The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-09
R. G. DUN'S REVIEW
SEVERE STORMS RESTRICTED BUs-
 MESS IN NORTH.
Prices Advanced as Huae ana Jobbers Report a Good De- mand fer Spring Delivery
 Goods.

company's Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say. A,,s,-
 "severe storms restricted L new ,,,n.rv nIsir ness in ma many gssf secSUnI waek a and increased the delay in making deliveries in oia orders. Commodity prices adVanSeo as a rule. Jobbers report s9oo ue maGd for oods sDrbns bp is by slow shipments from the mills ana collections are only fair. Manulatc turing plants operate at 1ui capaGsS in the leading industries. aItnougn there are complaints of fuel scarcity.
 Few variations are recorded Tn quo tations of iron and steel the inoustry fully. maintaining its remarRaDsy a 1ansynssrs ss find deliveries less prompt because or delays by deep snow ana .ow tenpera- lures. The difficulty of placing secnr- tensions somewhat and new contracts for steel rails are not coming 70 tne mills as rapidly as in the closing months of last year. but the tonnage output for many months. SIecihca- tions for structural shapes are. large, the tonnage for bridges alone taking all available material. Demand TOT pipe is abnormally heavy for the sea- son, all large mills having their out put sold up to July l2. Pressure TOT plates is also noteworthy ana sneet mills are receiving orders well into the SGCt nu nhlI oI tbC yONka @~oso~ from tii few upward price movements there is no change in the cotton goods situations. Unless pressure to place orders is noticed in some departments. a wholesome condition in view of the large contracts already on the books. while in other sections of the market there is still eagerness 10 secure tu- ture deliveries with little regard Tor prices Some reaction at times In ops tion prices of raw cotton had no de- pressing effect on the finished pro duct and the only weak feature Is the absence of foreign trade. Inquiries from China are at prices p,,s Tar n6 9e'Gm nv business results. Aside from a few of the higher priced lines the mems wear wooden goods market may De mai movement of dress gods is re- corded.
 New England manufacturers of foot wear report a liberal demand from eastern wholesalers for supplementary spring lines. retail stocks having been depleted by the vigorous demand that the accompanied severe weather. Thus far Western and Southern Jobbers have sent in few case orders for fall goods. but there Is ample time for de- velopment in this department. Im- provement Is noted In leather bids at fractional concessions being rejected, evidencing confidence in maintenance of the recent advance.
 Packers have sold hides suitable for sole leather through March, selling at the take off this. month and next is the poorest quality of the year.
 More speculative interest has devol- oped in the wheat market encouraged by cabled reports of heavy home needs for Russian wheat in relieving the famine and increased inquiries by exporters. Corn was firmly held above last years quotations despite a moVe- ment that endorsed large crop esti- mates, but foreign demand was poor.
 Bradstreet's Review.
 New York, Feb. S.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say:
 First effects of the past weeks wide- spread winter weather have been to dull trade at most markets. to quiet spring demand. retard collections and in sections accentuate the already con- gested railway situation. Blu some sections, particularly the South report henefet to trade in winter goods and footwear
 Taken as a whole the business booked by wholesalers for January Is fully equal to and in some. markets and staples. notably cotton. dry goods far in excess. of last years large busi- checked by weather conditions. After effects of the iron workers strike Of last year are witnessed in checked oper-
 tions at tes tae rHnoTt Some far tism in buying by manufacturers and
 Pig iron is. easier on business for future delivery. the indications in this respect being most marked at eastern centers. yet there is a good deal of in- duiry in tie est SartioulNrly for second half. Foreign iron arriving and to come is somewhat lower in price. The advance of twenty-five cents ton i'm the freight rate on iron from South ern points announced for February 1 has been postponed until March 8 The market for steel is easier in eastern territory. Orders for steel rails are moderate.
 Business in plates Is active and mills for structural material are coming demand. Conditions in all finished lines are satisfactory.
 The bull movement in wheat and other grains strengthened further this week and prices are up an average of two cents per bushel at all markets.
 Congestion in manufactures and mar keting of Cuban sugar is reflected In further easing of raw nrices. which are off eight points while refined Is fee is steadier, and spot coffee Is back to seven cents.
 Leather markets are duiet as a the T'nited States for the week end ing February number 196 against 211 last week and "N4 in the like week of 1906
 number eighteen aga'nst twenty-siv last week and tWenty-seVen in this week a year ago.