Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-06-17
C----T1 Peace in South Africa
| NpK YlTk has greatly improved the
~ ANi"' ln,rrlnnk Enreirn industrial

T1 Peace in South Africa
NpR Tnrk has greatly improved the
! l------s--l outlook. Foreign Industrial
markets will quickly benefit by the de-
Selopment of thar country, while 4 re-
| turn 10 active gold mining will have n
/ helpful Influence in monetary circles.
7 Owing u the present exceptional home
| consumption producers in this county
] may not be able TO take advantage OF
/ the opportunity Immediately, but eveb
] the indirect effects must be beneficial.
! Domestic conditions still have but the
/ one drawback of labor disputes, which
nave reduced the earning power OF q
large force. Outside the limits OF this
/. influence there is little cause for cons-
/ plant. Orders are large and distrbu-
lion IS less interrupted by the shortage Of
i cars Railway earnings for May show
en- increase Of SIS per cent over last year
and ia per cent over 1900"
| r. q. Dun < Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade thus sums up the industrial sit
nation. Continuing the Review says:
Contrary TO expectations, the leading
producers maintained their conservative
position 10y making no advance in the
price Of steel rails for delivery in 1903,
tue very lu1tcIllA TlSt
that has occurred in pig iron. Much new
business has been placed during the past
week, although consumers have found
difficulty iii booking orders for delivery
in 1902. This is especially noticeable MS
to structural material and railway sup
plies. Interruption to work at blast fur
naces was not wholly ayerted, but the
loss in output did not reach large fig-
ure owing 10 prompt concessions on both
sides. Practically no orders were ac-
cepted for pig iron, however, owing 10
! the uncertainty as to the extent Of the
strike ( n tubes, pipe and foundered
Zines there is much activity with quota
tons fully maintained BituminouS coal
Els abnormally stimulated by the anthra-
cite coal shortage. and the output OF coke
lin the CoAnellsville region is establishing
I a new record each week. According 10
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 espeo tally favorable con
/ editions. A temporary season OF activity
occurred in leather. hemlock sole selling
Elm moderate quantities. but shoeshops
soon secured all the desired material.
Textile goods are firmly held, with
tstocks well under control. Buyers still
/ show a disposition 10 hold back orders,
yet better terms are net indicated by
the conditions Of supplies. The fall print
basis has been established at least for
the time. Inquiries are larger for export
grades OF cotton goods, but sales in all
lines are limited. Quiet conditions are
also reported in woolens, some cancel
lations following the better deliveries by
mills recently idle through strikes.
Satisfactory weather in the leading
producing regions had depressing iniiu-
ence on grain quotations, and last weeks
advance was lost Cash prices were
slow 20 react. owing TO the extremely
strong statistical position, but the next
crop options fully reflected the progress
at the farms.
Bradstreet's says:
/ Wheat, including flour, exports Tor the
week (seven days. aggregate 46O0,035
bushels, against 3.900,645 foc the five
days last week and 6644,644 in this
week last year. Wheat exports July J.,
1901 to date eforty-nine weeks) aggre-
gate 23S OBJ, 1876 bushels, against 1872
| 457, 1868 last season. Corn exports ag-
| gregate 1924 bushels. against al ATS
last week and 2,455, 102 last year. July
| 1. 1901. TO date corn exports are %.
| 9S7, 115 Bushels against 166,419,4S3 last
| season.