The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-05
CONTROv' sizes
With v0|RkME n
This is the Only Disturbing Ele-
ment in the industrial World.
THE IRON AND STEEL !. !::!:: !: TRADE !
Supplies 30 Not Seem TO Be in Any
Immediate Danger Of overtaking
Demands-T extiles Are Dis
tinctly Firm.
fRv=A,sociated Prcs..)

NEW YORK, April Ar. G. Dun &
Company's weekly review of trade To-
morrow will say:
j Labor controversies continue ia be the
only seriously disturbing events in the
industrial world, and while many disa-
greements have been promptly scttied'
othesr have appeared to interrupt produc-
ton and make manufacturers conserva-
tive about new undertakings. Retal! ats
tribuion OF spring wearing apparei re-
ceived check from the more 1nciemeht
weather in many localities. yet merchan-
disc Of most staple lines is purchased
freely, and collections are satisfactory
at nearly all points except the South
Supplies of iron and steel do not seem
in any immediate danger OF overtakihg
demand. In fact, the prospect. OF labor
disturbance on May LIST makes the stua-
ton still more uncertain, and those who
hoped for equilibrium in the market by
july list are less sanguinc. Midsummer
seems to be the dividing line as to quo
tations. prices after July LIST average ABOUT
81 per ton less than earlier deliveries.
while those few fortunate sellers of spot
material continue to secure largo pre-
miums. Pittsburs pig iron is definitely
higher, and large contracts are still I'M
der negotiation between the Besserner
producers and the leading consumer
Coke continues to move a little more
freely, yet prices arc fully, sustained.
l. II III
In the market for textile products there
is distinctly firm tone. Labor troubles
and the high position Of raw cotton are
both factors Of strength, while mills have
orders that will occupy their full ca
pacity for some time, Export inquiry
for sheetings and drills has increased
but makers insist on higher prices than
are offered in many cases. 1t is between
seasons for wooden goods and there is the
usual quiet, except where buyers are
anxious!y looking for goods to replace de-
iiyeries interrupted by the stock at Olney-
Vile and vicinity. No improvement is
recorded In conditions at footwear shops
in New England, where only the larger
manufacturers arc able to Keep solns.
Prices of shoes are unchanged although
BUYERS are holding back for better
terms.
Widely divergent views as to tho crop
outlook resulted in dull market for
the cereals and only small changes In
prices.
SMALL COTTON CROP.
It is not surprising that cotton is so
firmly held in view of the dispa tches from
correspandents of Il. G. Dun and Com
dictate small stocks OF old cotton and
decrease of acreage for tho next crop,
with smaller sales OF fertilizers and
backward season.
The course Of commodity prices during
the month Of March, indicates sea-
sonablc tendency downward. Dun,s IN
dex number giving tho aggregate OF quo
tations proportioned to CONSUMPTION vas
! 500 222 on April LIST, against Sl0l,o95
month previous This decline of 2.3 per
cent was mainly due to the higher tenn
perature which accelerated the output OF
garden and dairy products
Failures in the United States TINS week
were 167 against 195 last year and = IN
Canada against 90 last year.