The Saint Paul globe., 1901-02-16
No FALLING OFF IN TRADE
ALMOST ALL SECTIONS OF THE
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AS GOOD
AS GOOD
IRoNMAsTERs ARE BEHIND
Have So Many Orders Booked That
Their Plants Can't Turn Them
Out-Pig Iron Again
Advanced.

NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow
will sayl
Business continues of good volume in
nearly all parts of the country. and re-
ports from the West and Southwest of
a satisfactory distribution of merchan-
disc by jobbers begin to have a ia
mllfar sound. Heavy orders come from
agents on the road There is no i'm
portant change in prices in any depart
ment of manufactured goods and some
staples rise while others decline, but the
longer the situation remains as at pres
ent the surer the business world feels
ABOUT a rise in prices in the future, for
the demand for merchandise for prompt
consumption does not decrease Some
progress has been made in the direction
OF settlement of labor difficulties in the
far vest and temper of soft coal miners
is more amicable, while there Is little
concern among steel interests over the
sensational stories Of organization at the
mills to enforce demands for higher
wages. The standard measures of busi-
ness make favorable comparisons. At
some points there are evidences of an
inclination to delay operations in iron
and steel until something definite is
known regarding the proposed combina-
ton, but this applies only to small un-
dertakings which are insignificant in
comparison with the urgent dealings that
cannot be postponed. Purchasers find
difficulties in securing even approximate
dates for delivery of goods in many
products, and mills are so far behind
orders as rule, that no new contracts
are sought. Structural material and rail-
way supplies are in greatest request, nu-
merous heavy orders being accepted this
week at fun prices. There is no inclina-
ton to shade quotations of finished
forms, and pig iron at Pittsburg again
advanced.
No sign of weakness is apparent in
any department of the boot and shoe in
dustry. Some manufacturers have book
ed orders that will insure running on full
time we'll into May, and it is an excep-
tionai case where jobbers can secure
March delivery even from the smaller
shops. Statesmen are returning from the
West and South with most cheerful re-
ports, and, while local jobbing is less
brisk than last year. there is no COM
plant. ForwardingS from Boston were
81, ,4S7 cases, against So, 255 in the previous
week and, although the total for two
weeks is somewhat smaller than the
1S5,06S cases shipped last year, the move
ment in 1900 was heavier than in the cor
responding fortnight of any other year
News regarding the textile manufac-
ture is less encouraging. despite the
fact that sales of wool at the three chief
Eastern markets rose to 6,972, 800 pounds,
far exceeding all recent records and
showing gain of 960,600 pounds over
time in 1900 that the movement COM
menced to fall off and the depression
began which has continued ever since.
Cotton fabrics continue quiet and do
mestic mills are not fully occupied
Liverpool cables have given no support,
while Manchester is securing raw cot
ton from India in unusually large guam
titles. These influences caused fur
ther decline in middling uplands, taking
the price to the lowest point in three
months Exports in January were valued
at $35, ,S37, 1874, against $27, .251 in 19O)
but the increase was entirely due to an
advance of % cents pound in the price
as the quantity was 1872 bales smaller
Wheat was advanced this week by re-
ports of receipts at the mills unfit for
grinding. Flour output at Minneapolis
is much smaller than year ago, and
further decrease is expected Atlantic
exports of wheat, including flour for the
week, were 2,47S,521 bushels, against
1.529, ,533 last year. Failures for the
week numbered 257 in the United States,
against 21S last year, and in Canada 49,
against AZ last year.