Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-23

According to Bradstreet g, 1.-THE usual
January thaw in prices arrived this
week, and securities, food products,
particularly the cereals. pork and dairy
products, coffee and sugar among the
groceries, and copper among the metals,
Fave all weakened, and close lower on
the week, The causes for this move
ment have been in many cases tech
meal, aud the general trade tpation
/ has mt On the whole, been awakened.
Lii anything, in TACT. improvement may
be expected to follow, a striking eX-
ample OF this being in the cereals.
High prices had killed off EXPORT trade,
but this seems TO have revived this
week on the decline In distributive
trade the situation has certainly i'm
| proved a larger spring business has
been done in cotton and wooden goods.
Advices from the West are OF an en-
lsFged spring iobh ng business and col
leGtions remain satisfactory. Northwest
adVieed are particularly good, agricul-
| turaI implements aOd drYgoods being
ordered ard sh ppGd in large volume.
rada in the Southwest continues sasis-
| factory.
"More ia dong in leading Eastern
textile markets, prints and ginghams
moving well with iohhers, while good
| business is also reported in wooden
| goods, though the new prices made are
rather lower than expected. There 10
even some Improvement noted in South
ern trade largely the result of the rmer
| tone OF raw cotton. Among the indus
| tries, iron and steel are still easily
| first in the volume OF new business and
| in production, Sales Of zig iron this
| week have been very heavy
''Business failures in theUnited States
for the week number POI, as against $40
| last week, 800 this week aat year, 300
in l9CO, 2G2 in 1899 aud 800 In 1898.
| Canadian failures for the week number
80, us against - last week and 80 in
this week a year ago. y
| II. q. Dun " Go "a Review says
"tontwear producers have at last made
| Il general advance o rom u, 10 )
cents. Wholesalers have not altered
| lists. Hides are weaker, which is natural
| at this season when the quality deteri
CRATES. Stocks of cotton goods are not
| hurcieusome, aud demands gradually OK
pand with tho Advancing. season, es-
| pacial!y or tine grades Heavy brown
goods move slowly, both on home and
| domestic orderl. Wooden goods opened
4 lower than exnectad, ana purchases
| were retarded rather than stimulated
| by tho declines Changes were few
and small, yet there had been such
| confidence in higher level that the
trade desitated, Wooden and worsted
| yarns tend upwards
Grain reacted sharply from the high
| point, and large Western operator was
caught With more than he could carry.
Forced liquidation OF this long account
facilitated the work Of mauipulators
| for u decline. Another unsatisfactory
feature was the recent falling oil in
foreign demand, oliic al figures for De
eeinher showing smGller exports OF
wheat than for any month Of the calen
dar year. although for six months oil
the urap year there still appears a gain
Of about 50,00J,OO0 bushels over the
corresponding months of 1900 or 1899.
This week exports we're i,34S, 43l bushels
against ,, Jos, 80 year ago Corn de
clined sharply, but still remains abou,
20cents a bushel above the price last
| wear -