mills are about to curtail produc-
ton, but this has been without special
effect upon demand for either PRINT
cloths or heavy brown cottons d,
Quotations Of pig iron and iinlshed
steel tend toward higher level. There
IL still the wholesome element OF con-
seryatsm which prevents violent iiuc-
tuations and keeps the advance AT q
moderate rate, but the tendency Of the
market is undeniably toward better
Is apparent In Bessemer pig, which now
commands sl7 at Plttsburg, while steel
blets have sold for $2i and high car
bon billets reached $780, Steel bars are
81 per ton higher and structural shapes
are firmly maintained with every eA-
pectation OF an advance.
While these quotations snow mouer,
ate gains, much higher rates are paid
for immediate delivery ana III srhali
amounts, A short time ago II was ex-
pected that new ore prices would pc
much lower but the remarkable
strength Of products Will tend 10 suS-
tain values OF the raw material. New
high records are constantly estapllshe1
for coke In the Connellsville region ana
prices are firm. Among the minor met
ais further depression In tin was the
feature.
The amount OF cotton coming FOR
ward at the south indicates that plan
tation stocks are by no means exhaust
ed, and preparations for the new crop
promise an enormous acreage.
Footwear is firmly maintained Tor
staple lines. although high-priced
grades are easier. Some decrease in
demand does not disturb producers, as
factories are busy on contracts that
will require months TO FILL Buyers who
left Boston recently are now sending
in orders freely. Especially is this no.
ticed in the local market for patent and
enamel shoes.
Hides at Chicago have declined
steadily for two months, the net fall In
the average Of ten grades. amounting
to 10 per cent Leather prices are I'M
changed. Despite the weakness In do
nestle lines, foreign hides are tending
upward
Special reports telegraphed this week
indicate that the winter wheat crop Is
in good condition and an unusually
heavy acreage was planted at the
southwest, while ravages by Hessian
fly have been exaggerated.
Failures for the week numbered 22i
In the United States against 1873 last
year, and 80 in Canada against q last
wear