Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-04
STRIKE DIsTURBs TRADE.
Anthracite Situation Only Disturbing
Factor in Commercial World.

Factor in Commercial World.
New York, Oct. z.-Bradstreet's
Weekly Review Of Trade today says:
In. the almost uniformity favorable
returns of nine months financial. COM
mercial and industrial operations the
only depressing note Is the growing
acuteness of the coal situation. The
returns of failures, clearings and the
other items point to conditions having
been largely favorable. Immense in
creases are shown in widely separated
sections, and the only remaining con-
clusion is that unprecedented fall trade,
moving of large crops at higher prices,
immense cattle receipts and unsur-
passed industrial activity are charge
able with the numerous and heavy
gains shown.
Failure returns, too, are favorable,
the number OF embarrassments being
the smallest, with two EXCEPTIONS in
ten years, and the liability being the
,ighteSt, with one exception, in twenty
years.
Trade kilograms to Bradstreet's this
week all testify to the fall and winter
trade already booked having been ex-
ceptionally good. in most cases in eN-
cess of preceding years, and crop yields.
a full volume of business in the remain
ing months Of this year and the early
part of 1903
Except for a few scattered pessimis-
tic reports from the south, advices from
that section are generally of fair to
good trade, with improved collections.
At the east large distribution of dry
goods is noted at such cities as Phila-
delphia, New York and Baltimore.
Hides and leather are strong and active
and shoe manufacturers are pretty gem
orally employed.
Rather less strength is noted in some
lines OF the iron and steel business than
heretofore, but the quieting down in the
cruder forms is due to scarcity of pig
iron, necessitating shut downs Of steel
mills, as much as to the flood of for
eign iron, which appears to be steadily
increasing.
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week ending October aggregate
6,67O,57S bushels, against 5,077,07O last
week, 4,195,747 this week last year, and
4,54O,167 bushels in 1900. Wheat ex-
ports since July aggregate 67,4S4,713
bushels, against S4,S47,946 last season,
and 47,212,667 bushels. in 1900. Corn
exports aggregate 141,423 bushels, !
against 1882 last week, 9O7.924 last
year, and 2,364,249 bushels in 1900. For
the fiscal year exports are 1,197,234
bushels, against 13.626,564 last season,
and 44,311, 661 bushels in 1900.
Business failures In the United |
States for the week ending October
number 1874, as against 172 last week,
It's in this week last year, III in 1900,
IFS in 1899, and 1853 in 1898. Canadian
not noted.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
If Trade today says:
Supplies of cotton goods do not ac-
,umulate in first hands, the demand
continuing to keep pace with produce
ion. Wool averaged slightly higher
n sympathy with the London sale,
urther declines occurred in hides, and
Gather has become dull. New England
hoe shops have received large orders
or winter goods.
Strictly commercial failures in the
United States during the first nine
aonths of 1902, numbered S,676, with
efaulted liabilities of $S5,407, 400. Last
ear there were S,OS3 failures for $780,
6O,S52. In addition there were AZ
lstitutions with liabilities of $2S,027,-y
9S, against 60 in 1901, involving $17,-
1864. Only one other year during
ne past two decades made as favor
BILE a showing. /.