Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-29
Warm Weather the Only APP
parent Drawback to Distri-
butive Trade
BIG NORTHUMBERLAND PREDICTED
AItho There Is Noted Improvement
in the Transportation Congestion,
Railroad Men, Merchants and Deal
ers, Are Still Worried Over the Car
Shortage.
Shortage.

New York, Nov. 29.-Bradstreet's
Weekly Review of Trade today says:
Warm weather has been, and In some
sections is the only apparent drawback
to distributive trade, but lowered tenn
perature and early holiday buying have
tended to minimize the deficiency. That
large, in fact unprecedented holt
day demand will develop is confidently
predicted, all sections Of the country
sending this report. While weather
dulled retail trade has affected orders
from western jobbers, wholesale trade
as a whole, Is in excess of year ago,
and comfortable Increases are expected
to be finally shown in nearly every de-
partment Of trade. General industry is
active the country over, manufactur-
ers and producers being still urgently
pushed to, deliver on orders booked
some time ago. Some Improvement.
is noted in the transportation con-
gestion, but the car shortage is still a
matter of worriment to the railroad
whose goods are delayed. Lower prices
for cereals, provisions and finished
iron and steel give hope of better ex-
port trade and the possibility of cutting
down some Of the unfavorable balance
shown earlier this year. Collections
are in a majority of cases still good,
exceptions being the effect OF mild
weather in the northwest and too much
rain in Texas.
There is a rather more cheerful tone
in the iron trade, partly the result OF
improvement in fuel supplies at the
west and partly the result OF larger
buying at the east. Little or no inn
provement III the coke shortage in that
immediate district is noted. The eager
ness of consumers to get supplies add
ed to the reluctancy of sellers to en-
gage for deliveries any further ahead
than 1903, is taken to indicate that next
years business will be very large,
Rather more than usual seasonable ac-
tiyity is noted in hardware. Among
the other metals, copper is weaker in
tone, and tends downward on increased
offerings and weak foreign markets.
while tin is also lower. Cotton goods
feel the stimulating effects of the high
er prices for raw material. The wool
en- mills are kept actively employed.
those engaged on mems wear being
particularly SO. Raw wool remains
strong.
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week ending November 81 aggrs-
gate 4,179,6S5 bushels, against 5,27I672
last week, 5,117,47s in this week last
year and 2,497,SS0 in 1900. Wheat ex-
ports since July | aggregate 111,e42,-
009 bushels against 127,S1S,726 last sea-
son and 77,790,267 in 1900. Corn ex-
ports aggregate 255,174 bushels, against
1881 last week, 630,96S last year and
1901. 900 in 1900. For the fiscal year
exports are 2,707,3s7 bushels. against
19,153,S17 last season and 74,6S1,561 in
1900.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Thursday, Novem-
Der q, number $50, against 210 last
week, 1s9 in the week last year. 1S4
in 1900, 1T in 1899 and 212 in 1898.
Canadian failures number 10, as
aginst Is last week and Is in this week
a year ago.
R. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
of Trade says:
Weather conditions have provided
the only important development Of the
past week in the business world. Ex-
cessiye rains in some sections notably
the southwest, facilitated distribution
of heavy footwear. overshoes and kin
dred lines, while seasonably low tenn
perature at other points increased the
movement of winter wearing apparel.
Jobbing and wholesale trade is fully
maintained and manufacturing plants
have orders far ahead, but in many
cases the coke shortage retards oper-
atoms Railway officials are making |
every effort to relieve the freight con-
gestion, but thus far there is little evil
dence of improvement. Gross earnings
are fully maintained, for November /
thus far exceeds last years by 6.3 per
cent and those of 1900 by 1874 per cent,
while it is anticipated that higher
freight rates will offset the advances
in wages. thus sustaining net earn
ings.
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