Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-15
GOOD MEEK FOR TRADE
End Of the Week Finds condi-
tons More Favorable Than
at Beginning.
Advent of Spring Season Has
Been an Important stimu-
liant to Trade.
Strike at Boston Has Had Little
Efiect...Rains Have Helped
Grains.

New York, March 15.-Bradstreet's
| Weekly Review of Trade today says;
The week ends more favorably than
| it began This is particularly true OF
weather conditions, which have i'm
proved greatly in various sections OF
the country. Plenteous rains in the en-
tire winter wheat belt and most espe-
cially in the drouth- afflicted southwest
have given a needed impetus to that
crop. which has been likewise favored
by succeeding mild weather
The apparent advent of the spring
season and it's promise of earliness mas
been an important stimulant to most
lines of trade and industry. which were
thus enabled to throw off the letters
placed upon them by storms, freshets
and the entailed Interruptions to trans
portation.
There is less excitement but more
strength in iron and steel. Agricultural
implement manufacturers have bought
heavily of bars Pittsburg sales being
reported at 100000 tons, alost all OF
it, however, at odd prices. New buyers
must pay the advance of 81 per ton de-
manded. Weather conditions and
floods limited production III February
and stocks are smaller than month
ago. What sales of pig iron are needed
this week bave been at at advance of
so cents per ton. Light rails are $3.50
per ton higher. Skelp has advanced
from 50 to SO on demand from the pipe
trade, and all In all. the innate strength
of the situation has practically never
been surpassed.
Wheat Was buoyed up by the reports
of the smallest reserves in farmers
hands by the government. Bradstreet's
calculations, based on the above, point
cd to q very small increase in the Wis
ible and invisible supplies in view of
the record breaking crops in this coun-
try and in the world at large. This
steadied prices for time. but they
weakened later on the report of the
breaking of the drouth in the south
west and of adequate supplies of mois-
ture to winter wheat in other sections.
The most active export demand for
some weeks past developed at the de-
cline and exercised some influence for
later firmness. Corn and oats for the
first time in a long while broke loose
from the premier cereal, reports of
rains checking the record. A strong
speculative movement in May oats is
an additional feature to be noted.
| Wheat including flour, exports for
the week aggregate 2906,250 bushels.
against 4095,944 bushels last week, and
4.69o.9S9 bushels in this week last year
Wheat exports July 1, 1901, to date
(thirty-seven weeks), aggregate 1877
16S,627 bushels, against 142.1S1,145
gregate 1854 bushels, against 352,4O6
bushels last week, and 4,461,557 bushels
last year. July /, 1901, to date, corn ex-
ports aggregate 23,655,O74 bushels,
against 137.770.310 last season
| Cotton has been more irregular in
price following the recent upward
movement and influenced as it has
been by the reported intention of the
Fall river cotton operatives to strike.
reverses to British arms in South
Africa and more speculative DISPOSE
ton to realize on advances. Receipts
of exceptionally large volume have, it
is said, been at the expense of interior,
<tilo eApoItS Live peeu DIS neretOlOre
very heavy.
Print cloths are stronger in sym
pathy with the general strength of all
cotton goods and also because of the
threatened strike booked for next
week. Labor troubles in the wooden
goods trade have been a disturbing
feature but women's dress goods have
continued in good demand.
Shoe shipments last week were per
cent larger than week ago and the
increase for the season is per cent
Leather is reported generally quiet,
and some grades are weak, in sym
pathy with the dullness in hides
Failures for the week number 224,
against IT'S last week, and 2O7 in this
week last year.