The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-08
R. C. DUN'S REVIEW
LOWER TEMPERATURE HAS sTIM- E ITS ULATED STAPLE TRADE. sf
ExDectati0na of Record -EsreakinR Run for Christmas Specfaltles Are Be- ing Fully Realised With J0b-
 bers Doing We'll

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 I New York. Dec. 7.-R. G. Dun 6
 Cos weekly review of trade tomor'
 Lower Temperature has stimulated retail trade in staples, but interest t most conspicuous in holiday goods. FIX | pectations of record breaking run fol Christmas specia1ties are being. fully
 realized. Jobbing and wholesale houses are doing we'll for the season, but re- ports or mercantile collections show | much irregularity, Improvements in the. promptness of payments IS expect-
 ed when the crops have been more full
 in monev rates. which are far above
 normal, despite the ,fact that the total amount in circulation exceeds all rec
 ords. Very little idle machinery is no- ticed In. the factories and mills. ex. cept where thee supolv of labor and raw materials. is insufficient and the vigorous demand for all commodities is
 indicated by the highest level of prices
 in recent years.
 The closing rnonth of the year in the iron and steel industry promises to fully maintain the. phenomenal rate or progress that has been experienced du- ring the autumn. notwithstanding a that might be expected to curtail op-
 erations., Textile mills are ..o"erating a large per centage of available ma chinery.. although the inadequate. sup
 ply of labor continues to be draw back. sEven after the recent reaction in price of raw material, the margin
 
 and purchasers make little effort to se- cure concessions. Increased strength
 has developed in a number of varieties lack the tsupport noted in the packer market Leather is firm, but trade IS quiet. especially at the East < :,
 movement of wheat to pri mary mar kets. but there Is still much complaint
 of car shortage from the Dakotas; where elevators are overfowing and
 large quantities of grain are in dan ger of injury.
 The decline in cotton was carried still further until middling uplands sold at $S per bale less than a year a go, which offset in value the increase in quantity. sent abroad Port recelnts 2 neutralizino in liberal consumption b. domestic spinners
 Liabilities of commercial fssilupss al, gss re Ee compared with co ss6.79s a year ago. Brads4reet's Review.
 New York, Dec. 7.--Bradstreets to- morrow will say:
 Colder weather, combined with the approach of the holidays, has greatly | stimulated retail tfade at most points and the outlook favors a record-brea age continues. though grain deliveries l in the Northwest are freer; but on the whole the paucity of railway facilities | Is seriously affecting many sections
  very low at numerous points, Whlie some of the foundries in the St.' LoulS and Cleveland districts have been com
 alled to ontrx el0se ove tSe ing so great as to cause a consider, able number of plants to work niRn' and day. Labor still continues scarce
 Money is very high in the. cities where the demand is extensive. but most in-
 terior towns appear to be plentifuiIy supplied, hence country bankers arc
 seeking commercial paper. It IS sig-
 9eaPf gr6 tse that atefior good all things considered, reports from the Southwest being relatively most IaVor- able. All in all, the sltust,on h IS atysn. xeTy tic States, where crop returns nave been poor and in the Northwest, where grain deliveries are backward, in some
 wheat crop being still in farmers hands
 Supplies of pig iron smaller tnan aI1 ever, and shortage, combined Wlth pool deliveries by the railways, has causec some foundrymen to close down, ant 1 further suspension are not impropapie | In the East moderatee sales or pAslS 1 pig for delivery up to the second qnalr. | fer of 1907 are reported, while In thf West a car wheel concern has pur, | chased 15.OO tons for the second naI l of 1907, the basis being S22.eO Ghl' cago. British markets are advanclns l and 1t begins to appear as 1T Greal Britain will not have enough lron te
 snara for inc relief of the United | States Southern railroads nave aa- | yanced the freight rate 20 cents on PIE | iron from Birmingham to points nortr | of the Ohio. i,.. T.; <a;, ! New business in steel rails IS Iali 1 ana while demand for structural mate. | rial Is not so active as earlier m tnt a season.. some good sized orders are IT l si@ht Steel car manufacturers ahC | lake shipbuilders are freely speeliylns ! for niates Specifications on sheets | aTa likewise heavy. Merchant pipe m | ferests anticipate some heavy buslness i Cast iron pipe makers are very actlVe 1 Coke is scarce for prompt delINe5y ahC .h | nrices are higher. In cotton gooos tnt I | ptreno,th of prices is unabated, and all
 9oods are sold from three to six montns 1 9bead The size of the advance m eoL- 1 +oo goods. compared with raw cotton l ecna Sons remark Higher wages are | stilI heinz demanded by operatives 1 who are indisposed to accept advances | offered by manufacturers. 1 Wheat has shown more llie Ints HIS t,o,
 than for some months past 4ter Ge' | of the situation seems to pc pSnleI oeSS eS Dand for milling purposes at MlnheaP' 1 niIs and other interior points, que U | tba irnnrovement reported in hour ae' l nnand nn export account. Most AmerI' can wool markets are active ana "lti an advancing tendency. Leather n IT more active. Shoe manutacturerS I, doing well and higher prices are pelhe more readily paid. 1-.i+oa e.+o+e for the week ending December nuIn mug
 her S16 against 1T4 last week anu zv
 ;m the like week of 1905. Failures II
 Canada for the week number Sz a
 seainst 26 last week and S1 in this Weei
 a year ago.