The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-09
improvement Is Reported All
Along the Line.
Except on Wall Street Where
Stocks Have Declined.
JOBBERS OVERWORKED
Are Unable to Handle All the
Business Offered.
Railroad Earnings Show an In
crease of 6.3 Per Cent.

New York, Sept. 9.-R. c. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
Commercial news continues most
satisfactory, improvement being re-
ported in almost every case except the
further decline in prices of securities.
Crops are being harvested under most
favorable conditions. and few weeks
more without severe frost will put the
WELD of corn and cotton beyond dan
ger. Industrial progress is accelerated
by the broadening demand for iron
and steel products. textile mills and
shoe factories are well occupied, Whlle
the demand for material testlties 10 ex-
tension of building operations. Con-
sidering the prosperous conolllohs, Ia
bor struggles are exceptionally rev.
Jobbers in many lines are unable TO
handle the business offered by visiting
merchants, although packing ana SNIP
ping departments are often worked
overtime.
Retailers report wholesome distrlz
hutton of staple merchandise, ana
there are comparatively few COM
plants regarding collections. Liberal
CONSUMPTION has caused turther
slight rise in the level of COMMONLY
prices, Dun's Index Number on sep
TENDER advancing to 500, 5Os from
$99,S46 a month previous and $91' o4z
q year ago, when business was much
less vigorous. Some congestion OF tfaI-
fic is noted and railway earnings IN
August were 6.3 per cent larger than IN
the same month of 1904. Foreign COM
11erce at this port for the week show
ed gains of $1,24S,400 in exports ana
S6OT,1 in imports, as compared with
the movements of a year ago.
"A firm tone continues to prevail IN
the hide market, although there Is
some evidence of irregularity.
ssFaIlures this week numbered $50
in the United States. against 200 last
year, and % in Canada, compared with
16 a year ago"
Bradstreet's.
Bradstreet's saws:
stWholesale distributive trade. al
ready of full volume has received new
impetus this week from buyers excur-
sions at the southwest. state fairs IN
the northwest and the general assur-
ance that the corn crop is beyond DAN
ger of frost damage throughout very
wide area. Cool weather and the end
ing of the vacation season. coupled
with the partial reopening of schools,
has made far more activity IN retail
lines north. west and east Whlle the
prompt marketing at good prices OF the
first pick of the cotton crop has i'm
proved both wholesale and retail bust
ness at many southern points. In IN
dustrial lines the feature has Deen I'M
precedented activity in rail buying by
leading companies, the placing of fur
Their orders for rolling stock, number
of small purchases agsreSaung a con-
sidera BILE volume of pig iron sales and
a stifening in prices of coke and btu
Ininous coal, this latter being regarded
as very significant item. Anthracite
coal has felt the stimulus of cooler
weather.
Accompanied by marked activity in
millinery, dry goods particularly the
more expensive makes of cotton
goods), clothing, shoes, hardware and
lumber at leading western markets are
reports of good collections.
Evidences that past and present
heavy purchases of commodities,
coupled with the usual movement of