The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-24
REVIEW OF TRADE
WEATHER sTIAaU-
 LATEs JOBBING DISTRIBUTION
Crop Preparations are Going For ward Actively in the South and Some Actual Planting
 Has Been Done.

New York, Feb. 2s.-Broadstreets to-
 morrow will say:
 springlike weather stimulates joh-
 bing distribution inducing large
 volume of house trade and also help
 ing retail business in spring and sum
 mer fabrics. Crop preparations are go-
 ing forward actively and at the south
 some actual planting has been done
 shipments on orders are heavier than
 befo5e son and no afs somRiandfs Reard Al Al
 and ions spring season Is pre-,
 air of conserva tism as to the more
 distant futures due mainly to the larg- CT stocks of winter goods carried over
 and also of the recent heavy drop m raw cotton making buyers for next sea son cautions in placing orders. Lake conditions are noted in the leading in- dustries. unprecedented volume Is largely for the first half of the years requirements, far future orders being Of lighter l volume Just how much of this IS que 1 to uncertainties as the coal strike situation is not clear, but that this IS factor Is unquestionable. Many com modities show an easing tone, this be- | ing especially noticeable in bread stuffs, cotton, hides and lines or product affected by weather conditions. on the other hand the season favors active buildi1g and as to the lumber, brick
 and hardware among others are very
 strong. ,,. ,v, the new western clip are checked by l high prices. Coal is more active ana frmer The railways are active as never before at this season. Earniinss are breaking ali records. Collections are. taken as a whole. only fair. slack
 retail trade in winter goods at lne
 north and holding of cotton at the south being drawbacks. Money has shown
 tendency to work hrmer. Bank
 clearings exceed all previous Ferruary
 Ass sEsaiisires are few in number. Business l failures In the United States for tne
 week ending February 22, number iee
 against 2OS last week and 22O III the l like week of 1905. In Canada failures | for the week number 32 against 2S
 ias' Dun'a Trade Review.
 New York. Feb. 23-R. G. Dun & Co; s
 weekly review. of trade tomorrow will
 holidays and cratic weather were
 calculated to interrupt pogress In com nm ] mercial channels, but business has oe- come established on too sound pasis | to reflect adverse influences or sucn 1 temporary character Sections that ex- | perienced especially high temperature report the early opening of spring lines | with most satisfactory results. Jobbers of dry goods. clotning an1 ni
 notions are shipping large aua49tibstesv m beavYl 4l | weight wearing apparel having no oe- | nressInR effect on the new season s 1 business. Prices are firmly held as q | rule except in the markets Tor tarnl l staples, which are still higher than nor | mai despite general reaction. Mahn n l. | featuring plants report new oroeIs tnes t l assure activity still further into the | future and several dividend ann ounce | ments show gains over recent preceding l years while some New Engiand cotton l mills are only deterIed from fuH ac- IltIvity by scarcity of labor Railway earnings continue 10 r.s max | figures, February thus far recordIns | gain of 26.7 per cent. Foreign traae re, re- 1 turns in January for the whole nation | has surpassed the same month m any preyious year and the last week at tnls | nojnt shows gain of $1,14l,015 n ex- ports, but a decrease of SS.SH'S'f III l imports as compared with 19O5. =,
 Steel fabricattons have felt the full | heneflt of the open winter structural | lines leading in point of activity ana | importunate buyers continue 10 urge
 HOF Footwear manufacturers in New Eng. land have received good volume or ouotations in addition to the usual | amount of business already on hand and the independent position Of the nrodueers is shown by the announce- rnent that contracts for fall lines Will moi be accepted at present prices Tor | delivery later than June. Leather is more Irregular and tanners are required to make concessions current .e,S miues E are of poor quality and in light demand which makes prices nominally lower. Failures this week weere 2lS m tne l limited States against 2b2 last year anu l IS in Canada, as compared wlth SS :" year ago.