The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-14
BRADsTREET's REVIEW.

Now York, Feb. l3.--Bradstreet's to. morrow will say: Trade and productive industry feel the influence of spring like weather, slightly better collections, steady improvement in the railway transporta- tion situation and cheaper and better sup pHes or coal in the East. Mild weather aeive movements in lumber, structural ron ana steel, builders hardware and a myriad of other lines lead to the belief that the present season, notwithstandin higher prices of materials. will witness immense building operations, In this con- necuon cognizance must be taken of the reports coming from widely separated sections. indicating a scarcity of labor. Tn the South increased railway building ivmnering operations and a diversif1cation or industry generally has drawn heavily upon the labor available for the cotton nelds, and less increase in acreage than might ordinarily have been expected is tnererore. looked for in this line. A bal ance 10 this however, may be found in the present high price of that staple. It might be said that manual labor the coun- try over finds ready market. The sttu- aton IS one practically never euualed be- Iore at this time. confirming cartier pre- oictions that the first half of tha year isgS was secure beyond peradventure.
 Perhaps the most notable feature in the entire situation is the fact that the pres ennsn, enn Llgn prices do not yet seem to check industries of all. those of cotton mann iactures and iron and steel productions. increased demand. culminatinR in Jarge sales, gives testimony to the continued purchasing power of the country at large
 Cotton goods have led the van t5is week. spot cotton advancing. Is cent and future deliveries nearly one-haIf cent partly because of manipulation, it is true, spring demand for cotton goods. even at higher prices dominating.
 The dry goods trade the country over ssnos ss exSeiient reports: In iron and steel Wh,cS s SiHI in,ts trouble IS the car congestion furnaces and checking deliveries.
 Foundry from Is in good demand. and 6essemer sells readily and freely where 9ntainable at Sn to $21:60 per ton. Pro consumptive requirements. Increased de- mand Is noted in structural iron mer. chant bars and rails.
 A An add, additional steadying feature in iron ana steel Is the prospect that all classes or iron ore will be advanced the increase varying from 25 cents to N.2. and tha average being in the neighborhood of 75c m the south and Southwest the output or lumber is enormous.
 Wheat dncluding flour) exports for the week aggregate 2S56, 439 bushels, against S.965,s16 last week, a,176, 4S1 in this week year ago and 4,Sl4,s7s in 1901.
 Wheat exports since July 1 aggregate lbS, 4N,9T bushels. against IFS, 1922, PA last season and l26. .63S, ,337 bushels in 1900
 Corn exports aggregate l, ,S3O17O bushels against 2,4OO.3 .3l6 last week, 527, 366 a year ago and 4.76O.422 in 1901 For the fiscal year exports are A,631, lS6 bushels, against 2,65S, 496 last season and 124, az, ,216 i'm 1901
 Business failures in the United States Tor the week ending with February l2 number PA, against POS last week, 265 in the like week in 1902 226 in 1901, 199 in 1900 and 1e0 in 1899. All In Canada, failures for the week num- per A as against H last week and 9 in this week year ago. '