The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-24
OF HARD TIMES NET
BY BIG ORDERS FOR STOCKS.
Merchants in the West and South
west Are Sending In Orders
That Insure Big Business
and Good Prices.
New York. Aug. 1.-Bradstreet's to-mor-

New York. Aug. 3.~-Bradstreet's to-mor.
row will say:
Evidence mul,iplies that the tide Of trade has
turned. and that 1t is now setting strongly IN
The direction OF an enlarged business "a. steady
or higher prices. Crop improvement. particularly
IN hs Central West and the Mississippi Val
icy. has been the handspring OF the more cheer
ii tone of adsices and enlarged fall trade OPP
erations at such cities as Chicago. St. Louis and
hansas City. Even from the so-called drought
stricken corn belt come advices Of a quite sat
'siactory business. in some instances rrp-orts he
ing or a larger jobbing trade than in the cor
responding period q year ago. The notable
Strength or cotton. partly. however. the result
o reai or assumed crop damage. has been the
trade advices.
business Better in the East.
a the great Eastern centers distribution is
soins forward In as good. IL not better, vol
une than a year ago.
frices. eNcep, for some ir-egular,ty In the
cereals. have been generally quite steaSv. Wbeat
was weak early on increased supplies anoat. en-
n mas reeeiP;s AT the Northwest and technical
strengthened later on continued poor cron :.
tbonsb nom m abroad fairly large ciearings. al
corr corn In k nnssen Tm or Settsf p1sss being mainland.
though weakening on us o 1Srseay with wheat
,sr erNp adyices from the States east of The
changes for the week are aih sIi nsTe fsilen. Net
pr9duets. particularly lard. have sympa,hized
AZ me strength OF corn
The Textile Situation.
Cotton goods have been rather irregular bpt 4,
Is to be noted that talk OF a reduction in wages
and a consequent strike in Fail River has hem
fnds print cloths firmly held, while other COTTON
COOS are quite steady, though not active at first
former on active buying by manufacturer ard
Pretty we enat ele she 9e Tp. eii Roi IN the Ws ssh, has been
alike report activity in the raw material, With |
Weolen mills are fully employed on fall dprdegs
ME q liberal business has been booked for
Iron Trade and the Strike.
Iron and steel show little change, accessions to
Works sa Of TIE 'e oou me es asy,S of The Leading tube
district Tin plates and sheets are scarce ana
yer box was refused this Week a. 'G Pisiss az
,hicagS Iron and steel tobbers are reported be-
ave to shut down II supplies are not shortly
orIhcoming. Bessemer billets are very scarce
d IL a large order was offered Building mate
with progress at some centers. Lumc
rer stocks are very. generally small. and full
and rather iTresala1' but the define su tn this is
soduet and in flour and tin are the only impor-
leather and kindred trades are active at most
, a Shoe machinery is fully employed on
re coming in freely.
Movement Of Cereals.
Wheat. Including -four. exports for the week
sgregate e,6s.9S bu-. as against e.O.s 1sl bu
st week the record total and s6sSI6S hu'
the week last year. Wheat exports, July /
date teight weeks) aggregate y@9,57s,s2l bu.
against 22.6+o. 1854 bu. last season.
Corn exports aggregate 523. ss9 bu. as against
80. bu- last week and 3.4s3. 375 bu. last wear.
iiy TO date exports are 9.75l.c 51 bu. against
.l6s. i24 bu. last season
Business Failures.
BUSINESS troubles show no increase. the fail
es Tor the week numbering Is2, as against ia
se. l2 IN 1895 and 20 in 1897.
Canadian failures for the week number "a "a.
ANS, q last week. y In this week a year
TO- 20 in 1873. q in 1885 and 80 in 1887.