Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-08
Spring Sales are of Good Vol
ume, Indicating Confidence
in the Future
WEATHER STIMULATES DEMAND
Cold Snap in the West Has an Appre-
ciabIe Effect on the Retail Business
Collections Good as a Rule and Ho!
Iay Trade Is Increasins-other Gen.
eral News.

New 0rk, NOV. o.--BTaQStTeel
| Weekly Review of Trade today says:
| The jobbing trade has continued ac-
year. Spring sales are of good volume,
indicating confidence, and enormous
shipments of all classes of merchan-
disc have congested the railroads, al
ready fully occupied in trying to move
supplies of fuel to consumers and grain
crops to market Warm weather early
in the week retarded retail trade ana
slightly affected some collections, but
colder weather west later on simulated
the demand for heavy goods and gives
promise of better final distribution ma
terially. The mild, open fall season
has, however, been valuable to the tar
mer, enabling him to complete farming
preparations and insuring SAUSAGE
tory beginning to the wheat crop, be-
sides allowing the late cotton to ma
ture and facilitate outdoor work, such
as building, to progress rapidly. Good
collections are the rule. Failures are
fewer than last year and the liabilities
one of the past ten years.
With increasing movement some
weakness in cereals and cotton is no
ticeable, but this is construed favorably
because being likely to encourage ex-
port business, which. however, COM
pares quite favorably with last fiscal
year, despite prevailing high prices.
The labor situation is quiet and ia
vorable influence for continued peace
is the disposition on the part of the
railroads to grand wage advances.
A feature of trade is the immense vol
ume of merchandise moving to western
consumers. Railroads report cars and
locomotives alike scarce. New buying
for spring account is a good volume
and holiday trade is increasing. On
the Pacific coast business is very ae-
tive and exports of flour and lumber.
the former to Asia-are of enormous
volume. At the south warmer weather
has allowed the continued maturing
and close picking of the cotton crop,
and estimates of the final yield tend
upwards. Eastern markets report in
creased demand from the coal regions,
offsetting less active wholesale demand
from other sections.
Cotton goods remained quite active
and strong, despite the shading in raw
cotton. The wooden goods trade is i'm
proving rapidly. Raw wool is very
firm and supplies are closely held.
Iron and steel show little change.
Coke is very scarce and fully score
of eastern furnaces are banked. There
is a waiting tendency in the import
trade and new business is not large,
Steel rail makers are still busy and
an immense tonnage will have to be
carried over into next year.
Dun's Review.
r. G. Dun & Companys Weekly Re-
view of Trade today says:
Trade and industrial conditions are
making steady progress, reports from
all sections of the country contain
ing evidence of wholesale development.
Complaints of slow freight movements
are still heard, testifying to the enor
nous volume of business handled by
the railways, which report earnings
for October As per cent larger than
last year and 14.2 per cent above 1900.
1t is the exception when manufacture |
ing plants have not contracts assuring |
activity for many months and annual |
inventories will be taken with difficulty |
owing to importunate consumers. The /
only development of note in the iron
and steel market has been the 10 per |
cent reduction in price of tin plates TO I
lake effect December 1. While some /
change was anticipated the trade was I
not prepared for so large a current I
trade. If the recent lowering of price |
lists in certain sections of the market I
should stimulate foreign trade there
will be occasion for qualification, as
some exceptional export movement is
needed to offset the heavy imports of
Dig iron and billets Many furnaces