The Cairo bulletin., 1904-12-17

TRADE CONDITIONS
STILL FAVORABLE
Cheerful Tone Peryades all Eines
OF Business
INDUSTRlALS ACTIVE
IRON AND STEEL SHOW NOT.
ABLE INCREASE = RAILWAY
EARNINGS STILL GROW
MORE LABOR EN-
PLoYED.
BY the Associated Press.

! ~ tHt +ASsOtIdicA l'FFSS.
| New York. Daa. lG.- Bradstreet's
weekly review of trade IS as follows.
Crop and indus rial conditions are
mainly favorable. ANA with season.
able activity in retain and holiday dis
trbuticn in mcst sections the year Ia
drawing 70 close with a decidedly
cheerful tone prevailing in most line..
OF business effort. The area In win
ter wheat viii nor equal that planted
year ago and conditions on Decein-
ber | were low. but since the govern.
ment report was issned the western
drought has been fairly VOL broken by
rains and snow
Cold weather has stimulated heavy
dry goods clothing and footwear and
helped recorder basine with jobDers.
iron and Steel Very Active.
Industry as 4 whole is active, iron
and steel notably a.. b,f building
trades feel aeasonable quieting in.
fiuenee and cotton manufacturing is
not active In all It's branches.
Railway earnings for November
show gains in gross exceeding 9 per
-eenf. following an incraAse of 4 per
cent In 1908 ami rendering certain
The prospect thai the early small he
crease shows in gross receipts for
the calendar year will be turned into
an Increase
Lumber IL seaapnatly quiet. as are
other building materials. bur manu-
faeturers report good businers In pros
pect
Whea.. Including -four. exports for
theswsseiS l,i45.0ab bu hcla, against
s,sG2.oe0 this week last year: luly ii
10 date. ss.G9c.0oo bushels, against
S0.900000 last year M
Corn exports for the week, asa. 900
bushels, against 63S, 900 year ago.
July ! TO date. l2,0550O0 bushels,
against 2G,SS2 900 In 1908.
Dun's Report.
II. q. Dun and company reports MS
follows:
Manufacturing activity is steadily
increasing, testifying 10 the general
confidence in the heavy demand next
year, and trading branches Of bnsi
ness report seasonable conditions. All
classes OF merchandise are going in
TO larger consumption. while Ii is The
exception when there Is complaint
regarding mercan lie collcctlonsS The
Of idle machinery Is grow.
.ng smaller and the number Of unem.
ployed less. Footwear forwardings
are running close to the large figures
II last year and irregular raw mater
ial supply the only serious elemen.
of uncertainty In textile industries.
Farm staples are returning large prof.
to producers. and foreign trade
returns for November showed very
imall loss in exports, considering the
,bnormal lgarea last year
] Far from meeting with the setback
many tradeF1 anticipated iron and
teei industry has gone steadily for
ward. There is no evidence of iniia-
ton in the pre- ent situation The fu-
el shortage is Increasing the cost of
while orders covering all
.he product of some furnaces for the
first quarter of next year testify to
The faith Of consumers.
This forward business Is the best
feature of the market
Railroad Construction Heavy.
Railways are beginning to an.ici.
pate their needs duting the early
months OF next year which Is one
Of the fundamental features of the
strength in the prestht gtuation.
Construction work promises to be
very heavy next year. which accounts
ior the rapid increase in the output of
ma erial
New England footwear manufactur.
srs have representatives in western
erritory with fall samples and also
supplementary spring busa-
less. but buvers are not willing 10
lay the small advance demanded. In
few exceptional cases low prices
ire now being quoted for co ton
foods. but as a rule the market has
leid firm.
Failures for the week. 27G in the
United States, against 329 last year.
Bank ciearings.