The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-04
R. G. DUN'S REVIEW
SPRING RETAIL TRADE IS FAR
 BACKWARD.
Manufacturers Are Active In All Lead ing Industries, Most Plants Being Operated Full Time. steel
 Business Bright.

Operated Full Time. Steel
 Business Bright.
 
 New York, May 3.-R. c. Dunn and Company's weekly review of trade to- morrow will say:
 Spring retail trade is backward be- cause of the unusually late season and also causing complaint of delay i merchantue collections, but there is confidence that most of the postponed business will be made up when the purchased freely from manufacturers In anticipation of a record breaking season and deliveries are still coming from the mills and factories. ship ments being facilitated by improved traffic conditions
 Manufacturers are active in all lead ated full time and the look in the steel business could hardly be brighter. Projected building operations promise a good demand for all materials, but numberous small labor disputes retard activity in this department. All con- troversies over wages and hours are neither extensive nor alarming. only favorable reports are received from the iron and steel industry, new business. coming to the mills as rapidly as or- ders can be filled and few producers are able to take advantage or promises offered for prompt delivery. Ore has begun to move freely in the lakes. Ar arrangements have been made for a re- cord year, many new vessels enlarglng their carrying capacity. Pig iron fur naces are producing as rapidly as pos sible and new plants are in course of construction, but deliveries are tardy and as concerns have rd sold tneir rdr entipe fpe cotton ties were placed at an advance of ten cents per bundle and the sea sons needs will be provided Tor With out delay. Pipe and structural shapes are among the most active depart ments. the weeks orders covering very large tonnage. | the only developments of importance raw material, which tended to ras.,Rns tss R9sVn With dificulty the pressure to accept lower ouotations on distant deliveries. As most jobbers have concluded regular store business, they are not anxious to buy from the mills although few en :. deavored to purchase ahead TOT next season. There Is little accumulation or stocks and less Is heard or re-saies at Export demand continues insignifi- cant. o,o.. ha. racs,v- sa a cheek and the market is awaiting developements Mills are fairly busy but the late season is retarding pro- gress. oast end buyers very conservative regarding fail contracts and some of the smaller producers have offered small cohces- she other hand trading factories have sold some heavy staple lines at i-@ to 5 cents advance over last year hg ures. which makes the market most IT regular. s,.
 Bradstreets Review. New York, May S-Bradstreets lo- morrow will say.
 Unseasonably cold weather still nam pers trade and crop development, noted in the latter direction because of ample moisture in the southwest Retail business has been chieny ar fected so far. but opnefS pt1 fSase sna aoes not eoual that of April year ago, though the volume of business for the Tour months period is exceedingly ih ex- cess of 1908. ,,,...,, .hou,,o, some effects of delayed trade while i'm proving where weather conditions nave been favorable. .,.oa for fall are quite encouraging excess of this time a year ago, in fact-tnough a few lines note hesitation as 10 DOOR ing far ahead. Industry. as whole is actively engaged.
 May strikes largely are confined to building trades, and do not appear nearly as serious as In previous years The ton in the copper anu IT oh tiouoS appear somewhat stronger A greater disposition to book freely for the last half being noted in pig iron. on the other hand the leather trades are quiet: though more has been done in some lines owing to the output being restricted Hides are fiImer. A feature deserving Of notice IS that grain and cotton prices are higher this week, continuing the advances of last week mainly because of poor crop adyices, but in the case of wheat also. because European crop advices are not much more favorable than in this coun- try.
 ket in wheat developed this week with a net advance of cents after sharp inward and downward movements brought about by conflicting crop re. Business failures in the United States for the week ending May numbered 1892 against 157 last week and l3S in the like week of 1906,
 Canadian failures for the week num- her twenty five as against twenty three last week and twenty in this week a year ago.
 Wheat. including flour, exports United States and Canada for the week ending May 2 aggregated 2,234T56 bushels against 25S0,2 PAP last week and 2.104. 74S this week last year. For the past forty-four weeks of the fiscal year the exports are 43,S00,4S7 bushels against l4l, ,G06,149 in l90b-06.
 Corn exports for the week are 1,S17.- 695 bushels against l.61l,04i last week and 035. .315 year ago. For the fiscal wear 10 date the exports are 6i,4279437 bushels against 103,S37.343 in 1905-6.