The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-06
BUSINESS SLOW
IN BIG CITIES
Operations in the Retail and J0bbing
Departments Are Somewhat
Restricted.
COLLEC TONS REMAIN GOOD
ANNUAL SETTLEMENTS ARE
PROGRESSING.

New York, Jan. 5.-Dun's Weekly Re
view of Trade tomorrow will say:
"Erratic weather and the customary
difficulties encountered in resuming nor
NAL conditions after a lengthy holiday
have restricted operations during the
past week, especially in retail and job
bling departments. Annual settlements
are promptly made, and inventories show
the favorable results anticipated. In
some parts Of the country it is impos-
sible to fill orders for lumber and build
ing materials, open weather making
structural work an unusual feature for
the season. Manufacturing plants are
leSumlng, advance orders assuring &C
uvity for some months in most cases,
and IN many divisions of the iron and
steel industry idleness in 1906 can only
Be produced by extensive cancellation.
Thus far the railways have had little
earnings in December rising GA per cent
above last years and reports of foreign
commerce are even more strikingly IA
YOrable.
imports exceeded those of a year pre-
vious by S6,137,254, or about 50 per cent
while exports gained $2,005,771.
Conditions are without change in the
hide markets, demand remaining quiet,
and packers stock carried over were
IN no case burdensOme
Commercial failures this week in the
United States are 25S, against 2A last
week, 226 the previous week and go the
corresponding week last year. Failures
in Canada number S. against q last
week, SO the preceding week and % last
year"
Bradstreet's Report.
Bradstreets tomorrow will say: while
unreasonable weather adversely affects
retail trade and recorders from whole
salerS, it at the same time highly ia
vOrs the leading industries and outdoor
activities and facilitates railway trans
pOrtatiOn. Spring trade really shows
rather more than usual life, requests
for prompt shipments being in evidence
earlier than usual.
December was perhaps the best month
of 1904 for the railways, with an indl-
Gated gain OF y per cent over Deem
Der, 1904. Cars are in better supply on
open weather and the passing of the
holiday rush, but six months of large
business is still in sight for the rail
ways. Building at New York and a few
other large cities is affected by the
housesmiths' strike; So far the printers
strike has had rather less than the ex-
pected effect. There seems to be a gen
eraI consensus of opinion that 1906 prom
ises exceedingly we'll in all lines of trade
and industry.
"Re-saIes of copper by Chinese specu-
lative interests tend to check the up
ward trend of the market, business for
future delivery being done on a basis
of cent pound below the markets of
this country and Europe. Lead is quite
firm, and there is less activity in spell
tar
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending Jan. +, 1876, number
go. against 212 last week, 27S in the like
week of 1905 and 262 in 1894. In Cam
ada the failures for the week numbered
%. as against Is last week and 40 in this
week a year ago.
Wheat including flour, exports for
the week ending Jan. were 1899. 741
bushels, against 3.44S.24S last week. 1.411,-
947 this week last year and 1855, 323 in
1870:
From July I TO date the exports were
IS, 020,020 bushels, against 36,175,274 last
for the week were 6.265. 1873 bushels
against 1907. $50 last week, 31S6,532 a year
ago and 1.249, O99 in 1904
From July I TO date the exports or
corn were 43,21S.2S2 bushels. against 49,
6S6S86 in 1905 288730 OBS in 1904 and Is, 519, 518
in 1903"