Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-27
TIE BUSINESS WORLD
Anthracite Coal Strike Continues
to be the Chief Disturbing
Element
CONDITIONS GENERALLY GOOD
CONDITIONS GENERALLY GOOD
Prompt Action of the Secretary Of the
Treasury Has Had Good Effect on
the Money situation-Decline in Sc
curities Checked to Some Extent
Collections Are Good.
New York, Sept. 27-Bradstreet's

Large yields of nearly all crops have
been secured, jobbing trade activity is
.unabated, manufacturing industry in
nearly all lines is running at full speed,
and water transportation interests are
pushed to handle the business offered
and the only unfavorable feature in the
situation is the growing tension eAerted
by the coal strike, which now finds cold
weather almost here and industries in
many lines threatened with interfer-
cnce caused by the enhanced price OF
coal. Collections, in a majority of in
stances, remain good, most Of the ex-
ceptions being noted at the south,
where the feeling, owing to reported
shortages in the yield Of cotton, Is a
trifie less optimistic.
Western jobbing trade reports are al
most surprisingly good, despite the adj
vanced stage of the season and the
activity previously noted.
At the east, business is reported good
in nearly all branches of the New York
dry goods trade and the outlook is very
encouraging.
Eastern shoe manufacturers note a
fair volume of orders, enough to keep
leather firm Tight money is credited
with some effect in checking the up
ward march of leather, owing to the
small margin Of profit in the business
generally.
Among the industrials, the feature of
interest is still the enormous demand,
greatly in excess of the supply, for iron
and steel In its cruder forms. The
scarcity of coke Is as marked as ever,
and a number of furnaces are now shut
Down with ensuing loss to operators,
who are unable to take advantage of
the present enormous demand. Buying
of foreign iron and steel is liberal, de-
spite advices from the central west that
consumers find difficulty In utilizing
some of that already imported. Besse-
mer pig and steel billet sales are larger
at Pittsburg than for some time. There
is still a marked scarcity of steel plates
and premium of SIS per ton is noted
for quick delivery. Structural steel
producers are crowded with orders and
the unprecedented announcement is
made that some orders for bridge ma
terial have been secured for delivery in
1904.
Foreign coal, iron and steel have adj
vanced as the result of American de-
mand or inquiry, but the feeling grows
that with better coke supplies the for
eign product will find 1T less easy to
enter into competition with American
iron and steel. Hardware continued in
undated activity at nearly all points.
Among the other metals, tin and copper
note weakness in prices.
Wheat, including flour. exports for
the week ending Sept. % aggregate
5.077,O7O bushels, against 5,435,323 last
week; 6,470,362 in this week last year
and 4.242.S1O bushels in 1900. Wheat
exports since July l aggregate 6O,314.-
1856 bushels, against 7S,652.197 last sea-
son and 42,762, 500 bushels in 1900.
Corn exports aggregate 1882 BUSH
els, against 4O,5OS last week, 5S5,706 last
year and 2.156,171 bushels in 1900 For
the fiscal year exports are 1,055.s11|
bushels, against 12,71S,640 last season
and 41,947,412 bushels in 1900.