Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-22
Few Important Changes Among
the Greater Industries
General Situation Good
BRADsTREETs TRADE SUMMARY
Weather and Crop Conditions Still the
keynotes to Fall Trade-Reports
Average as Good and Even Better
Than Last Year-Wheat and Corn
Exports For the Week.

New York, Aug. 22-Bradstreet to-
day says:
Weather and crop conditions arc
still the keynotes to fall trade. In tn
northwest. southwest and south buyers
are taking hold and reports as whole
are as good or better than year ago
In the east fall jobbng has started in
well. though perhaps not so active a<
hoped for. Some soft spots, are, how
ever. noted In the central west, sec
tons in which crop yields We're lighter
than hoped for, buying conservativeiy
Retail trade is reasonably quiet, ana
collections are reported backward IA
q number of instances.
Among the greater industries few
important changes are noted. One of
the notable Developments is the gener-
Al suftening of pig iron prices follow
ing the buying of two weeks past. Few
err Industrial operatives are on strike
now than for months past, but the
idleness of cotton mill operators tends
rather TO increase. The lumber trade
is active west and north, but in the
east it has not as yet recovered from
the depression induced by labor
troubles. now about drawing to close.
Shoe manufacture is notably active
the country over and eastern shipments
are breaking all records. Railway earn
ings for the first half of August con-
tinue to show good gains. The east
ern jewelry trade is quiet for the sea-
son and the labor situation is not a
very clear one.
Leather is reported firm, but quiet
rs a whole. the shoe manufacturers
buying only from hand to mouth. New
England hides are lower. Weakness
in southern foundry iron is noted a:
eastern markets, and pig iron is re-
ported offered 81 per ton lower at Pitts
burg than a week ago, with supplies
for immediate delivery more in evi-
dence. Large buying of pig iron s
less noticeable than it was one or two
weeks ago, but quite number of small
orders have been booked. Steel billets
are less active but fairly firm. Mer-
chants bars. sheets and plates in fin
ished products are reported in much
better call. but the demand for struct
ural material is light, particularly re-
was marked up this week, partially.
it is thought, to effect the stock mar-
ket quotations, but some large sales
below the official price are reported
Wheat including flour exports for tae
week ending August 90, aggregate s.
372,TS9 bushels against 3,Il3.l9i bush
els last week: .aaA ga .--------'--'ss---
year; 6,606,9SO in 1901, and 2.695,163 in
1900. For seven weeks OF the cereal
year they aggregate 21,SS3.233 bushels,
against 31,S39,169 in 1902 4S.153,S95
in 1901 and 20,677,606 in 1900. Corn
exports for the week aggregate 500.
495 bushels. against 707.sS7 last week,
51,649 year ago, 524.SSS in 1901 and
3,493,375 in 1900 For seven weeks of
the present cereal year they aggregate
T,45S,975 bushels, against 639.509 in
1902; S,257,103 in 1901, and 24,760, 1875
in 1900.
Business failures in the United Stat
IS for the week ending with August
90 number 166. against 100 last week.
ISL in the same week of 1902; Isl in
1901; 1856 in 1900 and 154 in 1899.
In Canada failures for the week
number IA as against IL last week and
&c in this week year ago.