The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-09-26
BUSINESS WORLD
FEELING BETTER
Io55INe TRADE REPORTS GEN.
ERALLY FAVORABLE.
FREQUENT BUYING KEYNOTE
Large Orders WIN Not Rule This Fall
Many Cross Currents Still
Visible and Considerable
lrregularity Noted.

New York, Sept. 21.-Bradstreet's
today says:
Whether attributable to the i'm
provement in the general financial
situation or because favorable weather
allowing of additional crop develop
ment, there is perceptibly better
feeling general in commercial lines.
Reports as to jobbing trade so far this
fall are, in the main, favorable, though
the undertone of conservatism is still
perceptible and the feeling is that fire.
quent, rather than large, buying is to
be the keynote of the autumn trade.
There are still many cross currents
visible which prevent generalization,
and enough irregularity to convince
many observers that quieting down
of excessive demand, concededly de-
sirable in some lines, is not improba.
be. Easier money conditions are re-
ported to have stimulated buying of
raw wool by manufacturers and a
number of lines of cotton dress fab
RIGS for next spring have been opened
at considerable advance. Business
failures in the United States for the
week ending Sept. 10 numbered 179,
against Ill in the same week in 1906.
Canadian failures for the week mum.
bered 40, as against 26 in this week a
year ago.
Wheat, including flour exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending Sept. 10, aggregated A.
340,S54 bushels against 4,677,522 this
week last year. For the first twelve
weeks of the fiscal year, the exports
are 3S,S41, 1886 bushels against $685.,
36S in 1867.
Corn exports for the week are $685.
OIL bushels against 545,751 in 1906,
For the fiscal year to date exports are
14,113,726 bushels against 7,9SS,39S
bushels in 19O6-7"
Distribution Increases.
New York Sept. 21.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade today
says: -... @M 1855
Distribution of fall merchandise at
retail increases steadily, except in
some sections where the weather has
been unfavorable. Jobbers are still
forwarding large consignments of dry
goods and kindred lines and reports
from the interior indicate confidence
in well sustained business during the
autumn and winter. Manufacturers
have orders on hand assuring active
machinery for some months, even in
the industries where conservatism is
noticeable feature, while each week
puts vast quantity of agricultural
products beyond the reach of early
frost, which is now regarded as the
only serious menace to the great farm
staples.
Producers of pig iron appear to
have reached a basis upon which bust
ness can be transacted, and increased
inquiries have checked the downward
tendency of quotations.
'Erratic movements have continued
in the minor metals. Copper contin-
ued downward until the fall since the
movement began amounted to about
10c. Textile plants are still busy with
the exception of some curtailment in
woolens, and cotton mills make bet
ter returns than any other large indus
try as to the amount of business on
hand. The manufacturers report bus
mess slow, jobbers and wholesale deal
ers showing light interest.
In exceptional cases producers
have offered concessions to stimulate
trade, but as rule prices are not
changed and there is not enough bus
mess in sight to warrant any radical
change" ,... r.oss