Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-02-18
| New York.

| New YORK. spieuous in trade and in
- dustry, despite the handi-
cap of overstrained and iamentably in
adequate facilities for transportation.
Concentrated efforts to reduce the con
gestion at few favored points apparent
ly Intensified the bloekades elsewhere,
and inclement weather added new dis
uTbing factor to an already complicated
situation, Every possible method is be
ing adopted to improve conditions, enor-
nous sums are appropriated Tor "xt@h-
sious, yet accidents and losses are ire
quent.' The foregoing is from the
Weekly Trade Review of X. q. Dun "
Co Ii continues
Transatlantic vessels failed to leave
on schedule time and many manutactur-
ing plants are closed in part or wholly.
Labor disputes are more numerous, al
though not prevalent to any extent IN
the leading industries. As the season ac-
vances there is notable activity in build
ing trades, with the customary accelera-
tion of inquiry for materials. Retail deal
ings in most staples are fully sustained,
especially of Seasunahle wearing apparel,
but distribution ut many points has sut-
fered through weather conditions. Whole
sale and jobbng trade is steadily imp:ov-
ing although deliveries cannot be guar
anteed. Foreign commerce is keeping
pace with domestic trade Railway earn
ings during January were SO per cent
larger than last year and III per cent
i'll excess of 1901.
In the face Of initiating elements the
consumer was peculiarly fortunate, as
shown by Dun's index number of prices
$100920 on Feb /. against Sl0O,30G a
month previous. an advance of only one
half of l per cent.
Ii would have occasioned no surprise
had the cost Of living materially advanc-
ed during the midwnter months. In ad-
dition to the seasonahle influence of low
temperature and consequent restriction
of production in some lines, there were
numerous factors in evidence calculated
to aggravate the situation.
Conditions in the iron aud steel midas
try are without essential alteration. Far
from catching up with its orders. the
leading producer now reports over 5000
| 600 tons of contracts on hand, and SINH
lar statements on somewhat smaller
scale are made by other concerns. Traffic
difficulties increase, deliveries of fael and
pig iron are uncertain, and at Chicago
coke is nominally $40 n ton, while Con
nellsvile ovens produce freely, but Pitts
burg supplies are inadequate. A very
large quantity is en- route, and there is
growing confidence in the trade that the
worst congestion is over for this season
Failures in the United States, 26I ills
week, against 263 last week, 265 the pre-
ceding week and 2Gi the corresponding
week. last year. and in Canada, 32
| against 30 last week, % the preceding
week and % last year.
Bradstreet's Grain Figures.
/ Bradstreet's weekly report on grain
says:
Wheat, including -four, exports for thu
week ending Feb. 3 aggregate 3,060.9lt
bushels, against 4420,065 last week, i,
| S00457 in this week year ago enc
| 4,997 .S13 in 1901. Wheat exports since
July / aggregate 152 ,565,53S bushels
against TO, l4G,643 last season and 120,
S23, 459 in 1900.
Corn exports aggregate 2,4OO,3l6 bush
els, against 2,o4o.999 last week, 1863, Ia
a year ago and ALI, 40 in 1901. Fo
the fiscal year exports are 22,So],Ol'
bushels, against 23,03l, 1870 last season
and 10 ,566. 794 in 1901.