The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-31
SeasonabIe Articles, Especially Heavy
Dry Goods, Clothing aud shoes,
Are I'm Demand.
CROPS MOVING MORE FREELY
AND COLLECTIONS IN THE INTERIOR
ARE REPORTED BETTER.
Eastern JObbers Note a More Cheerful
Tone to Trade, Though Buyers
Are Still Conservative.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: Cooler weather has
stir ulated retail trade quite generally
throughout the country and this is re-
fected in an improved recorder demand for
seasonable goods, especially heavy dry
goods. clothing and shoes. The movement
of the crops has been freer northwest, west
and south, and interior collections have
improved. Eastern jobbers in turn note a
more cheerful tone to trade, which has
hitherto Jagged behind the corresponding
season a year ago. Buying is, however,
'elassed as conservative and smaller lots are
taken than formerly.
THE labor situation Is rather unsettled.
Radical leaders are inclined to imperil
present advantages i'm the building trades
at some large centers, but germs of better
future conditions are found in the utter
ances of some more conservative leaders,
who foresee trouble for the unions if they
attempt to precipitate further demands.
There is rather a better tone to the lum-
Der market and more steadiness than ear
lier in the month. The open fall fayors
active building at many centers and this
helps in the absence of the great activity
noted at the larger cities year ago. 9th
er building material is steady for the same
reason.
1.-THE great industries show few changes
for the week. Iron and steel are weak, de-
pressed or steady accordingly as the cruder
or more finished forms are considered Pig
iron is lower at the East, fairly steady at
the West and demoralized at the South.
BeSsemer steel billetS are nominally un-
changed, but reports of offers of surplus
open hearth billets below the scale prices
come from Pittsburg. Talk of export trade
offering is heard and transactions in
Southern pig for Europe rumored, while
some large orders Tor TIN plate for Canada
and rails for abroad are reported offering.
Finished products display good strength
despite the cuts in crude material and the
hardware trade is reported active. Further
curtailment of iron production, so far
faithfully adhered to, is foreshadowed. The
shutdown of the Amalgamated Copper
mines has had a strengthening effect on the
product. The window glass industry is de-
pressed and production must be curtailed.
Too much combination, both of employees
and of factories, is complained of.
Wheat including flour, exports for the
week ending Oct. 20, aggregate 4,097, S7S
bushels, against Ass, ESQ last week, 5,997. 620
this week last year, 6,672, SSS in 1901 and 81
6l2, All in 1900 For seventeen weeks of the
cereal year they aggregate 5S,90l, CAT bushels,
against 49, S23 1888 in 1902, 102 SAT in 1901 and
59,S2S, 1872 in 1900. Corn exports for the week
aggregate 2,2l4 bushels, against 1,S09,-
SS5 last week, 1924 year ago, coo, l59 in
1901 and $3.50, no in 1900 For seventeen
weeks of the present cereal year they ag-
gregate 1S Az, 154 blu, against l. 1872 0o1 in 1902,
15,245, S42 in 1901 and SO, 767, 15S in 1907