Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-22
SPRING TRADE IS GOOD.
Jobbine Business for the Season
Has Been of Exceptional
Volume.
Good Crop Advices and Plentiful
Rains Help the Southwest.
ern Trade.
Labor Controversies Mostly Set
tied and Wages Better Than
Ever Before.

New York, March 22.-Bradstreet's
Weekly Review of Trade today says:
"The spring jobbing trade has passed
its maximum, but is still exceptionally
active at all leading eastern, western
and Pacific markets. Continued good
crop advices and plentiful rains heip
southwestern trade, which shows a fur
Their increase, and alone among the tel
egraphed reports southern cotton
growing sections show dullness and
hesitation in wholesale trade. with
complaints of delayed collections. Iron
and steel still set the pace, but fam
inc" talk is less generally heard, al
tho all energies are still strained to
meet consumptive requirements ana
imports of foreign pig iron are noted.
Despite the severe storm in the north
west, reflected later in other sections of
the country in a recurrence Of the win
try weather, spring farm and trade
preparations are still going forward
actively. Dry goods are in less active
demand at eastern markets, put the
volume of trade is good and recorders
are larger than expected. Wheat, al
ter failing to respond to cold weather
crop damage talk, weakened on reports
and predictions of further rains In the
winter wheat belts, but at the oecllne
struck large export orders, Whlch turn
ed the market upward. Liquidation
has been the feature of interest In corn
and oats, which are lower on the week.
Cotton prices appear to have struck
dead center, receipts having been small
Ter, while exports, tho lessened, are sui
liberal, but speculatively the situation
appears to have been over-bought. f'u-
lures are slightly, tho irregularly, hlgn,
while spot cotton has remained I'M
changed In manufacturing fields the
demand is on the whole quieter, pro-
ducts manifesting reserve ana olsln-
clination to commit themselves. PRINT
cloths are actually higher on the week.
Wool is firmer, largely owing to the
small supplies available and the feel
ing that higher prices will be obtained
for the next clip. Wheat Gncluding
fiour) exports for the week ag-
gregate 4,326,3O4 bushels, against o.
SUO,SOU ldSU WEEK anu csSoeyoht AAA 1880
week last year. Wheat, exports from
July /, 1901, to date (thirty eight
weeks), aggregate 191,494,931 bushels,
against 145,42s,7s9 last season. Corn
exports aggregate 3S9,S91 bushels,
against 1S3,414 last week and 2,605,OS4
last year From July l, 1901, to date,
corn exports aggregate 23,994,O65 bu-
shells, against 14o,3s3,394 last season.
Building activity is increasing and
lumber is bought freely at all markets.
Hardware and wire nails are likewise
active. Boot and shoe manufacturers
are busy on previous orders. but new
business is light pending the trial OF
strength between the jobbers and man
ufacturers on the one hand and be-
tween the manufacturers of shoe leath-
err on the other. Coal remains steady
Furnace stocks of iron are unprece-
IDENTIFY small, but supplies of coke are
going forward better and production is
active. Failures for the week number
19, as against 224 last week and 2Sl
in this week last year."