Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-12-06

Encouraging reports con.
tinue to come from all job.
bling lines. Interior meri!

Ding INES. 1uIeElOr 1ueEo
chants have had a larger trade than an.
ticipated md dry goods houses are we'll
supplied with reassuring orders for all
classes Of goods. The big rush among
the jobbcrs for holiday goods has reached
its maximum, but there will be enough!
buying to keep houses busy for the next
two weeks. The buying of clothing OF
late has been the best ever witnessed at
this season. Complains still exist about
the slowness of deliveries, but manufacS
turers are gradually catching Up. Buying
of iron and steel continues active in all
lines and there is a great deal of specuy
lation going on as to what effect it Will
have on future prices. There has been,
the largest tonnage of pig iron placed for
delivery in 1902 that has ever been known
ut this season.
Dun's review says: Careful search dis
closes few u%nfavorable factors in the iron
and steel situation. Probably the least
satisfactory conditions are found at plate
mills, which report an uneven distribution;
of orders. A few large concerns appear
to secure the bulk of new business, but
heavy orders for cars will largely expand
tho buying, while the new combination
will put this class of mills on a stronger
basis. 1t is certain that the greatest
force on record is now engaged in the
various departments of iron and steel
making. Raw material at the South has
advanced, but at central points pig iron
S steady, though rapidly absorbed.
@" A review of the markets
Chir2m for the past week develops
EM.o1SN these facts: While senti-
ment has been favorable to better grain
prices. the changes last week, as during
The week before, were really not large
Or important, SO sentiment has really
counted for little excepting, perhaps. in
preventing declines. Fluctuations, too,
have been narrow, even though there has
been a pretty fair speculative trade in all
The cereals, much of it. however, local
md professional, outside interest being
only moderate.
Shipping and export demands for wheat
have been relatively small, milling de-
nands very fair, while for corn demands
have come largely again from sections in
The South, Southeast and Southwest,
! where the crop of 1901 was largely a
failure. The best demands nave been for
pats, and for this reason that grain has
been relatively stronger than the others,
hest prices on the crop thus far having
been reached last week. Some little inn
provement in export demands were noted,
The Western situation continues to be
the factor in corn. 1t has not changed
10 any extent within a week, except
that previous predictions of a scarcity are
being confirmed. Husking operations
show that the yield is more disappoint1
ing as work progresses, and this may
lead to a reduction in the estimates by
the Agricultural Department in it's tinall
figures.
Provisions last week, after being weak
and lower on heavy receipts OF hogs, sud-
denly started up and pork advanced soc
a barrel in three days, lard advanced
nearly &c a pound, and ribs Csc. The
weeks hog receipts were surprisingly
heavy, being the largest at this season
in ten years, and We're the best of the
year, a~ggregating 2S1 GOO, against 241,-
900 last year. At Western points there
was also a big run, and receipts aggre-
gated 626.O00, compared with 54S, 900
the previous week, and were $4,000 more
| tbnp 1oc+