Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-01-20
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l-------I te~s bearing testimony to
the strong financial position of the ma
tons industries at the opening of the
new year. Distribution of merchandise
IS heavy ard manufacturers are pressed
Tor prompt delivery. Orders for spring
goods come freely, and in some lines
there is more than sample business in
fail weights, Tardy deliveries in the
past lead purchasers to anticipate re
Quirements more than heretofore. and or
dcrs are Being placed far in advance of
actual needs The foregoing is from
the Weekly Trade Review of r. &. Dun
4 Co. 1t continues:
The fuei situation is stAl the one seri-
ously disturbing ,element rendering alb
normally High the cost Of manufacturing
and restricting the purchasing power OF
almost the. entire population. Fortunate
ly this comes at time of exceptional
prosperity. or there would be n general
contraction Of consumption in other lines.
There is tile interruption TO work be-
cause of tabor disputes. but many OPP
orations are interrupted by the delay in
transit of needed materials. Railway
freight rates We're advanced. and one re
suit will be loss of expectation from
eastern cities. the traffic being detected
30 New Orleans.
In the iron and steel industry the most
significant event of the week was the
discussion regarding the prott-sharing
proposal by the leading producer. made
Quate supplies Of coke are still restricting
operations. Contracts for the new year
were made nj 81 ton, but prompt deliy-
cries often commanded SO or 81, and at
Chicago some sales were reported at $40,
Pig iron continues scarce prices gener-
ally advancing during the last week, and
the expected advance of 81 a ton was
made in Ware products.
New England producers of footwear
are busy ON spring orders. and a few de-
iiveries have already been made, although
shipments are light in these lines as yet.
4 Exceptional activity in rubber goods
has reduced supplies to an unusually low
point. Some varieties of leather have
advanced slightly. and tanners of hem
lock sole nave only limited holdings. Ex
ports of hemlock sole continue heavy.
No new features have appeared in the
domestic demand for dry goods The
best event as TO cottons has been the
continued buying for export, which has
exceeded expectations very largely. he
print cloth market has ruled very hrm,
with business restricted by the reserve
Of sellers who show no disposition To-
make concessions. AS to wooden goods,
the demand for overcoatings for next fall
has not come up to expectations. which
may be attributed in part to the fact
that the season openec unusually early
Prices are fully maintained at the open
ing level Of the season.
Failures for the week numbered 3oa,
in the United States. against 3I3 last
year, and "a in Canada, compared with
p I year ago.
Bradstrect's Graiu Figures.
Bradstreet's weekly report says;
Wheat including flour, exports for the
week ending Jan. s aggregate 5.0as,93i
bushels, against 3,436,206 last week,
1867, no in this week Il year ago, and
5,961 ,095 in 1901. Wheat exports since
July aggregate 135, 763.176 bushels,
against 153, 313,93T last season and 1885,
S74,914 in 1900.
Corn exports aggregate 2,So69SG
bushels, against 2,537 542 last week, 1866
S13 year ago and 4 1897 ,345 in 1901 For
the fiscal year exports are 13,5S3,4O6
bushels, against 20957, 354 last season
and 103, T50,945 in 1901.