The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-15
R. C. DUN'S REVIEW
THE HOLIDAY TRADE MONOPO-
 LIZEs ALL ATTENTION.
Some IrreguiarAfy stiII Noted in COl- Iections, Attributed to High Money Rates or Failure Co Mar
 Ret Crops.

New York. Dec. 14.--R. c. Dun and Company's weekly review of trade to- morrow will say
 although there Is a steady gain in dls- tribution of winter goods as the tenn perature becomes more seasonaple Some irfegulafity is still noted In cole ieetions. attributed to high money rates or failure to market the crops. This would make the one adverse feature oi the commercial situation indirectly due to the three most striking eyi. dences of national prosperity. scarcity of men. money and railway faciIltles The inadeduate supply of labor is at1 tested by numerous increases in wages e at textile mills and in many other oG equations; the financial situatlon ID shown by the heavy deficit or the asso Slated banks and the sixth measure oa relief this year bg the Secretary Of thT Treasury and complaints of trelgh' ! biockades are numeroush one shlppe. at the South stating that hundreds or
 tons of pig iron have not yet started' although the cars were loaded h Oe- tober. There is little Idle machinery urgency for quick delivery being most noticeable at steel and cotton mills ana all are well engaged .....a A few quotations for Iron advanced during last week. notably Bessemer
 iron and light rails, but in most see. sec tions of the market there was stability and fbs ss Of Isd7 59r were Iuctant to contract at present prices. Inability of cotton goods nanufac- turers te make dellverles is tne ats Soiig at the present time. stocks in other positions must be badly depleted or there would not be such pressure TOT prompt shipment while the difficulty encountered in endeavoring to obtain needed supplies has changed the atti- tude of purchasers from the farmer to avoid a repetition of the present in-- ability to supply the trade. Some or this forward business covers deliveries up to next September. rev ,itI,,t miiIs hSo- 9o- that period. There IS practically no export. demand, but this Is most fortu- nate inst now. because any further healthy imitation of prices. More new lines of woolens have been shown but the general market is not yet fully ate Interest. The finer cradles will not be put on the market until January,
 Following the recent market aetlvltV 1t was te 1e expected that more no e, ,Srne 9nnlet for hides, Prices are full maintained, however Leather Is strong. especially sole. New England shoe manufaetur- CTS receive satisfactory supplementary contracts for sprng goods and fair sample fall orders.
 At the exchanges dealing in the leading farm staples, the only import ant influences of the week was supplied bv the official reports.
 While it is somewhat early to have very definite information regarding the next crop of winter wheat. the Depart ment of Horticulture has a~~roxlinated final results so closely in the Decem- her reports of recent years that It's promise of a new high record produc- ton had natural tendency to iower duotations The decline was not se- were, however. chiefly because made auate railway facilities continued to restrict receipts at primary markets There was a much more violent re- sponse to government figures in the cotton market. where the price fell to the position held month a~n before the sharp advance to the highest point
 Liabilities of commercial failures thus far renOrted for December 2 ount- cd to s2,se4.434. of which s1S24O4f were in manufacturinE. $i.022.69S in trading and $17,800 in other commercial lines