Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-12
IHE WORLD Of TRADE
Increased Activity In Many
Branches of Business Dur
ing Past Week
COLLECTIONS REPORTED GOOD
Conditions Have Been Favorable for
Retail Trade, Distribution of Mer-
chandise Expanding and Jobhins
Houses Report Larger Business Than
Last Year-RaiIway Earnings.

New York, Sept. 12.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
| Despite the interruption of hol.
| day. the week has brought increased
tactiyity in many branches of business
An encouraging symptom is the de
creased complaint regarding collections,
accompanied by more discounting OF
| bills. Weather conditions have been
of merchandise expanding while there
are frequent reports of larger jobbine
fall business than last lear. Some
caution in selecting goods owing to
high prices is reported at the west. but
this is chiefly confined to textiles. Rail
way earnings in August We're 81 per
cent larger than last year and 1874 per
cent greater than in 1901. Owing to
the lateness of the crops there is little
complaint OF traffic. congestion.
On September / for the first time
this year furnace stocks of pig iron
exceeded a weeks capacity Of the fur
naces In blast This is statistical evi !.
fience OF the quiet conditions now pre-
yailing in the iron and steel indus
try.
Agricultural implement makers have
again purchased freely of materials,
some plow steel contracts covering de-
liveries for five years. New England
manufacturers continue busy on fail
and winter footwear and at mary
Yn lie tn ciH al
labor. Leather is still quiet in the
vicinity AT the west there is more
activity. Prices OF cotton goods are
slow to reflect the reaction in the
raw material, and the demand not i'm
proved. In the jobbing trade a large
distribution Of merchandise is in pro-
gress. this branch OF the industry re-
porting a profitable season.
Failures this week Mere 172 in the
United States, against 2o5 last year
and 10 In Canada compared with %
year ago.
Bradstreet's Summary.
New York, Sept. II. Bradstreets
today says:
Trade conditions are still uneven
but the general drift IS toward inn
provement A more assured feeling rs
20 the corn crop is manifested, condi-
tons in most states having improved
since Sept. l. Eastern trade advices
are of less notable activity than the
west, but signs of improvement in the
cotton mill situation are seen. Some
heavy sales of print cloths are reported
and a number of mills have announced
an approaching early resumption of
Inv Npy IA IL a
contrasts in different sections. In the
vest lumber and building material of
ali kinds is active and firm, but at the
east the resumption OF building opera
lions at strike infested cities has noa
yet been sufficient to keep the market
strong The iron trade is rather pes
simistic, buyers persistlng in holding.
off, but the declines in northern and
western iron reported this week are
largely sympathetic, the result of the
reported additional cuts in the south
ern product.
The salmon pack on the Pacific coast
will be short one, and higher prices
are looked for. Railway earnings con-
tinue good. the increases for August
being fully per cent over the best
previous years. Collections show a
slight Improvement, the result proba-
bly, of the crops moving to market.
Wheat including -four, exports for
the week ending Sept. 10, aggregate
S,O4s.O40 bushels, against 3,1S1.S39 last
week, 5,4A4,145 this week last year,
G, 64s.60e in 1901 and 4,s6b.9s2 in 1900.
For ten years Of the cereal year they
aggregate 31,255,16S bushels, against
As, 4g6. 7A4 in 1902, 55,s16,17 in 1901 and
81 .965.091 in 1900
Corn exports for the week aggre gate
S44.SIS bushels. against s6S.7l last
week, 1852 year ago. 771.SS1 in 1901
and 2.402,7S6 In 1900. For ten weeks of
the present cereal year they aggreg gate
10.03s,S54 bushels. against s67367 In
1902, 10,027,72S In 1900 aud 34,GS2,T41 in
1900.
business failures in the United
states for the week ending with Sept
10 number los. against 162 last week,
la7 in the like week of 1902, 182 in 1901.
is7 in 1900 and l49 in 1889. In Canada
failures for the week number twelve,
against eighteen last week and eight
cen in the week one year ago.
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