Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-16
BUSINESS IS
SATISFACTORY.
Heavy Orders Come in from Agents
on the Road,
COAL MINERS AMICABLE.
Purchasers Find Difficulty In Secur.
Ing Even Approximate Dates tor
Delivery OF Goods.

New York, Feb l5.-R. G.. Dun & Co. s
Weekly Review tomorrow will says
Business continues of good volume in
nearly all parts of the country and re-
ports from the West and southwest Of
a satisfactory distribution of merchan-
disc by jobbers begin to have a ia
miliar sound. Heavy orders come from
agents on the road, There is no i'm
portsnt change in prices in any depart
ment Of manufactured goods and some
staples rise while others decline, but
the longer the situation remains as at
present the surer the business world
feels about rise In prices in the fu-
ture. for the demand for merchandise
for prompt consumption does not de-
crease.
Some progress has been made In the
direction of labor differences In the far
West and the temper Of soft coal min
ers IL more amicable. while there Is lit
tie concern among steel interests over
the sensational stories of organization
at the mills to enforce demands for
higher wages
"The standard measures of business
make favorable comparisons. At some
points there is evidence OF an inclina-
ton to dely operations In iron and steel
until something definite is known re-
garding the proposed combination, but
this applies not only to small undertake
ings, which are insignificant In COM
parison with the urgent dealings that
cannot be postponed Purchasers find
difficulty in securing even approximate
dates for delivery Of goods in many
products, and that no new contracts
are sought. Structural materials and
railway supplies are In greatest re-
quest, numerous heavy orders being
accepted this week at full prices. There
is no inclination to shade quotations of
finished products, and pig iron at Pitts
burg is being again advanced,
mo sign of weakness is apparent In
any department Of the boot and shoe
industry. Some manufacturers have
booked orders that will insure running
on full time well into May and II is an
exceptional case where jobbers can Sc
cure March delivery even from the
rmaller shops. Statesmen are returning
from the West and South with most
cheerful reports, and while local job
bling Is less brisk than last week, there
Is no complaint. Forwardngs from
Boston were 81 ,437 cases against SS,255
cases In the previous week, and al
though the total for two weeks Is
somewhat smaller than the 1S5,06S cases
shipped last year. the movement in 1900
was heavier than In the corresponding
fortnight Of any other year,
News regarding the textile manu-
facturings Is less encouraging despite
that sales of wool at the three chief
eastern points rose to 6.792, 762 pounds,
far exceeding all recent records and
showing a gain OF $500 600 pounds over
the same week last year. 1t was at this
time In 1900 that the movement COM
menced to fall OFF, and the depression
began which has continued ever since.
Cotton fabrics continue quiet and
domestic mills are not fully occupied.
Liverpool cables have given no sup
port, while Manchester Is securing raw
cotton from India in unusually large
quantities. These influences caused a
further decline in mlddling uplands,
taking the price 10 the lowest point in
three months. Exports in January
were valued at $S5 s37 934 against s27,~
0S9, PSI in 1900, but the increase was en-
tirely due to an advance of 2.2 cents
pound in the price, as the quantity
was 1912 bales smell Her,
wheat VIZ ~ anced this ~'"ek by
reports Of receipts at the n lis uHft
for grinding The -four output at Min
neapolls Is much smaller than a year
ago, and a further decrease is expected
Atlantic exports Of wheat, including
-four for the week were 2,47S,52l bush
els, against 1929, 53S bushels last year
Failures for the week numbered 257
In the United States, against 2ls last
year, and in Canada 40 against ~ last
year.