The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-28
Increase in Retail Business Reelected
in More Orders Received by job
bers ut Interior Points.
GENERAL OUTLOOK BETTER
GRAIN AND FOOD-PRODUCING SEC.
TIONs CONTINUE PROSPEROUS.
Pessimism Noted Only I'm the Indus
trial and Manufacturing Branches
Bank Clearings.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Continued cold weather has offered a
needed stimulus to retail trade In all sea-
sonable lines. but particularly in clothing
and wearing apparel. This, in turn, is re-
fiected in better recorder business with job
bers at interior centers, who also note more
interest in holiday goods. fancy groceries.
furs and kindred lines. In wholesale trade
the featues are the rather stronger tone
of cotton goods. which are held more firmly
by agents. and little better feeling in
wooden goods. Firmness of prices Of agri-
cultural products is another element which
is to be taken account of. The agricultural
interests and those interested in distribu-
tive trade seem at present to be having
their innings and appear well situated.
whereas the manufacturing and industrial
branches send forth nearly all the pessi-
mistic reports. The prosperity of the grain
and food-producing populations North and
West, and of the cotton, lumber and naval
store interests at the South, is, in fact, the
chief basis for the conservative confidence
in the general business outlook expressed
by many observers.
There are some good points even among
the industries. Although iron and steel
production is limited and shutdowns are
numerous numerous there is a rather better tone :
growth of the feeling that prices are now
grounding on the bottom. Finished prod
ucts are rather dull and domestic buyers
are rather reserved, but the extension Of
the reduction in railway rates TO other lines
of iron and steel gives prospects of large
export business to come. Some large or
derS for sheet bars are reported booked
from English manufacturers and old ma
terial is inquired for for export. The other
metals are dull, with copper and lead weak
Lumber Is quiet for domestic trade, but ex-
demand Hardware sales
continue really good all things considered,
and some railway work reported abandoned
some time ago has been resumed while
leading systems announce liberal expendi-
ture for next year.
Wheat Qncuding four exports for the
week ending Nov. rs aggregate 1851, 767 bu,
against 2,974, 277 last week, AIS, 6S5 this week
last year, 517,47S in 1901 and 2,497 SS1 in 1906.
For twenty-one weeks of the cereal year
they aggregate 6S a! 1s5 bu against log. 4SI on
in 1902 123 193 634 in 1901 and "a, 435 in 1900.
Corn exports for the week aggregate 1.520,-
941 bu, against 1881, 625 last week, 255,1H a
year ago. 69O.96S in 1901 and LOCO in 1900.
For twenty-one weeks of the present cereal
year they aggregate 24,503535 bu, against
2.643354 in 1902. 17,659S69 in 1901 and n06S, 26s
| in 1907
| r. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade
| tomorrow will say: 'Seasonable tempera-
| ture and holiday purchases stimulated retail
| 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 remained dull because of the mild
weather. Another encouraging feature was
| the resumption of work at the New York
| mills, although there is still much idle ma
| chinery, especially In the textile and iron
| industries. Thousands of operatives are
| idle because of the shutdown at a few OF
| the paper mills. In view of the numerous
| wage reductions there is noteworthy har-
| mony between employees and workers in
| dicating that labor leaders appreciate the
necessity of sharing in the readjustment
| Failures this week numbered 25S in the
| twenty -four in Canada, compared with six.
teen a year ago."