Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-22
TRADE SOMEWHAT lMPROvED.
Better Tone to General Business Through
out tina Country.

Better Zone to General Businesa Through
out thu Country.
New York, June 17.-T5radstreet's re-
view Of trade says;
Reports to Bradstreet's show q further
Improvement In the volume and tone OK
di~stributive trade, which had Its incep-
ton In the better weather and crop
conditions. Following the check given
to the crop damage enthusiasts by the
June crop report, which can hardly be
regarded as other than brilliant TOT
wheat, assurances that the con-
ditions on juno 1. good as they IN
doubtedly were, have been further I'M
proved What Is true or the snaller
cereals is also largely the case as 10
corn, though the latter ID backward
and needs warmth. Cotton CROP pros
poets have likewise been improved,
though the low condition Is apt to on
Set some, IL not all, OF the increase In
acreage. 4 better business In noted
In some lines OF mems wear wooiens.
and some makes Of cheaper goods are
reported heavily ordered ahead. While
the cereals are lower on good crop re-
ports, quick aupport has come from the
export demand, which has been the
largest for weeks past. and the most
satisfactory feature Of all u that sftoT
quite a period OF dullness. pig Iron -
been taken more freely at leading mar.
kets, and bars and plates have sotu
better, the latter even noting an ed-
vance. Pig iron production Is SHOWN
TO be proceeding at an unprecedented
rate, but consumption appears 10 wait
promptly upon output. Railroad earn
lnss continue In undiminished volume,
and the only decidedly unfavorabie
feature deserving attention Is the rail-
ure OF the m~achinists' strike to be
amicably settled, the prospect, In fact'
being that the contest viii be q long
drawn out one.
The feature in iron and steel Is the
enlarged demand for Bessemer pig at
Pittsburg for July and August dellv-
cry, with reports that the largest IN
terest, the United States Steel corpo-
ration, Is buyirg heavily In the open
market. In finished lines the feature
10 the enlarged inquiry and demands
for bars and plates at Chicago. and
the advance Of 81 per ton noted on the
latter. After q long absence agricul'
tural implement manufacturers are In
the market for some good sized lots
Wire and wire goods arc In heavy de-
mand, and deliveries are behind hand
Machinery manufacturers are cautious
as to contracting ahead. In view Of the
strike uncertainties.
Shoe shipments from eastern mar
kets for the week have again passed
the 100, coo case mark despite the fact
cha factories are about through with
their work on summer orders. Lighter
makes are more active. All western
markets report heavy sole leather firm
and tending upwards. Hides are
strong.
Wheat. including -four, shipments fol
the week were 4,79l, 107 bushels, against
| 6,644, 644 last week and 4,67S,029 IN the
corresponding week OF 1900. From july
/ to date this season wheat exports are
I 2O5. 623. 1888 bushels. against 81. 1874, s5'
last season.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
1853, 254 bushels, against 2,455. l02 las
| week and 1894, 205 In this week a yea
ago. From July / to date this season
corn exports are no. +S, 402 bushels
against 196, 2G4, 1927 bushels last season
Failures IN the United States for TIT
week number 1873, against 1863 last weel
and $50 In this week a year ago.