Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-30
WEATHER HELPS TRADE
Advent of Seasonable Weather
Has Given Needed Stimulus
to Retail Trade.
The Retail Demand will Attract
More Attention Until After
the Holidays.
Demand For Iron and Steel
Shows No Sign Of Quietine..
Trade Reviews.

New YORK, NOV. 3U.-BraQStreel 1se-
view of Trade today says:
The advent of more seasonable wealth
er has given the apparently only needed
stimulus to retail and holiday demand
in the north, east and portions of the
wholesale, demand will attract most at
tention. Colder weather and snow
ould, however, benefit northeastern
trade and industry, tho the open wealth
err prevailing has enabled more than or
dinarily complete farming preparations
and extended building activity. Accom-
panying the improvement in the tone of
trade there has been a broadening and
deepening in speculation in leading food
staples, and, all In all, there is rather
more cheerful feeling prevailing
No sign OF the usual seasonable quiet
ing down in the demand for iron and
steel is apparent and buyers are as ca
shortage and the congestion of freight
in the Pittsburg district has been ac-
centuated by the switchmen's strike,
and the trouble there, II anything, is ag-
gravated. A number of furnaces are
banked and several mills are idle for
lack Of supplies. Less Is naturally doing
in the wholesale distribution Of dry
goods, but the reassorting demand Is re-
ported of good volume. Sales for next
spring are not as heavy as expected AT
the east business in print cloths is slow
and there is less doing in brown cottons
for export, but these goods are reported
largely sold ahead to March. The furry
in prints is over and no business III
printed goods for future delivery can be
placed at the recent cut rates. In WOOL
en- goods the situation is one OF the best
for years. Dress woolens are steady,
f1apnels are active and heavy overcoat-
ings are in exceptional demand. The
1901 wool clip promises to be 5 per cent
larger than last year, and supplies are
heavier than year ago, but the de-
mand, on the other hand, is also better.
Eastern shoe manufacturers are ask
ing and getting two to two and one-half
per pair advance over prices made two
months ago. Factories are busy on re-
asserting and printing orders and a
number are too busy to take stock.
Leather is still firm at the late advance,
and betting leather Is 20 per cent higher
at Philadelphia.
The strength OF the coarser grains,
corn and oats, has been the sustaining
feature to wheat, which might other
wise have receded on large northwest
ern receipts and heavy increase in the
visible supply. A resume Of the worlds
cereal food supply shows a shrinkage
this year OF 1.o66, DOC, 900 bushels as COM
pared with last year. Provisions are
showing exceptional strength, rue to
shorts covering and reported heavy buy
ing by packers. Hog receipts are large,
but their weights are light, and this &C
counts for the relatively greater adj
vance in lard.
Wheat, including -four. exports for
the week aggregate 5.117,47S bushels.
against 5,51S930 bushels last week and
c.497, $50 bushels in this week last year.
Wheat exports from July to date
twenty-five weeks) aggregate 1889
060 bushels. as against 7G,742,993 BUSH
els last season.
Corn exports aggregate 630.96S BUSH
els, as against 445.351 bushels last week
and 1901, 030 bushels last year. July to
date corn exports are 19,154,0S7 bushels,
against 73.476.S26 bushels last season.
Business failures for the week number
1879, as compared with 23S last week and
1874 the same week last year.