Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-04-30
| NeR York.

- Weather conditions have
heR f0fk. been potent for good dur
ing the pass week. Retail
distribution was greatly accelerated.
which in turn enlarged jobbug trade
and brought more pressure on nlanufac-
turers for prompt Shipment agricultural
work was facilitated and building opera
tons made rapid progress; traffic in
creased at the interior as the condition
| Of country roads improved. which made
F, collections better. Some labor contro-
versies were settled and others were
| ayerted. Complaints are still heard re-
garding tardy deliveries. but freight is
less congested. and business has increas-
| ed to the extent OF GO per cent. larger
| railway earnings for April thus far than
| last year, and 1853 per cent over 1900"
according TO r. g. Dun & Co.'S Weekly
Review Of Trade. Continuing the report
says:
Quotations of iron and steel cannot
yet be considered inflated. but the mar
ket is following natural course, despite
the efforts of leading interests to main
tain a conservative position. Supply and
| demand must in the long run govern
prices, and in this industry needs are
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! productive capacity has largely expand
! ed.
Pressure for pig iron is very great.
| but furnace men have contracted for
| their output far into the future. and
| consumers who want prompt delivery are
willing to pay premiums. Similarly as
| to steel rails, the regular price of SIS
! has become nominal on current business,
| an advance of So a ton being readily
paid for immediate delivery. This is es-
| pecially noticeable on urgent trolley con-
struction. Specifications for new build
| ings promise abundant additional con-
| tracts for structural material, while
some mills have already sold their entire
output for 1902. Machinery and hard
ware lines share in the exceptional &C
tivity, and are doing a brisk export BUSH
ness in spite of high. prices.
Cotton goods have not followed the
| fluctuations in the raw material, al
| though its strength has contributed to
| the steadiness of the finished product.
| The feature of the week was the in
creased inquiry for export, ard mills ca
| tering 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
] supplies are in strong hands. Deliveries
are being made more promptly, yet there
| is no fear of accumulation.
| "Woolen goods are in less urgent de-
mand, purchasers havins secured most
of the cloth which the American com
pany was unable to furnish owing to the
strike Buying of dress goods has de-
creased, and jobbers are beginning to go
out with fall lines.
Footwear shipments from Boston
| have decreased. but jobbers are placing
orders for fall and the shops are fairly
well occupied. Shoe manufacturers are
buying leather more freely, holding prices
fairly steady, except for hemlock sole,
| which lost half cent.
Grain and meats have continued very
strong. There was some logical expla-
nation of the advance in corn, interi9 r
receipts falling to S5T 900 bushels for the
week, while Atlantic exports rose to
3S4, sos 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 4,4S5,352
| bushels, -four included against 4.613,S0l
| year ago.
Cotton attained higher price. South
] EN- markets leading the advance on de
| creasing port receipts and a good demand
! from spinners. Sugar and coffee have
been notably weak. the latter falling to
within sixteenth of the bottom record.
Failures for the week numbered 261
in the United States, against BOG last
year, and "a in Canada, against Il q
| year ago"
Bradstreet's says: 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. 1t has been a weather
market for the cereals, with the general
| tendency upward on poor crop reports
from the Southwest and light receipts
| The imposition of the export duties by
| the British government had only a mo.
mentary effect here. This country sup
| plies two-thirds of the United Kingdoms
takings of leading cereals Corn and oats
have advanced, partly in sympathy with
the premier cereal and partly because OF
| continued light receipts. and despite the
reports that the bull syndicate has iiquf
| dated on the recent advance.
The scarcity of pig iron improves the
! demand for scrap material, sales OF
which have been large. The carriage OF
lake ore this year is estimated at 22000,.
| 600 tons. the transportation of 20 pei
cent of which has been already arranged
for. Hardware is in very active de
| mand, builders materials especially So