Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-04-15
New York.

MEN I0Ik. tinue to be the only serious
L-------lly disturbing events in the
industrial world and, while many dis
agreements have been promptly settled.
others have appeared 10 interrapi pTodur-
zion and make manufacturers coliscrya-
tive about new undertakings Retail dis
'uhution of spring wearing apparel r.
celVee y shock from the more inclement
weather IN many localities. We, merchar-
disc OF most staple lines is purchased
Freely, and collections are satisfactory at
nearly al points except the SOUTH r.
=. Dun Co.'S Weekly Review thus
sums up trade conditions aud ADDS;
Supplies Of iron and steel do nol scea
III any immediate danger of over,akinc
demand In fact, the prospect 81 labor
disturbances ON May / makes the situa-
ton still more uncertain. and those who
hoped for equilibrium in the market ny
July l are less sanguinc. Midsummrr
seems to be the dividing line as to quota
lions, prices after July averaging about
81 per ton less than earlier deliveries.
while those few fortunate sellers az spot
material continue TO secure large premi-
AIMS. Pittsburg pig iron is definitely high
err and large contracts are still under
negotiation between the BesseInc- pro-
dncers and the l"l ling consumer Coke
continues to move little more Freely, ycy
prices are fully sustained.
In the market for textile products
there is a distinctly firm tone Labor
troubles and the high position Of raw cot
ton are both factors of strength, whil,
mills have orders that will occupy their
full capacity for some time Although
quotations are nomnally without change.
the scarcity of available supplies makes
il a simple matter TO hold prices Expor,
inquiry for sheetings and drills has in
creased, but makers insist on higher
prices than are offered in many eases
1t is between seasons for wooden goods,
and there is the usual quiet. except wher,
buyers are anXiously looking for goods to
replaced deliveries interrupted by thu.
strike at Olneyyille and vicinity.
mo movement is recorded in conditions
of footwear shops in New England
where only the larger manufacturers are
able 10 keep going. Prices OF shoes are
unchanged, although buyers are holding
back for better terms. Leather has
steadied under large purchases Of sole
and betting, with the additional support
OF heavy exports. Domestic hides again
average lower.
Widely divergent views as to t,lc crop
outlook resulted in dull market for the
cereals and only small changes in prices.
Wheat receipts for the week were but
2,OI4,69 bushels, against 1857, I35 last
year, while exports from all ports Of the
United States amounted TO 33G5,01U
bushels. compared with 4,620,037 q year
ago. There was not the customary loss
in receipts OF corn; l5S0,505 bushels
comparing with I,602,027 Il year ago, but
Atlantic exports were only 20I, 356 bush
els, against 3,046, 1871.
1T is not surprising that cotton is So
firmly held in view of the dispatches
from correspondents of II. G.. Dun Il Co
in the South. These reports indicate
small stocks Of old cotton and n decreasc
OF acreage for the next crop. with smaller
sales Of fertilizers and a backward sea
son.
THE course of commodity prices during
the month of March indicates a seasona
Bile tendency downward Dun's index
number giving the aggregate OF quota
tions proportioned to consumption. was
500 222 on April /. against $10l,693 a
month previous. This decline OF 20 per
cent was mainly due to the higher tenn
peraturc. which accelerated the output OF
garden and dairy products