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heH YORK. supply and demand is still
'---,--I factor of strength in
mdnE commodities, while similar condi-
tions exist as to skilled labor, retardiHg
much work and in some cases postponing
important undertakings and improve
n@Dfs. Wages have been advanced vol
EntFily and also in response to demands
by kganized labor. Relief to the cratic
congestion is Still continued to few
favored districts, and shippers cannot
hope for prompt deliveries until lake
navigation epeas. Earnings continue TO
show splendid gains over former years.
January returns thus far exceeding 1902
by a. per cent and 1901 by 1871 per
ceats Orders for spring shipment are
heavy in all staple lines, and the advance
husihess for fall is unusually large, tes-
tlfyisig to the confidence of buyers in con-
tinued prosperity" The foregoing is
from the Weekly Trade Review of Il. q.
Dunf& Co. 1t continues:
SfSund conditions continue to nreSnil
in the iron and steel industry. with few
Developments of note. Coke is ia Some-
whav better supply, making il possible To
operste blast furnaces with less Interrupt
ton Ehan was expected when the month
opepsd, but there is constant complaint
of the scarcity aud high prices command
ed hTspig iron. Finished steel products
haveA not risen proportionately, although
theyFare in good demand. Large exports
Of wire and wire nails are reported, the
movsment being heaviest TO Australia,
Souta America and Europe. With the
advancing season there is better move
meat of merchant pipe and kindred lines,
Il, - -,
urgeSt request The demand for railway
equipment shows 40 diminution, and an
! othes foreign order for steel rails could
not se accepted because deliveries were
required in May.
tt.ton has taken the leading position
of IN great staples, both as to extent of
| adFa.ce and volume of speculative trans
actiVs. Visible supplies are lower than
at che corresponding date in any year of
the b. decade, and it is an unusual day
wheR exports do not exceed receipts.
Foreign spinners are busy, domestic mills
conssme freely, while there is business
in siIht for more cotton goods than pres
entl stocks of raw material at the mills
will make. Several grades of cotton
gooat have advanced in price which,
with gains in other divisions of the mar
| ket luring preceding weeks, makes the
levbl of quotations much higher. A large
attgndance of buyers is reported, stimu-
latig activity with jobbers and at first
HANDS, Cash sales are restricted by low
SUPPLIES. Domestic consumption supplies
molt of the business, as export inquiries
are light
! New business has increased ut New
England footwear factories, with good or
derk for April delivery of cGlfsllin shoes.
In the leather market the chief event has
been an active demand with higher prices
for betting butts Low supplies of sole
leathc give strength. and upper stock
| is IN better request. Domestic hides
weSen, as the advancing season brings
poorer GRADES to market. Restricted le
ccipts of dry hides sustain values, inn
ports from Central America commanding
a fractional advance.
Bradstreet's Grain Figures.
Ercdstreet's weekly report says on
sr7aE s.,t. incluan. aonr. export. for ,na
week aggregate 1856, 439 bushels, against
S,0G5016 last week, 3,175,4 in this
week year ago, and 4.S14,S7S in 1901
| Wheat exports since July | aggregate
| 1855 Al OFT bushels, against 1T3,322. l24
last. season. and f25,G3S, 33I in 1900
Oarn exports aggregate 1880, 1T0 BUSH
els, sagainst 2,400,316 last week, OPT 1906
"A ar ago and 4,760,422 in 1901 For
the fiscal year exports are 24,63l, lSj
bushels, against %, 55S, 400 last season
Pnda l24,3272lG in 1901.