The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-01
LABOR SITUATION IS
A LITTLE BRIGHTER,
General Industrial and Trade Sit.
uatiOn Unchanged Otherwise.
Says Dun's Review.

New York. May t1.-R. q. Dun q Co.'S
weekly review OF trade tomorrow Will ray:
While the weather In the East has hampered
distributive trade to . considerable extent this
week. rendering tho season in some lines rather
unsatisfactory the West and South report I'M
changed conditions. with operations well up to
the recent average II II the season when crop
damage umors are always heard. and they have
come from many quarters. but probably. In larGs
part. owe their origin to speculation.
There Is nothing a. yet to cause any modinca-
tion Of the general stimates made recently and
founded upon the special returns from correspond
ents of r. q. Dun & Co. Tho labor situation
Is a little brighter. Many strikes have been
settled. and others are expected to terminate
shortly.
Iron and steel mills are working at full ca
pacity. and more new plants have been put In
operation. Quotations are well maintained. with
out any effort to secure advances.
Farming machinery Is q feature OF the domes.
Tic business. and there Is no sign Of decrease In
the export movement Of these products, which
aso going out freely to Australia and South
America Railways are unable to secure sufn-
cient freight cars and other supplies. while struc.
tural work proceeds briskiy. with little interrupt
uon from labor controversies. There Is a little
less activity among manufacturer Of boots and
shoes. some Of the smaller plants reducing time
taking stock. inventories Would easily wait this
month. however, n orders were abundant.
aHt "a y
Bins trade has reeeived a setback from the COM
for heavy sole. and high priced upper stock and
S Sr1sai has been freely taken for export: Medium
IRENE qualities. Shipments Of boots and shoes
from The p~henomenaIiy large figures Of recent
preceding weeks. but are still very heavy, and
cases.
,, E1,endsd holidays abroad and . short one in
ktts unusually quiet. while corn has had the
added drawback OF hesitation among traders who
uIation in the Nav OPTION. Foreign purchasess
Were driven out OF this market by inflated QUO
weeks Of only s'.ss. ssss bn' AGAINST II ss,.o ss h h"'
last year and l.. AZ. SIS bu. IN the same weeks
lowed by recovery. and much support is found
IN gloomy reports from growing sections. In
chief causes Of complaint. ard injury from IN
sects is also runored. but there is always more
splendid condition earlier in the season gives
reason to hope for an abundant yield.
ticns. according to the pessim.stic views circu-
lated by traders and factors. who are endeavor-
land mills. where print cloth. have been sharply
m%S,atiSn.. which is said to reach s'ocS'cao piece.
Heavy brown goods have stead.ed under better
trade is r%esiricted by unfavorasie weather. Al.
though q is between seasons with the silk
stocks Of the more desirable lines. are renorted
light. The ribbon trade continues brisk. despite
lowering skies. CARPETS and upholsteries improve,
and in sfaple clothing woolens business IL more
&c. This brings out raw wool more frs,iy,
prices in the face of heavy stocks and a large
n .iom e OF SUPPLIES Sppins hsS sna . IN a fs Z tive ssSpms1a;
influence. and in The Philsdelnhia marke; quota
To The are en ,sTSeR Iiss ., ea aanae-, the w SsSssne a fsss%ss
not more than q cent in any grade.
r'nnited states. against iso iast year. and :. in
Canada. agains. 30 last year.