The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-28
review OF TRADE
SeaSonabIe Weather and Holt
day Trade Are Stimulating
HEAVY WEARING APPAREL
Resumption of Work in Sever
al Mills Adds Strength.

New York, Nov. 27.-R G. Dun & Co 5
weekly review of trade TOMORROW will
say:
Seasonable temperature and holiday pur-
:hases stimulated trade, making results
more satisfactory during the past week
than at any recent date. Improvement
was most conspicuous in heavy wearing
apparel and kindred lines that have re-
NAMED dull because of the mild weather.
Another encouraging feature was the re-
sumption of work at the New York mills,
although there is still much idle machn-
cry. especially in the textile and iron
industries In view of the numerous
wage reductions there is noteworthy har-
mony between employers and workers.
indicating that labor leaders appreciate
the necessity of sharing in the readjust-
ment.
Grain shipments increased with the APP
preaching close of navigation on the
lakes and freight traffic was subjected TO
the greatest pressure of the season. But
there is less than customary complaint
of delay Railway earnings for three
weeks of November averaged 81 per cent
larger than last year 1t is at last pos
sible to perceive an improvement in the
demand for pig iron. due TO the exhaus-
ton of supplies by consumers, the extern
sive reduction in output and absence Of
further price concessions.
Failures this week numbered 25S in the
United States, against 212 last year. and
"a in Canada, against Is year ago
New York, Nov 2G-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Continued cold weather has offered a
needed stimulus TO retail trade in ali
seasonable lines. but particularly in cloth
ing and wearing apparel This in turn
reflected in better recorder business with
jobbers at interior points. who take more
interest in dry goods, fancy groceries.
furs and kindred lines.
In wholesale trade, features are the
rather stronger tone of cotton goods,
which are held more firmly by agents,
! and a little better feeling in wooden goods.
Firmness of prices Of agricultural prod
ucts was another element which is to be
taken account of The agricultural in
terests and those interested in distrib-
utive trade seem to appear we'll situated,
whereas the manufacturing and indus
trial branches send forth nearly all the
pessimistic reports. The prosperity OF
the grain and food producing populations
north and west and of the cotton, lum-
Der and naval stores in the south is the
chief basis for the confidence in the gen.
eral business outlook expressed by many
/ observers.
There are some good points even among
! the industrials. Although iron and steel
production is limited and shut-downs are
| numerous. there is a rather better tone,
particularly to crude iron. due to the
! growth of the feeling that prices are now
! grounding on the bottom.
/ Lumber is quiet for domestic trade, but
/ export demand is active.
I Wheat including -four, exports for the
week ending November 26 aggregate
! 3,S51 767 bushels, against 29S4,277 bushels
! last week 4179,6S5 this week last year.
5.1l7.47S in 1901 and 2,497 $50 in 1900. For
twenty-one weeks of the cereal year they
aggregate IS, 725.7S5 bushels. against 10S.-
OH in 1902: ID, 29S 634 in 1901. and TO-
! al, 435 in 1900.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
| 1.52O,9H bushels, against 14,391.625 last
week, 90. ia a year ago, 630,96S in 1901
| and 4,SO10oO in 1900. For twenty-one
/ weeks or the present ceredI year lnSy
! aggregate 1853. 535 bushels. against 2,64S,-
! 354 in 1902; 17,659,s $50 in 1901, and 1.06S, 26S
in 1900
Business failures in the United States
] for the week Give days. ending with
/ November % number 167, against "a last
/ week, 1S2 in the like week of 1902, 1S9 in
/ 1901. 1S4 in 1900 and III in 1899. In Can
ada failures for the week number IS, as
4 compared with 16 last week and 16 in the
! like week in 1902