Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-11

ply question home to MILLIONS of people and
discussion of this has dwarfed all other
matters in the public eye. There is a pos
aggeration may be carried to extremes and
that a matter bad enough at best may be
made worse by intudicious talk. Special
investigation by Bradstreet's correspond
ents at fifty cities and industrial centers
east OF the Mississippi and north of the
Ohio and Potomac rivers seem to indicate
that, aside from the damage TO general
business caused In the coal regions them
workers, the coal strike as yet has been
the cause of a much smaller displacement
of Industrial workers than is generally sup
Iron smelling alone of all the great in
dustries has been seriously curtailed,
though brisk manufacturing has suffered
and small hand laundries have been Grip
pied. Including furnace employees in east
ern Pennsylvania, brickmakers in and near
the Hudson valley and a large number of
coal handlers at tidewater docks, not to
exceed 2Q.OW men, or only ous-seVehti vi
the number, of actual strikers, have been
rendered idle.
Uneasiness as to future supplies of fuel
is widely noted and y is worth mention
that the scarcity of coke at the west, this
being entirely distinct from the anthracite
shortage and due to car shortage com
planned of throughout the entire year, Is
displacing some INDUSTRIAL workers in the
iron trade. Oil, both crude and iluminat-
ing, has advanced in price.
In the northwest general activity reigns
in business, with retail trade improving
and collections quite Satisfactory. On the
racine GOdGN n ktAltIdlg IH0Rd hoAhhNo -
reported, export trade is large and building
activity is exceptional. .
The easier tone OF raw cot,ion mas MADE
manufacturers more inclined to do busi-
Stocks of cottons are small. both at first
and second hands. Wooden goods are ac-
tive at all markets. In. women.s wear
cheviots note special activity and fancy
goods sell the best in iiye year, Ne eT
active demand for solid goods.
Aside from the fuel scarcity 1t may be
N--N. III NLag wgaE baAADNAg nRnannnN
pleases. Fall jobbing, though necessarily
not so active as earlier is really better
OF fulallment, indicating lack of depressing
stocks. Spring trade advtces are better
than usual at this date and predictions as
tic. The curtailment of iron production re-
suited in a smaller output for september
than in previous months but OF late the
domestic output of pig iron has shown
signs of increasing. Imports of foreign
iron and steel are large. Rails, plates and
structural iron are active and strong and
sold ahead heavily into 1906, but t%inplates,
wire and nails are weak.
Other industries are active. Flour pro
duction is about at it's maximum and de-
mand is good. Increased supplies OF farm
products, notably cereals, cattle and hogs,
OF natural food products during the month
of September, but manufactured food prod
ucts. like butter, cheese, groceries teas and
all kinds rendered scarce by strikes and car
shortages advanced heavily. Tobacco is
niRner on shorter yleluS.
Wheat, including flour, exports for the
week ending October 9, aggregate 5,645,1
bushels, against 6,01O,I5S last week, 4ldy,S ye
in his week last year and 4,2S2,S05 I'm 1900
Wheat exports since Jul. . aggregate To-
1870, 492 bushels, against S9,561 ,S44 last season
and sos. 522 in 1900.
Corn exports aggregate 1S0,358 bushels,
against l4i, 423 last week. 678,246 last year
and 2,S96, O37 in 1900. For the fiscal year ex-
| ports are l.377,592 bushels, against IL, 34, SlC
last season and 47.2c7.698 in 1890.
Business failures in the United states foT
the week ending Thursday, October 3, num-
Der 40, as against l0 last week, 1888 in this
week last year, 30 In 1900, 1853 In 1899 and
in Canada for the week twenty, against
fourteen last week.