Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-03-22
BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT.
Evidences Of It Are to be Seen in
Many Quarters
LESS TRAFFIC CONGESTION
,.,o, controversies Not NO Threaten
log iu some Case" wages Adj
yanced voiuntariiy

New York, March 2l,-R' c. Dun &
IN IS weekly Review Of Trade tomor'
raw will say; Evidences OF further
Improvement are numerous Labor con-
,royehsles are less threatening, many
settlements having been effected, while
others are momentarily anticipated;
wages have been advanced, not only
,Arougb strikes but In some cases vol
unfairly tralilc congestion has subsidized
until it is possible to deliver goods ac-
cordlng 10 specifications; aside from
some idle footwear shops the leading
lines Of manufacture are very lully en-
gagged while jobbing trade is OF eNcep-
tIonal magnitude Retail dealings are
also very large, the Easter stimulus pe-
,ne felt in all lines of wearing apparel,
with domestic demands 80 vigorous, IL
IL especlaly encouraging to notice a
gain for the last week In foreign trade
Nd the principal ports, ,,
opressure for iron and steel has not
diminished there perceptlbly, yet the
,mpresson is growing that after July
he situation will become normal ana
h Will be possible to secure deliveries
Win some degree Of promptness. THIS
10 The more probable as there has been
further stlffening OF quotations ana
additional lmportations, which would
have been much larger but for the adj
vance in foreign markets.
i'For some time to come II IL probable
mot foreign commerce exhibits as to
This industry viii be less satisfactory
hut II h worthy Of note that Imports
are mainly Of pig iron, billets and
sheets, while the Imports OF many
lines Of expensive machinery and 9th
or finished products are fully sustained,
large contracts are constantly under
consideration for structural material
on domestic account, including railway
bridges, yiaduCts, car shops and Office
buildings In this respect the domestic
consumption this year viii far surpass
all records
both at the east and the west there
Is a little more activity In the shoe
shops, yet productive capacity Is not
fully engaged, and new orders come
forward steadily. Advanced wages at
cotton mills mean a higher cost OF
production, and the market has hard
ened In consequence
Business under the new conditions
has not yet been sufficiently large to
establish quotations, yet some advances
Of to per sent are recorded, Export
sales are still checked by high prices.
Wooens are quiet, with only a fair
movement Of staple lines, though some
fancy grades are fully sold and out OF
the market,
Grain markets have begun to feel
the effects Of weather reports, and for
the next few months II will be simple
matter for spectators to secure err
ratio fluctuations. Strength was con-
spicllous on Tuesday, last years SER
ious injury to corn making quotations
particularly sensitive TO Indications OF
drouth. Another helpful factor was the
increase In exports OF wheat and flour
10 465L625 bushels for the week,
against only 2,5oS,472 last week and g.
36S09S a year ago. Western receipts
continued to make an unfavorable COM
parisOn with the movement In 1901,
wheat amounting to 2S99,99O bushels,
against 4, 1865, s3i, and corn / i60, $780, COM
pared with 3,O7I0ll. Atlantic exports Of
corn increased largely over the low rec
ord OF the preceding week to 29S,SS4
bushels, and there is still n severe loss
as compared with the 2,S5l,272 bushels
shipped year ago.
Cotton showed no response 10 Mr.,
Nellls reiteratlon Of his early estimate
placing the yield at ll,2bO,OOO bales.
Failures for the week numbered 200
In the United States, against 224 last
year, and 81 In Canada against SO last
year"