The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-12-07
CHRISTMAS TRADE
MAY BREAK RECORD
FINANCIAL REVIEWS pRRAnNf
OPTIMISTIC FoRHoAsTe.
people Have lots of Money 10 spend
Gold Wave stimulates Retail
Trade -. proapettn For
spring Good.

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New york. Dec. g..-H. @. Dun a
Co.'s Weekly lieview " Trade sayss
"Dualnosa conditions certainly war
ranted o day of gratitude this year
more than ever before, bot IN many ir-
duntrles II was difficult 10 take time
for holiday without falling stlil fur
ther behind orders and increasing tho
complaints of Importunate purchasers.
An idea Of tho volume Of trade In Mo-
yember IL shown by daily average OF
bank exchanges that exceeded last
years figures BY 40 per cent, which IN
turn surpassed ali previous monthly
records. Yet unBeasonably mild
weather In November has postponed
retail business ia winter goods. Christ
mas trade opens with volume that
promises 20 eclipse ell earlier records,
and the feeling Of confidence in the fti-
ture ~ strengthened by the encourag-
ing statement that the strike OF struc-
tural iron workers may not become
general Crops supply the foundation
OF this country's eomrpercial prosper
fly. and the value Of an farm products,
according TO the annual report Of the
department Of agriculture, was even
greater than estimated. Manufactur-
ing plants make most satisfactory re-
turns, despite the high level Of prices
for raw materials and inadequate
transporting facilities.
Failures this week In the United
States are 20s, against z2s last week,
$40 The preceding week and 245 the cor
responding week lagt year. Failures 10
Canada number ~ against "a last
week, ~ The preceding week and %
last year"
Bradslreees says: while mid
weather retarded retail trade early Ia
the week, except In holiday supplies,
the Widespread cold wave later offered
a needed corrective and stimulus 10 the
only lines hitherto backward. Weather
conditions now are likely 70 bring the
Tong continued season for outdoor
work % u close, and especially affect
ths building trades, which have had
the most active year In their history.
gomsthfDg like seasonable quiet is re-
ported in many Ilres Of Wholesale
trade, but n " noted that jobbers and
manufacturer are stiil busiiy engaged
ON holiday goods, some lines Of which
are already reported overSoid, indlcat~
ing that a record ycarg business VIII
BE- garnered All reoprtg a. 70 spring
trade are satisfactory, but hitherto
mild weather and car congestion arc
responsible for reports Of rather back
ward trade and Of SLOW collections In
the noTtkeegt. Taken ~ a whole, the
reports AZ 20 the tragic situation show
4 small Improvement, but the ordering
OF locomotives and ears BY railroads
elbows that that interest is alive 70 the
fart that q volume Of business never
heretofore equalled must be handled.
Reports from the various industries
arc StlIl hlgbly favorable, iron and
steel leading with unprecedented de-
mand and consumption for this gear
son, the highest prices for the year
freely paid, and premiums eagerly OF
fered for prompt deliveries of finished
prodacte. Rather more unrest, pres
snt and prospective, ~ noted In labor
lines. notably in the New York build
ing and shipping trades. The pros
pect Of an anthracite coal strike next
spring IL being discussed. Prices OF all
staples are quite firm, in some cases
highest points Of the year and crop
price returns point 10 an aggregate 70
turn 10 the farmer Ia ezcegs OF ths best
OF previous year..
Business failures for the week end
fng November 20 number 1s5, against
zz4 last week. is4 In the like week oi
1904, z7s in 1909, iss in 1907, and z51
In f901s