The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-07

delivery in 1902. This is especially no.
t1ceable as to structural material and
railway supplies. interruption to work
in blast furnaces was not wholly avert
ed, but the loss in output did not reach
large figure, owing to the prompt con-
cessions on both sides Practically no
orders were accepted for pig iron, how
ever, owing to the uncertainty as to
the extent Of the strike. In tubes, pipe
and toundered lines there is much ac-
tivity, with quotations fully maintained.
Bltuminous coal IS abnormaliy stimulat-
ed by the anthracite coal shortage and
the output Of coke in the COnnellsville
region Is establishing q new record each
week. According to the latest report
less than per cent Of the ovens are
idle.
"Sales of footwear have materially in
creased with the advancing season, job
bers reporting especially favorable con-
ditions. A temporary season of activity
occurred In leather henlock sole selling
IN moderate quantities, but shoe shops
soon secured all the desired material
Betting butts were the most satisfactory
division of the leather market, prices be-
ing strong and demand sustained. Quite
prevails in hides. Textile goods are
firmly held with stocks well under con
troll Buyers still show disposition to
hold back orders. yet better terms are
not indicated by the conditions of sup
plies. The fall print basis has been
established, at least for the time. In
QQiI-ES are larger TOT export grades or
cotton goods, but sales in all lines are
limited. Quiet conditions are also re-
ported in Woolens. some cancellations
following the better deliveries by mills
recently idle through strikers.
Satisfactory weather in the leading
producing regions had a depressing In
huence on grain quotations and last
weeks advance was lost. Cash. prices
were slow to react owing to the ex-
trenely strong statistical position, but
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progress at the farms.
Failures this week in the United
States were 21S, against 1874 last week
1872 the preceding week and 1876 the cor
responding week last year. and in Can
ada Is against 20 last week, Il the pre-
ceding week and 20 last year.
Bradstreet's says:
Crop prospects taken as a whole are
really brilliant, railroad earnings are
enormous, despite the small grain ton
mage, bank clearings are quite heavy,
Notwithstanding the speculative dull
ness and failures are fewer in mum Der
than in recently preceding years. The
ending of the BOer war it is also
thought. will have a. tendency to slim
ulate export business in manufacturers,
though interfering with trade in horses,
mules and other articles of export OK
the other hand the Industrial situation.
though improved by the ending of blast
furnaces and teamsters' strikes, is still
depressing one owing to the prospect
of the anthracite coal strike proving a
long and bitter one, threats of a strike
in the Virginia bituninous fields and
the general unrest noted among work
ers in a number of industries. In con-
nection with the industrial unrest it is
to be observed that many of the de-
mands made now and for some time
past have been based upon higher
prices for food.
Corn and cotton crop reports are
positively excellent and in striking con-
trast with a year ago. Winter wheat is
turning out better than expected in
such states as Kansas, though recent
rains have interfered with harvesting
in Oklahoma. Fruit crops promise to
be very large and a favora BILE reflection
of this is already noted in sugar prices
which are frmer. Vegetables and other
country products shortened year ago
promise a heavy yield. Oats, barley
and hay are doing splendidly in the
west and northwest Spring wheat ad-
vices are optimistic"