Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-08-14
New York.

| ~ IdiIc uuNIc IT0I8s
| NRW IUIk nearly every section Co
l------------I tinue to show as favorahIH
conditions as year ago, and in man
lines the volume of transactions has Dec
increased. Jobbers report fall businez&
opening with excellent prospects, an
manufacturing plants are we'll occupie{I.
With the exception of the cotton Nil
Distribution OF merchandise is so haaVE
that railway equipment already proVts|
inadequate, although crops airs not t6A
factor that they will be in Il few weeks.
Earnings for July exceeded last yeaV'K
by 1871 per cent and those of 1901 1x
20.2 per cent" according to Il. G.. De-
d Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade. Son
tinuing, the report says:
On the whole, news from the farm
is less favorable, but no serious curtails
ment is assured and many sections Mo
very bright reports. A decline of I8
per cent in the cost of commodities dklx
ing July is evidence that prices are l0sS|
inflated, since the change was mainly
meats and other food, which have beas1
ruling at an abnormal position.
Consumption of iron and steel is on "
large scale, and i'll many departures
the last week has witnessed the signinE
of numerous contracts, but there is a tedf*
dency to delay purchases beyond CARY
needs. This conservatism is not SufuK5**
ing in view of the uncertainty regardl1aR
the security and financial markets, tos
gether wish considerable interruption fU
structural work through labor confrAs
versies. The rate of consumption NAH
the moderate size of orders, however, tf1*
dictate that stocks are running low, Whleh
encourages furnace men and mill Opeka@
tors to hold quotations fairly steady.
y moderate tonnage of pig iron Nk#
been ordered, and in partly finished nf6s
ducts the best feature just now is fHe
bidding of agricultural implement liz
ers. More pig iron was imported dur
ing July than anticipated, and GerflaA
billets are still offered at Pittsburg, @l3S
the domestic makers announce theirSiias
tention of meeting foreign competition.
There is less pressure for tin plates, Als@
peculiar weather extending the canafA&
season and giving more time for doIix
cry of cans. There is full occupation Nil
all branches of this industry, and in ill3f-
chant pipe also the mills have full oYsIeN
books for many months.
Although jobbers report bright pros
poets for fall trade, it is remarkable 4lat
they make so little effort to secure EoEs
ward deliveries. Irregular distribufi0E
of orders is reported in woolens, nQlA@
ZINES being withdrawn, while others iAdkn
little progress. An Increase Ill nulnAeE
of buyers is encouraging, and i'll the NxT
gregate sales are fully up to Normal.
Bradstrceps Trade Review.
Summed up in a sentence, it MAN bc
said that the past in trade and induStlT
is satisfactorily secured, while the fufllre:
despite some mainly sentimental d.
backs, is highly promising. Divided N3
Geographically, it is to be need thatAfhe
East feels the effect of speculative liQNi.
dation, and the dulling effects on MAUI
featuring of high prices Of raw materibN
or of strikes, while tho West and Soul
contemplate the prospects Of good Yields
of staple crops and reInuneratiyc prlNeS8
for the same with confidence, and even
optimism.
Wheat, including -four exports for the
week ending Aug. 6 aggregate 3,040M20|
bushels, against 3.101 ,442 last week
pa 1868 this week last year, S,S3 19sl ~
1901 and 1913, 80 in 1900. For NYN
weeks of the cereal year they aggreGafa
1901 .253 bushels, against 20, 1913 ,203 6x
1902, 32,507, 145 in 1901 and 14,S6Ss I4
in 1900.
Corn exports for the week. aggresHEe
SS4 ,42S bushels, against 92SS39 NAf
week, 70,G11 a year ago, 9a0,714 in lA1t
and 2.S90,114 in 1900. For five We
of the present cereal year they aggfe@afA
G,242 093 bushels, against 494431 5il'
1902, 1924, Alb in 1901 and 1929, 13 1H
1900