Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-13

Offering. and rears OF future great conses-
lion are expressed
rhe price situation as "a whole Is one Of
great strtugth, October ! prices being at
4 record level For the week the features
in speculation have been the slowness OF
dealings In grain at small net changes In
price aud the sharp fluctuations OF cotton.
due TO contradictory adViCes as to frost
damage. The strength Of the metal mar.
kets deserves mention Copper has reached
the highest price in sixteen years and iron
and steel show increased strength: All
available supplies are eagerly taken despite
unprecedented production. In other lines
of industry activity is the rule and labor
scarcity is a cause of complaint from manu-
tacturers. farmers and lumbermen. Col
leCtions show some Improvement at the
west and are slightly better at the south,
whore higher prices for cotton induce a
Jobbing trade, though of a between sea-
sons character. IS large for the season.
circles in cotton fabrics, which tend upward
on stronger raw material prices. Spring
trade is receiving increased attention and
increased orders are noted.
Another buying movement, the second
within few months, has occurred in the
pig iron market and prices have again ad-
Nanced 20 cents a ton. Most of the busi-
, ness calls for basic pig for delivery i'm
| 1907 purchases Of which aggregate about
lZ,UO tons. At the same time good sized
| orders of foundry iron have been made
anu Tor spot supplies high prices are paid
| IN fact. the insstent demand for prompt
deliveries, coupled with the heavy orders
placed for shipment In 1900 and the steadily
advancing price movement. raises fears in
some quarters of a runaway market II Is
understood that some moderate orders have
been placed FOR English and Scotch irons
orders for structural material are OF
goodly proportions. Sheets and tin plates
arc in good demand and the tendency is
To request premiums. Specifications and
orders for steel plates for railway cars and
vessels are heavy. Steel bars command a
premium of 50.
Cold weather and reports of frost far
! south in the cotton belt were the moving
! features in a further excited advance in
| cotton prices this week. As anticipa ted.
| October business in shoes is better than
| the rather disappointing trade done i'm
| September \ total trade in heavyweight
| goods smaller than last year is indicated
/ for the fall season as a whole Shipments
| are 66 per cent larger than in the prcced-
| ing week, but nearly per cent behind a
/ year ago.
Leather is strong as whole and the
! tendency in both sole and upper grades is
| toward a higher range.
! The wool markets are still practically
| deadlockcd with buyers and sellers apart
| and W hatcver advantage there is is appar-
/ entity in buyers favor.
! Failures in the United states for the
week ended october II number 1872, as
! of 1905, el6 i'm 1901. 203 in 1903 and 203 in 1902
| Canadian failures numbered IS as againrt
p last week and 81 in the corresponding
| week of 1906
| Wheat. including -four exports from the
| United States and Canada for the week
, ended October IL aggregated 3257. $50 bu.
as against 49lI02l last week, 2,174,462 this
week last year. 1,S57,1I5 in 1904 and 5,536, ,07S
| i'm 1901.
Corn exports for the week are .2O2 $50 bu
as against .099 last week, 962,47i a year
ago and S57.5l7 in 1904. For the fiscal year
| to date the exports are 10,502S1l bu., as
against 1892 s9l in 1905 and 9,407 $50 in 1904
For the last fifteen weeks of the fiscal
year the exports IS, 102, 927 bu., as against
l9.SISs37 in 1895. 19sO5,SS6 in 1904 and 9O57s 50;
| in 1901.