The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-01-14
At Many Points, a Good
Business Feature.
STRAIN ON RAILROADS
Less Acute, Due to Ending OF Holi
day Business-F Facilities More
Nearly Adequate For Regular
Requirements.

New York, Jan. 11.-R. G. Dun d
Co.'S weekly review OF trade, issued
today, will say in part:
With the unprecedented holiday
business ended, transporting facilities
are more nearly adequate for resu'
lar requirements. Merchandise moves
to consumers more promptly, and In
the iron region there is less inter
ruption to work because OF insurh-
cient fuel. Normal conditions have
by no means returned, however, ana
1t will be some time before shippers
can safely guarantee deliveries on
specified date. Buying OF staple COM
modities is on a large scale, fully sus-
tanning quotations at high level, eX-
cept in the few instances where efforts
were made to hold prices above the
point warranted by the ratio OF needs
to supplies. Labor controversies are
few and unimportant, while the new
year has brought advances in the
rate of wages at many points.
Effort to Meet Urgent Demands.
Holiday business inventories and
annual oveihaulings were all cut
down to the lowest possible limit at
iron and steel plants in the effort to
meet urgent demands from customers.
Foundry iron at the east is still
scarce, high prices being quoted at
Philadelphia, and Chicago mills can.
not secure material in desired Quan
titles. Moderate imports have result
ed from the domestic deficiency, but
this will not become a factor of i'm
portance if the situation continues To
improve at the present rate. Although
railways largely augmented supplies
of rolling stock during 1901, contracts
for this years delivery already ag
gregate many months full capacity
of shops, and in structural shapes
there is no prospect of a surplus in
the near future.
Jobbing trade in woolens gradual
ly expands, new lines selling fairly
at moderate advances over prices pre-
vailing year ago. Worsted yarns
are scarce and firm. A further slight
rise has occurred in the average OF
wool prices, and the tone is strong
but there is a tendency TO await the
London sale ten days hence before
making further changes. Imports
would be stimulated if this marke
were advanced much beyond the for
eign parity.
Reports Of unfavorable weather il
winter wheat regions stimulated
prices, and there was further supper
in the general resumption of activit,
at our mills together with added Ii
CURRY for foreign account. Total ex
ports of wheat from the United States
for the week, -four included, wer,
4,179,262 bushels, which fell short O
the unusually free outgo of 5,159,79
bushels year ago, but compare mos
satisfactorily considering the 10 pc
cent higher prices now prevailing
The combination Of many supportin,
influences took quotations above tn,
highest point last year. Corn wa
fairly well held in sympathy will
wheat, but some soft spots developed
rs was natural in view OF the fac
that the price is now more than 81
per cent higher than a year ago
while Atlantic exports for the weel
were 212,741 bushels against 4,543,14
In 1870.
Failures for the week numbered 81
In the United States against 324 las
year, and 27 in Canada against 8
last year.