The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-09-27
REPORT ON TRADE.

New York.-Bradstreet's trade re-
port for last week says:
The sad events of the week have
naturally been depressing features,
even on days when the sense of ma
tional bereavement did not seek ex-
preston in total or partial suspen-
sion of all but the absolutely neces-
sary activities. The reduced figures
of sales of products of securities dealt
in speculatively and the lessened vol
ume of bank clearings were among
the most prompt measures of the re-
preston under which the business
world has labored, but the course of
prices of nearly all stocks and staples
shows that repression and not depres-
sion is the word to express the steadi
ness and confidence with which the
commercial and financial world await
ed and received the change in execu-
tives.
Among the more favorable of the
purely commercial or industrial fea-
lures of the week have been the con-
tinuance of the good demand from
jobbers, the large shipments of goods
with which to fill these demands, the
better call for goods at retail induced
by the arrival of cool fall weather
and last, but not least the settle
ment of the steel strike, which re-
stores at least $4,000 men to their
work. The unfavorable features are
few, the most notable being the ad
vices of the arrival of heavy frosts in
the corn belt, affecting, however, only
the latest planted products. The
strength of corn has been indeed the
feature of the cereal market, and has
been shared in by other grains, al
though realizing later cut down some
of the gains noted earlier. Cottons
alone, of all the leading staples, show
ed irregularity.
The resumption of work in the
hoop. sheet, tin plate and tube mills
has been a feature of the week Steel
rails are being we'll taken at the west,
and steel mills are reported sold ahead
to next year. Jobbers in iron and
steel are busy supplying small lots to
bridge over consumers until the mills
recently on strike can COME into the
market. Pig iron is in better inquiry,
and Bradstreet's Birmingham CORE
spondent reports an advance Of 25
cents per ton. Export business is
slow. The other, metals are without
much change.
Tin is excited, but copper is steady,
despite stock market rumors of heavy
distributors stocks.
Wheat including -four exports. for
the week, aggregate 3,S40.574 bushels,
as against 6,64S,609 last week and
3,535,S57 in this week last year Wheat
exports July to date (12 weeks) ag-
gregate 72,1S2,179 bushels, as against
1853, 416 last season.
Corn exports aggregate Gil, 1928 bush
els, as against 777,S31 last, week and
2,134,205 last year. July 1 to date
corn exports are 12,133,204 bush.
els, against 3S, 5S6,476 last season.
The boot and shoe industries are in
good shape and shipments compare
excellently with year ago. Manu-
facturers are determined to get full
prices for shoes in view of the strength
of heavy leather and hides.
For the week business failures mum
Der 15S as against 1872 last week, 1873
in this week a year ago, lat in 1899
and 1872 in 1898. Canadian failures
number %. as against 16 last week,
q in this week year ago, 13 in 1899,
10 in 1898 and 35 in 1897.
WHEAT REPORT.
Tacoma-Unchanged; blue stem,
551Ac; club, SAGE.
Portland-Steady; Walla Walla, "a
Q541sc; blue stem, 55@56c; valley,
55@56c.
Colfax-Wheat-Blue stem, 4Ohc;
club, S9c. Oats-sOc per cwt. Barley
Brewing, 6Oc; feed; 55c per cwt.
Sacks, Sc.