Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-01
The Cold Snap Has Had Effect Of
Checking the Spring
Purchases.
Only Purely Seasonable Goods
Are Being Bought by the
Retailers.
Jobbers Are Confident That the
Spring Trade Will Be
Large.

New York, Feb. 1.-BradStreet'S
Weekly Review of Trade today says:
The future may be said this week to
have profted at the expense of the
present. In other words, current
weather conditions, such as heavy
snowfall east, west and north. tend to
check buying, except of purely seas
enable goods at retail and to limit
slightly the volume of demand in other
lines. On the other hand, the cover
Ing of the entire northern half OF the
country with a blanket of snow has
bettered the situation of the winter
sown crops, and the outlook for spring
trade as a whole has, therefore, been
greatly improved. No diminution in
confidence in a large spring business
is reported, tho southern trade advices
continue unsatisfactory. Northern and
western buyers are calling for deliv-
cries on spring account much earlier
than usual, an encouraging feature, as
indicating that unsold stocks of winter
goods are not excessive. Other devel-
opments of the week are in the main
favorable. Altho the car situation has
measurably improved and the iron
furnaces in the Chicago district have
generally resumed, the acute condi-
tons as to the actual supplies of pig
iron have been little changed. This
product is In demand at all markets
with premiums paid for quick deliv-
cry. Bar iron is So higher, altho the
pool has not formally raised it's price.
rrnno tho othar vpafalc tho faat,rra
has ben the marked change in the cop
per situation, several sharp upward
movements OF prices occurring with the
close 1ssc higher than the lowest pub
lished price and &c higher than the
lowest rumored sales. Considerable
irregularity is noted in prices of GER
calls. hog products and cotton. After
the late heavy decline In prices have
come several reactionary movements
In wheat. which tend to discourage ex-
port demand. Wheat strengthened
early In the week on Bradstreet's re-
port OF heavy decrease in the visible
supply, but weakened later on i'm
proved winter wheat prospects. Corn
has displayed rather more strength
than wheat, a number of diverse in
'fluences operating. while In oats the
future was q spectacular break of sc
a bushel on one day, most of which
was, however, later regained. Hog
products have weakened slightly, al
tho receipts have been moderate,
while butter and country products
generally have strengthened on colder
weather. Sugar is 3-16c higher on
light receipts and poor consumption.
Wheat, including flour, exports for the
week aggregate 3.702,36S and S,776,oO0
in this week last year. Wheat ex-
ports from July i, 1901, to date (thirty
one weeks) aggregate 165,S46,520
bushels. as against 114,T7s,372 last sea-
son. Corn exports aggregate 427,O1S
bushels, as against 179.520 bushels last
week and 2,4s7,7O7 last year. From
July /, 1901, to date, corn exports are
last season. The johbing trade in
boots and shoes is still of small d.
mansions at the east, but buyers are
prices. Hides are rather weaker.
Uncertainty still rules in the cotton
market. Confidence In a small yield
is still undiminished. tho current re-
ceipts throw discredit on minimum es-
Inmates. Trade advices at home and
abroad continue good, ana the foreign
ers are certainly buying the staple
freely. Staple cotton goods are still
rather quiet, but reports from the job
bling trade east and west are favor
able. particularly as regards print
ed fabrics and ginghams. healthy
trade is doing in wooden goods, plain
dress fabrics doing relatively best,
while the mills are still busy on mems
wear goods. Wool is in steady de-
mand and firm, with stocks of desir
able gods we'll reduced.
Failures for the week number 800,
as against 292 last week and 2S6 in
this week last year"
f. Augustus Heinze when inter-
viewed at Butte, Mont, as to a rumoI
that he had sold out his mining pos
sessions to the Amalgamated Copper