The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-11
sASIDE FROM FUEL SCARCITY
EVERY BUSINESS PROSPECT PLEASES."
Iron Smelling Alone of All the
Great Industries Has Been Seri-
ously Curtailed to Date.

New YORK. oct. l~o-Brads;reers to-mor-
row will say:
Cooler weather has brought the cozI supply
home 60 millions q people. and discussion q
this has dWarcet all other matters In The public
eye Teere 3 a possibility. however. that n.
tendency 90 cNaEgrrattun may b. carried 10 OK
irmes. and that a matter lad enough ~ best
Ray De- made worse ~ iuJudicous talk.
special Investigation by Braistreers c-r-f-
s~runleuts a. hfty cities and Industrial -s1f.-s
e4st q The Mississippi and north cf the ONTO
ard Potomac rivers seem 20 Indicate that. a-il.
from the damage o. business caused In the coal
dGs5ral S6rstfs, III cal liass h.. r. tF.
Sal-e pi a mun smaller Displacement 90 iuiIs-
smsi'iag atone. q an The Frsat iasustnes has
ta.ilr'us has suu-iea aui smEa. hauu iauu .s.-s
hsNr been cIiprie1.
l%EciudinE furnace employs IN Eastern Pens
sylAania, uuckmakers IN and near tn Hufson
ns.ey and large nunbe- - .csal hsadI-rs az
- .a-'f..g'9 90 ne Hgm'er 20 setu-l s
~ gne,slEesS a. 70 future supplies q fuel is
N.lr.k noted ant u j. worth uIcnticu that the
cistine; frum the anthTacite 20 rag ana dss
ar shoraEe cCmplai1ed % thruuEnolt the en-
lHE has advanced in pricc
RETAIL TRADE IMPROVING.
IN The Northwest general activity rsirn- In
hr-nsss uith rC;al trade importing and coH-c-
tons quite -atisfrrtcry. On The Parirc Coast a
generally Eoui business Is reported. expert rad
l. large and building activity T. exceutIonal The
re-i+r tone q raw cotton has mao fu4rgf4rsuF-
rrs more ircin~i % d. business. ST. - "a 81
tons arc snail. both al nrst and second hands.
wau.u'E wear. cheFiots nofe rp~iaI aruNttv. and
fancy Egufs sell the best IN fve years
New England t-Welry Manufacturer note IN
fuel scarcity 70 may b. truly sid tnat every hus4-
uFss prospect pleaSes Fall tCusinE. fhouga nrces-
atrti1 nj 80 active as earlier. = r-auv hitter
than ANTICIPATED. Recorders note d.fneultiss Of
SprinE trade atvc=s arr better than usual - :his
aaie and predisngns a. 10 the eomiaE holiday
he euriailmeut % tfoa proiCeticn resulted IN
a smaller output for S-rtemter than n previous
mouths. but ~ late me domestic output ~ uiE
has shown signs % Increasing Imports o. foreign
tural irun are active. S'ronz AID sold ahead
heavily into $40 but tin plafes. Wlre AMI nails
are weak. Oth-r Industries arr active.
NATURAL FOOD PRODUCTS LOWER.
Flsgr production = about - IT, maximum. and
demand t. rpct- Increased s1ppies % farm
PRODUCTS. notably cereals. cattle and hlEs and
raw cotton. have weakened the prices q nat
ural rcd Iu1duCt- dlr'us the month % Septem-
Ter. cheese. groceries. teas and some meats. Rave
moved higher
Fu.i u ali kinds. rendered scarce b strikes
and car shortages. advanced heavily. Tobacco Is
higher on shorter yields.
Wheat. Including -four. expor;s for the week
ending October 2 aErrerafe aeG.09 hu. against
and +-s-2 IN ien- Wheat exports since July I
aEEreEate 1lols -. hu- against SIS. QA last
seasou and E.-GE2 IN 800. com eNrartx aErrr-
gate 1SlEs Ia. aealnst lN.t1 last Week. sss.sg
last year and 1SG67 IN i3u. Fer the nscai wear
exports are l19&- b aEainst i4s1+.sls last
season and E.97.HS In 80.
Business failures in the United States for the
week ending Thursday. October :. number 10. a.
against la last week. 80 IN this week last year.
20 IN lea. lf IN ISe and n IN ISIS. In Canafa-
for the week. =. against "A last Werk