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hbK lUIk. strike removes the only Sc
~-----------------J rious handicap to industrial
progress. Five months of restricted fuel
production had begun to check the wheels
sc many manufacturing centers, while
there was Il pereeptible diminution il
consumptiYe demands. as the purchasing
power OF the wage-earners steadily de-
creased. Savings have been exhausted,
and much money has gone out of tile
country because of this struggle. hut the
nations remarkably strong position as
surcs a speedy restoration of prosperous
conditions" The foregoing is from the
Weekly Trade Review of L. G. Dun &
Co. 1t continues:
Transportation is now the worst fea-
trre, and threatens 20 continue disturb
ing. While the grain crops are being
moved the supply of rolling stock and
motive power will prove insufficient, al
though every effort is made at the shops.
liberal premiums beng offered for early
delivery. That the railways are well &C.
eupied is evidenced by earnings for the
first week of October 80 per cent larger
than last year and 1919 per cent above
1900.
Inadequate s, pplies of fuel caused fur
ther banking of furnaces, but the effect
of q decreased output Of domestic pig iron
has been partly neutralized by larger ar
rivals from abroad. Practically no price
can be named for immediate delivery Of
home iron. and there is no disposition TO
make concessions for distant contracts,
owing to the abnormal coke situation.
Fortunately there has been little inter
ruption at finishing mills, and the output
of rails, structural material and kindred
lines is well maintained. Consumers not
only find difficulty in securing steel from
the mills but encounter further delay
on the railways. which are unable to nam
die freight promptly. Orders come for
ward freely for the heavier lines, nuner-
GUS contracts being offered for steel rails
for next years delivery, and the plans for
buildings and bridges keep lot of bust
ness in sight in beams. channels and an
giles. Plates for shipyards are also sought
freely, prices tending upward on tank
steel. Higher freight rates have check
ed imports of finished steel
Footwear shops are actively engaged,
many producers having added to their
long list of orders. and while practically
all the New England manufacturers are
assured full time up to the end of the
SCdAt LHcJ are dlSO llhlAlS OIucls lux de-
liveries in March. Prices are easily
| maintained. Leather is slightly weaker,
owing to the sharp fall in hides, which
has been accentuated by the poorer quail
ity now coming on the market. Large
imports have weakened dry hides. In
cotton goods the feature was Il purchase
of about 100000 pieces of print cloths.
Failures for the week number 206 in
the United States, against 229 last year,
and 24 in Canada, compared with 5 |.
Bradstreet's report says:
Wheat including flour, exports for the
week ending Oct. 16 aggregate 5.240,6S
bushels, against 5645,779 last week, s.
536,073 in this week last year and 1896
6l3 in 1900. Wheat exports since july
aggregate 1871, $50 bushels against o.
103,917 last season and 55,302, 163 in
1900.
Corn. exports aggregate 1S0,674 bush
els, against lS0,35S last week, GAO, 033
last year and 2.SS6,993 in 1900. For the
fiscal year exports are Loss. 266 bushels
against 14,944.S43 last season and So.
0g4, G91 in 1900