Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-20
BRADsrREErs REVIEW OF TRADE
Distribution Continues in Lower
Volume.

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
Trade continues of large volume and
while the ordinary rush of fall trade is
over ana next spring IS receiving attention,
volume of recorder business from ioooers;
Except in a few sections, where milo
weather last winter left unsold stocks on
hand, supplies of goods are not excessive.
Hence a continuance of the active reorder
trade is likeIy, weather conditions allow
ing. Perhaps the most active branch oil
wholesaling and jobbing Is tnat OF cotton
goods, which are IN heavy demand, with
slow deliveries still complained of. There
is also better tone to wooden gooos,
worsteds leading as heretofore, Prices are
steady as whole and the high range OF
all quotations does not seem as yet to be
rejected in reduced sales. In general dis
tributive lines the reports are almost uni
formly favorable. Industries return re-
ports of great activity, the iron and steel,
metal working, coke, cotton, other tex
tiles, furniture, carpets, and Indeed, prac-
tically all lines are published Exceptions
are found in shoes, which have not been
as well ordered as a year ago for fall ana
winter, though excesses on last spring
account makes net gain for the year as
There is complaint that low prices Of
l-fered for grain are restricting sales by
farmers west and northwest, but lack Of
motive power and cars is credited with
holding back deliveries. There is COM
plant of slow trade in nour on domestic
Improved. Speculatively dealt in staples,
such as cereals and cotton, are rather
quieter than of late. In the case Of cot
rapid advances which have induced realiz-
ing and fresh short sales, especially as
frost damage is minimized in late reports.
The feature OF the iron and steel trades
is the pressure to produce suf1icient guam
titles to meet requirements. High prices
to be the rule Pig iron is higher and
as high as SIS ton has been paid for No.
Gov enpnliAa RaSSamRF mig commands
high prices in the central west In the
Chicago district furnaces are sold ahead
for the first half OF the year. Steel bill
let's are scarce everywhere and car build
ers have bought forging billets in the Chi
portation Of 1900 tons OF forging biilets
| fo- use in the central west is reported and
some further imports OF scotch rouh hasg
arranged for. Demand for structural ma
teriaI and plates continues good with car
order. Iron and steel bars are firm New
| orders for steel rails are only moderate.
Merchant pipe is up :" ton on blach an, anu
miums for sheets and tin plates. are oecom-
! ing more prevalent. Sales Of lake ores
are reported TO have been made at an in
| in active demand and the steel eorDora-
| ton, usually seller, has eontracted 10, for
| Virginia coke for delivery next year. Cop
per is firm, though buying is limited.
The fall trade In shoes AT the east mas
| been and il still smaller than last year.
| although October supplementary orders
| are OF better volume than for September.
! Leather markets are quiet and strong.
| Ruying is just sufficient to cover orders.
! inferior grades OF hemlock sole and union
| and oak sole are in fairly good demand.
! Patent and enameled leather for spring
There /. better demand for raw silk,
Linens are active, though advances in
! prices. il is claimed may divert some bust
! ness to fine cottons.
! wool il more active and manufacturers
/ have bought freely. Opinion IL divided,
/ however. as to the prices received, and
! some concessions are claimed TO have been
Business failures for the week ending
I October is number 10, against 1872 last
! week 17s in the like week of 1905, 297 In
! 1905 s1s in 1908 and 1914 In 1909.
] Wheat Including hour, exports from the
/ United states and Canada for the week
! ending October is aggregated 4.9S1 .M bu.,
{ against :. a5T. Sss blu last week, 2S31.4T2 blu.
/ this week last year, 1oss, a.. bu in 1894 and
Ies2 IA bu in 1901 For the past sixteen
weeks OF the fiscal year the exports are
tbo 1884 1863 bu., essinst - 7o5 $40 in 1905, 20
! 90 PAS in 1904 and $3.50, $50 In 1901
| Corn exports for the week are l.3lSo1t
bu.' against leo9. ASn last week 1888 bu
| a wear 20 and 797.sss in 1904.
! Fer the fiscal year 10 date the exports
I are II ,s21 S47 hu., against l7,269,325 hui. IN
| 1905 and 9s45,757 blu. I'm 1904.