Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1902-11-13
| New York.

:, -, mo better evidence o
k9V Y0Tk industrial and commercial
- activity is needed thar
present inadequate transportation facili
ties. Every form of railway equipment
from track to rolling stock, has been IN
creased and perfected during the last
few years to an extent that appeared al
most excessive, yet the nations business
has more than kept pace. Unsensonaoll
mild weather has retarded retail tradt
at many points, yet the movement OF
goods is fully sustained by undiminished
preparations for future sales. Distrlbu
ton delayed by high temperature is moi
lost, while the agricultural community
will profit very materially 10y the taru
ness of frost. increasing their ability tc
| consume the produts of factories ano
| mills" The foregoing is from the Week
ly Trade Review of X. Ct. Dun Co. II
continucs
| Labor is more fully employed than al
any recent date, only a few small con
| troversies interrupting. Money marKe,
pressure has been removed. and, although
securities do not respond, legitimate trad'
is not retarded by quiet speculation. Earn
| ings of the railways during October thus
/ far exceed last years by 4.5 per cent
and those of 1900 by u per cent.
Coke is still the vital factor in the
iron and steel situation. Not only has nc
improvement occurred, but the supply ol
| fuel is falling further behind and the out
look is alarming. Pig iron is in great de-
mand. imports promising to continue
large, and rs the higher duty on steel VIII
not be exacted there is reason to anticl'
pate liberal movement from Germany,
! hn dam nd fn- ilo tc ca
large purchases abroad are being uego'
tiated, while practically all railway sup
| plies find an eager market.
Failures for the week numbered 20 in
the United States, against 24O last year
and % in Canada, compared with 20.
g., Highly encouraging are
Ul,C100. the reports from the indus
- ] trial field. Manufacturing
companies have q good volume of bust
ness and in many lines are not selling
more only because they cannot make
more. Jobbing trade is satisfactory on
| the whole. A touch of cold weather
would be welcomed in the Northwest ia
draw the farmers from their active work
at home and turn their attention to fall
requirements. This would liven up re-
tail trade, which is reported little quiet
in some localities.
The railroads are doing a business
heavy beyond precedent. We no longer
hear the loud complaints, SO common al
this time last year, when the situation
was not much worse, of the scarcity OF
cars. With all the new equipment added
since then and with more coming into
use daily, the roads are still overtaved
The grain movement is affected seriously
But shippers realize the situation better
now and are slower to lodge complaints
In the Northwest it is believed that thu
movement of coarse grains, the heavies
ever known, has passed it's maximum
point and that from this time on NOR,
wheat will come instead. Country ele
vator stocks are larger than at this tim,
last year, while wheat stocks in Mime
apolis and Duluth are about 100000
bushels less than last year.
There has been some slight growth Of
reactionary feeling during the week due
to the recent sharp advance in wheat ant
the fact that number of bearish items
are seen in the worlds statistics. Tn,
heavy Russian wheat and rye crops art
dwelt upon as influences making for nj
innate price depression. as is the large
increase in Manitoba interior stocks anC
the fact that in four weeks the world
visible supply of wheat increased 35.S0O,
600 bushels, compared with an increase ot
100000 bushels in the correspond
ing four weeks last year. Yet the iacts
remain that there is scarcely any wheat
in store in Minneapolis and the movement
is not heavy, while the -four mills hav,
been grinding at rate to make new roc
ords in flour production, and outside mill
ers have also been heavy buyers in thi,
market The fact that prices are not toe
high to do business in competition abroad
would seem clear from the continued OK
port inquiry reported from day to day
and the exports of 7,0G0.317 bushels
this week, the largest of any week fol
| more than n wear