Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-30
THE TRIAL OF SAMUEL PARKS.
THE STATE OF TRADE.
Favorable Reports From Chicago,
 Pittsburg and New York.

EltVSDurS and New Aofk.
 New York, Oct 3O.-SpeciaI tele- grams from correspondents of the h. ternational Mercantile agency through out the United States and Canada, re- garding the state of trade, are sum marked as follows:
 The between seasons period is be ginning to show it's influence on the atively, the most favorable reports come from Chicago, Pittsburg and New York. Baltimore reports the out look from the south for a good trade owing to the high price for cotton There has been a gain at Pittsburg, where more mills are expected to start up. Country orders are fair aver age for the season at Chicago. but there is less disposition to branch out and hesitancy in some lines. Dry goods and clothing are moving more slowly at St Louis. At Boston the disposition is toward conservatism. At Philadelphia the volume of trade is about equal to that of year ago, but affected by labor conditions, is begin ming to slacken. St Paul and Mime apolis advise that interior merchants are restricting purchases somewhat The Minneapolis flour output is becom- ing normal again.
 Traffic on eastern railroads has de- clined this week, car shortage has been less noticeable, interior jobbers gener- ally are buying less than last year, and cotton exports are increasing en- couragingly. but mercantile collections have fallew away in regions tributary to Philadelphia and St Paul. Ship ments of funds west on crop and bank accounts have made loans at New curity prices.
 Good weather has prevailed through out the grain regions, but winter wheat. which Is all sown. could stand some rain. The outlook is for good demand for wheat for export. Estf- mates of the cotton crop tend higher than recently
 A feature in industrial lines is the sale of ten thousand tons of southern pig iron for export to Manchester at S10 or less a ton at the furnace and a Pittshurg sale of steel rails for deliv- cry in Corea. Many large industrial concerns report an average decline in orders of 9 per cent from this time last year: new orders come in hesitat- ingly. Some 55.0O0 employees have been laid off. or have struck, this week. Closed iron mines in northern Michi- gan have reacted upon jobbers Tn the northwest
 Winter goods are in steady demand at Montreal and prices are firm. Cot. tons are particularly strong. and job bers complain that there Is difficulty in getting orders filled by rnanufactur- CTS. Demand for woolens is less ac+ tive. Collections are fair and there are some renewals. There has been a less active distribution of reasonable goods from Toronto, owing to mild weather, but the more rapid movement of crops from the northwest is stimu- lating and an Improvement is expected.
 Elevator receipts indicate that there is less wheat than has been counted on. Canadian banks report that the demand for funds from farmers for handling the crops is less than antici- pated. Money is therefore easier than expected. and the indications are that rates will be lower The situation at Sault Ste Marie is more hopeful Some of thue factories have started up and others are expected to.