The age-herald., 1901-01-01
on on Noveni-


 lI-5Il ktioD decreased clinging output stocks a ,a'e oi ue- startling rapidity and on 'ia'eu "i'n was reached at 70,331 to .ooei "io up diions were satisfactory 'u'iiie's 0oi- mand expanded while "eVel' anu ue- oroaro+. ,.o,,, ,,or,, brts of finished reached a level that n wy when prlces sible with British a competition pos In two months, end 1eiiiiaii piouue's mace stocks of nig December 1, fur tons, and the tone oecreaseo h''o9o that r,or,, ;d1o f,,rn so much improved
 Manufactured ar1es resumed
 similar 1ines o, les have moved along nro6ucts at inc lions of iron and steel ltttle beIow tho Inning of the year were wears nrevionsu vel prevailing thirteen interrunte1-su Ind the fall was also un- was blt go October, when the average vai1;ly 1.n,, IT cent of the figure pre-
 Ii is dim, l, 1887.
 this indust Ito select any one branch of another Is being pushed harder than have sold way supplies of all kinds flooded y freely and the market is cars urgent orders for freight bridges material, particularly for demand ships, has been in much better drced an supply. Steel rails were re- but it !m last years price of $35 to $26 fieure Ks an open secret that the former priorI ad only been nominal for months ConA the official change in September. ing its for 100000 tons, delivered dur me 1, have been placed at s26 and nu- ab IS export orders also suggest the prob
 that the list will be maintained. ir rose from 2518c at the opening to 35c
 July. and then gradually lost all the
 h. But during the last week there was 8overy to 2lac. Copper has done nothing 3artling. variations remaining within the inge of Ac Opening at 161hc there were yales as low as 16hc and the close was at The top at 17c.
 Trade has been very active and domestic production pushed. One authority places the American yield we'll in advance of any other country. Lead fell from $40 at the start to $3.75 and recovered to s437, where 1t has been maintained by the smelting company for many months.
 The~year 1900 opened with favorable con- ditions prevailing in nearly every branch of the dry goods trade The home demand continued good for the first three months and then fell away until by June the mar ket had lapsed into pronounced dullness, and from steady upward course in prices began gradually to decline again. The arrest of buying was remarkable. In wool en goods stocks began to accumulate again and their course up to the close of the year has shown pronounced weakness in both mems wear fabrics and dress goods, with the result that the gain in prices made last year and in the early part of this has been lost in many directions and where any is retained at all it is of limited extent.
 The Chinese situation has had Its effect upon certain fine textiles. In September a was given to cotton goods by the rapid advance in raw material which fol- lowed the Galveston disaster and short crop predictions. Prices resumed their up- ward course and the market ruled strong again until the end of October, when there was ano ther Hull in demand. Stocks, how ever, had been well cleaned up as a rule, and, although some of the staple lines have eased off slightly, fairly steady tone has prevailed since.
 The prosperous condition of the cotton goods trade last year and the early part of this has had a marked effect upon the cotton industry in the south, reviving the boom in mll-budlding which previous de- presson had checked. A number of new mills have been added and many more are in course of erection. u is probable that when the years statistics are compiled they will show the addition of nearly l ,000,0 900 spindles to the productive capacity of the south.
 average of 100 grades of wool reported by Coates & Bros. in May to 24.70 in Decem- Der, 1Ss9 it was only natural that the year