The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-12
BRADSTREETS REVIEWS.
Character, but "A Livenfng Up
Noted in Some Lines.


Character, but "A Livenfng Up
Noted in Some Lines.
New York. Jan. I1.-Bradstreet's to-mor-
row will say:
Business Is still Of between-seasons
character in most lines, but livening up
of interest in several trades has been
noted this week. Relatively best reports
come from the iron and steel, lumber,
leather and drug trades, but there has
been some enlargement of wholesale dis
tributive trade on spring account in the
| South and Central West. Spring trade in
| dry goods is just opening up and 1t is not
ed that a heavy shipping movement on
! orders is now proceeding at the West.
Some gain in wool sales is noted at East
ern markets, but weather conditions have
not been favorable at the East to busi-
ness as whole, except as stimulating the
retail trade in shoes and rubber goods
A special feature Is the generally good
| tenor of reports as to collections from all
Western and Southern points, from which
II is inferred that trade returns to retail
ers must have been quite good. Summel
up briefly the situation is one Of wide
spread confidence in the general business
outlook. -
Cereals have given a further exhibit
ion of life this week, partly on light
Northwest receipts and advices that Ar
gentine- shipments will not exceed Sc, 0O0.-
900 bushels, or about half those of a year
ago, but also largely on the unquestion-
ably heavier volume of Wall street money
seeking an outlet in the grain market.
Fluctuations have been wider and it has
been essentially a traders market with
net changes for the week small. Corn is
slightly higher in sympathy with wheat
and small receipts Of contract
Inquiry rather than active demand is
leading feature in iron and steel, but
quite an increase of activity is noted in
Bessemer pig iron and billets at Pitts
burg and in plates at Chicago. No
change in bilets or plates has been
agreed on as yet. Iron production is in
creasing, but 1t has not yet overtaken
consumption and stocks are reported
smaller than a month ago. There are
only two idle furnaces now in the Chi
cago district.
Cotton has weakened on discouraged
bull Liquidation, due to larger receipts
while cotton goods have been quiet on the
advices of a backward spring trade at
the East. Wool has been in rather better
demand than of late, due to better buying
| by manufacturers. A fair business has
been booked in oVercoatings on next fall
| account at lower prices, but the regula :
| heavyweight season has not yet opened.
| Plain dress goods are being ordered quite
| freely, but fancies are neglected. Jobbing
| business in shoes is quieter, but is quite
| good at retail. Travellers are, now going
! out with fall styles of shoes which were
slightly lower than last year.
Wheat, including flour, shipments for
the week aggregate $3.50 against 4,24S,
| 92G last year From July to date this
| season wheat exports are 104, 026, S51,
against 10, 752, sol last season. Corn exports
for the week aggregate 4,s97, 3l5 against
| 3.S14576 a year ago. From July l to date
! this season corn exports are 103, SOS ,03o
| against lis, 800 575 last season.
Business failures in the United States
| for the week were 800 against 268 last
week. and 295 last year. Canadian fail
Tres SO against 80 last week and &c year
] ago.