The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19
BI NINESS INCREASED.
Larger Railway Earnings Than IL
April Of Last Year.


New York, April 19,-R G. Dun s
Co. s weekly review of trade says;
Weather conditions have been potent
Tor good during the past week Retail
distribution was greatly accelerated,
Which in turn enlarged jobbing trade
and brought more pressure on manu-
1actufers for prompt Shipment agri-
cultural work was facilitated and
building operations made rapid prog
ress; traffic increased at the interior as
the condition of country roads improv-
ed, which made collections better. Some
labor controversies were settled and
others We're averted. Complaints are
stu heard regarding tardy deliveries
but freight is less congested and busl-
ness has increased to the extent Of SO
per cent, larger railway earnings for
april thus far than last year. and 1853
per cent over 1900
Quotations OF iron and steel cannot
yet be considered inflated but the mar
ket is following natural course, despite
the effects of leading interests to main
tain a conservative position.
Cotton goods have not followed the
fluctuations in the raw material al
though its strength has contributed to
the steadiness OF the financial product.
creased inquiry for export, and mills
catering to this trade are sold far into
the autumn In the domestic trade
many bids Slightly below ruling prices
We're not considered, and it is evident
that the supplies are in strong hands.
Deliveries are being made more prompts
", yet there is no fear Of accumula-
ton. Wooden goods are in less urgent
demand, purchasers having secured
most of the cloth which the American
company was unable to furnish. owing
to the strike. Buying of dress goods
has decreased and jobbers are begin
ming to go out with fall lines. Foot
wear shipments from Boston have de-
for fall and the shops are fairly well
occupied.
Grain and meats have continued very
strong. There was some logical explana-
ton of the advance in corn, interior re-
eeipts falling to S57, 800 bushels for the
week, while Atlantic exports rose to
394, SOB bushels, an unusually large total
for recent times, although small by COM
parison with the corresponding week IN
preceding years. Wheat was sustained
by exports from all ports Of 4,4s5, 852
bushels, -four included, against 4,e13, Ss1
a year ago.
Cotton attained higher price. South
ern markets leading the advance on de-
nand from spinners. Sugar and eonee
have been notably weak, the latter fall
ing to within a sixteenth of the cotton
record.
Failures for the week numbered 26l in
the United States against 206 last year
BradstFeet's says:
Weather conditions have operated ir-
regularly, affecting price of staples on
the exchanges and the distribution OF
merchandise through regular channels,
but not in all cases, however, unfaVOf-
ably. Continued low temperatures and
dry weather have lessened confidence IN
a bumper yield of winter wheat and
given the crop killers an opportunity, as
shown in higher prices for all cereals.
Nothing like the present activity in
building is recalled for at least a decade
past, and lumber and kindred materials
are very active at most markets. II
has been a weather market for the
cereals. with the general tendency up
ward on poor crop reports from tbs
southwest and light receipts. The i'm
position of the export duties by the
British government had only namen-
tary effect here. This country supplies
two-thirds of the United Kingdoms
fal1ings Of leading cereals. Corn and
oats have advanced partly in sym
pathy with the premier cereal and part
" because of continued light receipts
and despite the reports that the bull
syndicate has liquidated on the recent
advance.