The Cairo bulletin., 1905-01-28
COLD WEATHER
CRIPPLED TRADE
Billiards. Storms and Russian
Strike Checked Activity
SAY WEEKLY REVIEWS
lNoueTRlALS, HOWEVER, KEPT
GOING AT ABOUT THE USUAL
RATE - INTERRUPTION
WILL BE BRIEF.
~ the Associated Press.

New York. Jan, Bradstreet3
weekly review OF trade is as follows:
! Inclement weathe. has retarded
dis.ributiye trade. railway traffic and
some forms OF production throughout
the VIDE area. The result Is some ir-
regularity IN reports from different
sections The nor Invest sends rela-
iyeh the best reports in adYicas
| that eqr.ns business is in excess OF a
yeas ago, ard it Is 10 be notel that
he northwest SHOWS improvement
over the recent rather depressed con
diticns
Iron still Very Active.
Industry stll leads In activity. The
volume of new buying in iron is light
but specifications are coming out
Freely and curfent production Is
above the maximum. Seasonable in
auence affect sales Of lumber but
that industry Is in a very strong pc
siton in he northwest. Anthracite
coal is strong and active with stocks
small, ana in bltuminous It's a cues
ton OF deliveries rather than of de
mand thar worries the trade
In distributive trade the backward
ness OF Gotten goods demand is III
feature, but signs of Improvement
a-o SEN here. In wooden goo1s the
strength of raw material seems TO
fcreshadow a good trade Hardware
seems to be in active demand the
country over. Iron and steel prices
arc steady al recent reyiaions Cop
per seems easier at e. the late spur,
and lead is lower. Shoe buying for
spring is not yet brisk in the east,
but manufacturers have fair orders
en- hand and shipments equal year
ago at this time Leather Is strong
despite the Weakness in hides.
Wheat, including -four exports fo-
tho week. 100000 bushels, against
2.aiS,000 this week las year, July |
to date, s9,ll2,0e0 bushels, against
9S.747,O00 last year.
Corn exports for week, 1896 go
bushels, against 100000 year ago.
July 10 date, 27.S4I000 bushels
against s4,470 900 in 1901.
What p. c. Dun Says. q
r. G. Dan & Co, report as follows,
storms at home and complications
abroad tended to check activity IN
commerc al aud fusncial markets,
but most OF the industrial lines con
tiuue busy. testifying to the conf
dence that trade interruption win be
brief
New England manufacturing plants
are well engaged. Buyers have left
the Bosom foo wear market without
placing contracts. owing 70 disagree
nlent as 10 prices Foreign commerce
a this porf for the last week shows
gan cf s72,924 in imports and a
loss of $1,000, 600 in experts compar-
ed with the same time in 1894 Rail
vay earnings in January were only
a per cent larger than las year
The production Of pig iron contin
ues at maximum rate, yet there is
no evidence cf reaction. RAILWAY
: bridges VIII tak- ldl - tphtf't0N w
structural steel and extensive build
ing operations are about to begin 50
tha this division Ct the industry is
in fairly encouraging position. Pre2-
arations arc being made for very
Ilsrga trade in agricultural impl'-
mcnts.
Woolen Mills Busy
The western markets make less I'M
ifosmly returns, ANA textile mauufac
turing conditions remain practically
without alteration Much of The bes
news cones from wooden mills, which
have large orders on hand.
BUYERS cf cotton goods in the pFi
mary markets continue to limit thci'
operations to immediate needs, and
in mary cases have deferred business
entirely in expectation Of much be
ter terms later in the season.
Failures this week 3o5 in the Unit
cd States. against SOC last year.