The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-30
BRADSTREET SAYS NEEDED STIAI-
ULUS Is IN EVIDENCE.

NEW YORK, Nov 29-Bradstreet's
weekly report says:
The advent of more seasonable weather
has given the apparently only needed
stimulus to retail and holiday demand in
the North, East and Portions of the
South. From now on retail rather than
wholesale demand will attract most at
ten4ion. Colder weather and snow
would, however benefit Northwestern
trade and industry, though the open
weather prevailing has enabled more
than ordinarily complete farming prepa-
rations and extended building activity.
No sign of the usual seasonable quiet
ing down in the demand for iron and steel
is apparent and buyers are as eager as
ever to obtain supplies The car short
age and congestion of freight in the
Pittsburg district has been accentuated
by the switchmen's strike, and the
trouble there, if anything. is aggravated.
A number of furnaces are banked, and
several mills are idle for lack of supplies.
Bradstreet's Halifax correspondent re-
ports large sales of Cape Breton steel in
the United States.
Dry Goods Trade Is Tagging.
Less is naturally doing in the wholesale
distribution of dry goods, but the re-
asserting demand Is reported of good vol
nme. Sales for next spring are not as
heavy as expected. At the East business
in print cloths is slow and there Is less
doing in brown cottons for export, but
these goods are reported largely sold
ahead to March The furry in prints
is over and no business in pinted goods
for future delivery can be placed at the
present cut rates. In wooden goods the
situation is one of the best for years.
Dress woolens are steady, fiannels are
active and heavy oyercoatings are in exr
ceptional demand. The 1901 wool clip
promises to be per cent larger than last
year, and supplies are heavier than a
year ago, but demand, on the other hand
is also better.
Eastern shoe manufacturers are asking
and getting to 212 cents per pair adj
vance over the prices made two months
ago. Factories are busy on reassort-
ing and primary orders, and number
are too busy to take stock Leather is
still firm at the late advance and betting
leather is 90 per cent higher at Philadel-
phia. Eastern shoe shipments are very
large those for the week being % per
cent heavier than the corresponding week
last year.
The strength of the coarser grains corn
and oats, has been the sustaining feat
ure TO wheat, which might otherwise
have receded on large Northwestern re-
supply. A resume of the worlds cereal
food supply shows a shrinkage this year
of Lose 100000 bu, as compared with last
year.
Provisions are showing exceptional
strength, due TO shorts covering and re-
ported heavy buying by packers.
Hogs receipts are large, but their weight
are light and this accounts for the rela-
lively greater advance in lard.
Wheat, including flour, exports for the
week aggregate 5.117,47s blu, as against g.
els, 800 bu last week, and 47S.SS0 bu In
this week last year Wheat exports July
to date twenty-five weeks aggregate
127 $4,000 bu, as against 76.74299S bu last
season.
Corn exports aggregate 630,69s blu, as
against 445,351 Blu last week, and 1901, O3(
bu last year. July l to date corn ex-
ports are 1854, 0S7 blu, against "a, 476, S26 blu
last season.
Business failures in the United States
for the week number 1S9, as against 22G
last week. ,1S4 in the same week last
year, III in 1899 212 in 1898. and $50 in
1897 Failures in Canada for the week
number &C. as against % last week, Is in
the same week year ago, and 25 in 1885
and 1898.