Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-09-23
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New York.

[7 Industrial activity is
| New York greater than at any recent
-----------ldate. Many new factories
and mills have been added to the pro-
ductiye capacity, facilities are being IN
creased at Did plants. and idle shops re-
sumed through the settlement OF labor
controversies. A coke blockade stu ex-
'sts, the railways being unable to handle
;he output, which is above all records and
n urgent request. Desr e the rapid de-
velopment Of transportation facilities the
nations needs have grown still faster
and the situation is distressing for ship
pers and consumers. Large crops are
being harvested and the greater album
dance of f9oGstuffs caused decline in
prices of Commodities during August of
SO per cent. as measured by Dun's index
number. Retail trade is large, with q
bright outlook for the future in iobblng
and wholesale business. There are few
Of the cancellations 50 numerous 1t this
time last year, while collections are im-
proving. An advance of 900 per cent
IN bank exchanges at New York over the
same week last year cannot be explained
10y speculation. as dealings in stocks We're
also heavy in 1901. Railway Warnings in
August exceeded last years by NJ per
cent and those OF 1900 by ISL per cent"
II. q. nun * Co.'S Weekly Review et
Trade makes the foregoing summary,
Continuing. the review says.
Although the weekly capacity OF pig
iron furnaces in blast on Sept was re.
ported as 335,1S9 tons by the Iron Age.
1t has since been appreciably eurtailed
Inv k. ne ftsal On
which account numerous furnaces were
blown out, or at least banked. As con-
sumptive requirements are Increasing il
is necessary 10 place orders abroad more
extensively, and in some cases, the entire
output of foreign plants has been secured.
Not only raw material but billetS and
even rails are sought in other markets,
German mills offering the best terms in
most cases. Heavy importations have
prevented further advance in quotations,
but domestic producers have a ready mar
ket for their output contracts still rum
ming far into the future Railways are
in great need Of new locomotives and
other eqL pment.
New England producers Of boots and
shoes are insisting on full prices. and
some grades that were slow to respond
are now sharing the Improvement. No
sign of weakness is seen in leather, some
selections rising still more, particularly
the better grades OF sole and betting
butts. Slight reactions have occurred in
some packer and country hides. but most
lines are ssill firmly held. Liberal receipts
have not depressed foreign dry hides.
Textile mills are well occupied. with
prices sustained in all cases, and moder-
ate advances in some cotton goods, which
are in demand for quick delivery With
the completion of early orders there has
come a gjict market for wooenS and
worsteds. hdt mills have large contracts
on hand
Low stocks of wheat and poor grading
81 receipts, together with fears Of lrost
in corn sections, sustained quotations
when decline would have been immi~
nent if full confidence were placed in o@
cial returns Of condition.
Failures for the week numbered 20N
the United States. against lo3 last
year, and - in Canada, against Is
year ago.
Grain and Flour Exports.
Bradstreet's says:
Wheat. including flour exports for the
week ending Sept. II aggregate 5,444, l42
bushels. againHt G,27G.299 last week o.
G4S 600 in this seek last year and 1900
0S2 in 1890 Wheat exports since July
aggregate %, l01, TAP bushels, against
6S34l, 27l last season and 34,aS5, o33 in
1900. Germ exports aggregate 0l.ol2
bushels, against 81 1876 last week, IT,
s31 last year and 2.4O2, 1856 in 1900. For
the fiscal year exports are 93l,35l BUSH
ols ooofrast II 5o1. 576 last season ana