The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-23
Marked Improvement Over Sam
Period Of Last Year.
Evidences of Continued Activity
Are Notable.
RAILWAY EARNINGS
Continue to Show an Increase
Over a Year Ago.
There Has Been a Falling on
in the Number of Failures.

New York, Sept. 23.-R. @. Dun l.
Co.'s weekly review or trade says:
Current trade shows a distinct gain
in comparison with the same time last
year; crop reports are reassuring and
evidences Of continued activity are
noted in almost every department Of
industry. A wholesome growth without
threatening danger of reckless imitation
of prices, is a commercial condition
greatly to be desired and these elements
are recorded in the majority Of dis
patches,
Fall trade is now well under way,
especially encouraging results being
achieved in dry goods, millinery foot
wear and all Lines of wearing apparel,
while mercantile payments are unusual
ly prompt for the season. There is q
steady consumption of groceries and
other staple articles OF food, and in
furniture, crockery andnumerous house
hold utensils the distribution is vigor-
GUS
Manufacturing plants in the leading
industries receive large orders, heavy
tonnage of iron and steel business be-
ing placed and machinery houses maxi
shops have ample business In sight;
textile mills are busy, although new
contracts come forward more slowly;
flour mills and saw mills have enlarged
| the stimulus of active factories.
"a little damage was done by floods
in the southwest, but weather conditions
are favorable, on the whole. As grain
comes to market more freely, there is
difficulty in averting freight blockades.
and railway earnings thus far available
for September exceed last years by 2.5
per cent. Foreign commerce at this
port for the last week showed gain
of $532, S46 in imports, but loss of $4,-
068 1853 in exports.
Failures this week numbered 206 in
the United States, against 225 last year,
and in Canada "a, compared with 80 a
year ago"
Bradstreet's.
Bradstreet's says:
saThe tenor of tobbing trade and in
dustria1 advices is more unanimously
favorable this week than at any preceo-
ing period this year. At the leadlne
iobbing centers activity continues nota-
bic in all lines of dry goods, clothing,
shoes and, in fact, all kinds of wearing
apparel. 1t is further to be noted that
secondary points of distribution are
sending better advices. Industry is ac-
tive, iron and steel leading with larger
sales and firmer prices in the eruder
forms heretofore inclined to lag, Mere
is doing in the coal and coke INDUSTRY
and prices are hardening. Building ma
terial, particularly timber and haTo-
ware reflect unprecedented activity Ior
this season of the year.
sThere is more doing in retail trade,
though heavy rains and foods have OPP
Grated to restrict operations west ana
northwest The absence OF frost is sun
the favorable feature in the crop situa-
ton. favoring as it does, the almost
total exemption of corn from Damage.
The beginning of the heavy spring
wheat movement in the Northwest. IS
rejected in better retail trade ana coll
lections, and the like report comes from
portions of the south, not affected Dy
yellow fever guarantees. owing 70 the
cotton crop beginning to move. Taken
as a whole, collections have improves
money is easy, though shipments to the
country still continue large Railway
tonnage offering is very heavy; It Is
noted that enough cars to move coal 10
the lakes can not be obtained in the
Pittsburg district. Labor Is well en-
n1oved and additional reports OF scare
ity of help come from widely separated
points. -. r-o;.ad
States for the week ending September
ii number 17s, against 1ss last week
20s in the like week of 1904, 1S5 in 1SVS'
40 in 1902 and 1877 In 1901.
ssIn Canada, failures for the week
number 30, as against 90 last week ana
27 in this week a year lago.