The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-11
TRADE REPORT.

BradStreetS report Tor last week |
says:
Trade was quiet in all lines, interest
being concentrated largely in stock
taking and contemplation of 1900 re-
suits. Cold weather has proved of
slight stimulant to retail trade in win
ter goods, but stocks in retailers
and provisions advanced last week,
while stocks have declined, but the up
ward movement has been one of these
familiar of late, short selling with
small fluctuations, and limited de-
sire to take profits. Railway earnings
hold up we'll for the season and the
greatest dividend payments on record
were reflected in the largest days bank
clearings ever reported in New York.
Failures show the usual large increase
of small disasters, feature of the turn
of the year. but the results for 1900 as
a whole, is discouraging Cotton is
rather quiet and unchanged on the
week, while cotton goods are without
much movement except to slightly
weaker quotations for gray cloths at
Boston. Fall River mills have paid IA
per cent for 1900 and an average of 6.5
per cent for eleven years past.
Wool is dull and rather easy. Out
side of the United States however the
situation is a strong one, as indicated
by the firm Melbourne and London
quotations. Manufacturers will only
buy against orders and except in plain
dress woolens nothing special is doing.
All branches of the leather and kind
red trades are in apparently cheerful
mood.
Lumber is rather quiet, but it is to
be noted that white pine stocks are
slightly smaller than last year. War
is reported to be broken out in rubber
goods and quotations have certainly
been cut. Sugar prices are also lower,
while coffee (roasted) has been advan-
ced, which is charged to readjustmens.
The feature of the week in iron and
steel has been the largest sale OF steel
rails reported from Chicago, $4,000
tons being reported sold in one lot
This spirit of activity contrasts strong
ly with the quiet reported in nearly all
finished lines and also in raw pig.
Structural material makers have
been getting good orders and bridge
makers are looking for heavy bust
ness. This month may witness the set
Element of the yexed ore question, and
also some readjustments of wages t
lower costs. Bessemer makers have re
duced wages Is per cent. Export trade
is still quiet and il is notable that fol
the first time in years exports of manu-
featured goods in November were small
Ter than the year before.
What looked for while to be a rea
bull movement in wheat developed a
the close of last week. Realizing b.
the bulls lost most of the advance.
Corn arrivals are of a still notabl,
poor grade and quotations are highe
in sympathy with wheat and on larg
export movement.
Wheat (including -FOUR shipment
for the week aggregate 1914, 301 bush
els, against 1868, 165 last week. 2.509
6S1 in the corresponding week of 1900
$3.50, 26S in 1899; S,4S1,576 in 1898 an,
3,10S,6S in 1897. From July 1 to dat
this season, wheat exports are 9S,065
SIC against 106,503,S75 last season an
12S,3SS,977 in 789S-1S99.
Business failures for the week nun
Der 266 in the United States agains
213 last week, 299 in 1900, 237 in 1895
333 in 1898 and 4SS in 1897.