Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-03
BRIGHTNESS IS SEEN
pun's Review Of Trade Of Week is Favorable
in Tone.
USUAL PosT-gOLlDAY DULLNESS ABSENT
transportation Facilities Continue In
adequate 60 satisfy Demands, as
Fuel Necessities divert Cars
from Ordinary Uses.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2-R. @. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review Of Trade tomorrow Will
say:
taking Of inventories anG osner disturbing
elements incidental to the closing OF the
old year, the past week has been tar from
dull Consumers were not pcrceptibly les
SEEMING purchases. while the approach OF
higher freight rates accelerated shipment
Transportation facilities continue utterly
Inadequate, the pressing need for fuel di-
verting rolling stock from other classes or
freight. New wage scales have become Ell
f~ective. largely enhancing the purchasing
power Of the people. The new year opens
with every prospect Of exceptional activity
in all branches Of business. Railway earn
ings thus fer available for December show
"A gain of ~ per cent over 1891 ard 1913 per
cent over 1900, while for the full year there
are Increases OF Al and 16.5 per cent re.
EpCctively, Notwithstanding the heavy loss
OF coal traffic. The declines i'm clearings
for the last week are not actually unsati9-
factory. as the percentage would suggest,
owing to the fact that last years figures
include one day OF January and those Of
two years ago, embrace two days in jan
.lary, when payments are abnormally
Erhc question Of higher freight rates COM
.icates the Situation regarding iron and
steel. but now orders are constantly COM
Ing forward and the activity Of plants
Tolld equal capacity were II not Tor the
fuel shortages. Quotations for all the
products in this industry are fully main
tained, with a tendency toward still higher
prices because or trelshtS ana 1uel. me
FIRST advance is expected in wire 1ails, al
though this is not officially announced.
No new features have developed in the
footwear situation, prices remaining hrm
and order books full. Aside from slight
reaction I'm union backs the feather mar
ket Is strong, hemlock sole receiving the
additional support OF exceptionally nigh
heavy exports in Europe. Domestic hides
ere dull, prices again declining.
Textile mills are busy, with only a hand
to month home demand for cotton goods,
but export buying for China continues
large.
Farm products weakened as visible sup
piles increased, and reports from the west
Indicate that much more grain is offered
for shipment than the railroads Will ac-
cept.
Exports of corn are steadily gaining.
For the week at Atlantic ports 2,335, 403
bushels were sent out compared with only
Atlantic exports Of wheat. including
hCur, amounted to only 1,49o,O6l bushels,
against 2,7O5.044 bushels a year ago, and
bushels. compared with ~3,7S6,S69 bushels
last year.
Wool tends upward, shipments to the
mills continuing heavy and inquiries nu-
merous.
Bradstreet's tomorrow under the heading
OF Canada" will say:
Canada this week completed from a bust
ness point OF view the most successful
year In it's history. For the last five years
the Dominion has been experiencing what
has been called the growing time. The
truth of this has found ample proof In the
great expansion that has taken place in
manufactures, mercantile and financial
circles, as well as In the agricultural sec
tons of the country. There was a great
increase In the wealth of the country dur
ing the last year. Various figures ami
statements now In course of preparation
for the calendar year just ended, but which
are still incomplete, Enthusiastically prove
this fact,