Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-10-19
WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE.
Prices Have Been d Little Higher During
the Past Week In the World of Trade.

Prices Hav s Been d Little Higher During
the Past Week In the World of Trade.
New York, Oct. 14.-Bradstreet's says:
Tome quieting down in the general
demand for merchandise Is noted this
week, partly the result of weather on
i%itions, such as raino In the northwest
and warmer weather at the west, while
ut the south the restricted movement
Of cotton still checks trade and collec-
lions at several markets. The lull in
the demand for dry goods, clothing n
shoes from western jobbers Is. however,
not unexpected, being accounted FOR by
the advanced stage of the season. A
slight upward swing in prices is noted
this week. following the general gain
In all staples shown in SeptembCl. but
the changes In cereals are small,
whether upward or downward. The
advance in cotton, based on the poor
crop reports, light receipts, the post
ponement OF the Fall River strike n
rather better trade advices from abroad
is a trifing one. The great mass Of
prices the country over show few Inn
portant changes, and this steadlness I'm
fact is "A notable feature by itself OF the
trade situation,
The feature in sugar Is the partial
restoration of the large reduction made
I'm refined sugar at the west last week.
Instead OF the 3Aa-cent quotation OF
last week, Az cents is now asked, the
large orders received at the lower price
making II certain hat the full educ
ton was an extreme one.
Iron and steel continue In active de-
mand, and particularly for the cruder
form, such as pig, and for finished
products affected by the recent strike.
Heavy sales for steel rails for 1892 de-
livery are reported at the west and bars
are 81 per ton higher at Chicago, with
northern pig % cents and southern pig
80 cents higher. Hardware Is active At
nearly all markets and supplies are
generally limited. Some weakness In
nails Is noted at the east notwithstand-
ing active demand, but at the west
wire mills are behind on orders. Spe-
cial activity In lead and zinc is noted
at the western primary points. Copper
10 in hand-to-mouth demand here, but
It is to be noted that spot prices have
advanced at London.
Tin is higher here, In sympathy with
the speculative advance at the same
market.
Among cereal products the feature Is
the active domestic demand for flour
at higher prices. % Wheat is a fraction
higher on the week on a belief that fol-
lowing the recent decline caused by
Tie IltdNlly IN tbEti ll'NNlli'iA a. hA~
northwest and the gain in visible sup
plies some reaction is due. Oats are
fractionally higher, but corn is lower,
and hog products are very weak In
sympathy with lower prices for live
hogs and heavy selling by packers.
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week aggregate 4,7l9,s9S bushels,
az against 6,195, 749 last week and 4,292,-
$50 in this week last year. Wheat eN-
ports July / to date fourteen weeks)
aggregate 80, $685. 7S bushels, against
50, $50, 54S last season.
Corn exports aggregated CTS, 546 BUSH
els, against 907, 924 last week and $780,
OBJ last year. July 10 date corn exports
are ID, 305, $50 bushels. against 46, 002, 1913
last season.
The boot, shoe, leather and kindred
Industries are all active and eastern
shipments are il per cent larger
for the week and IL per cent larger for
the season than a year ago. The
strength OF hides and the recent ad-
vance In leather, however, Is still furth-
er narrowing the margin OF profit In
shoe manufacturing. Failures for the
week number 1873, as against 175 last
week and 30 I'm this week a yea ago.