Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-19
BRADsTREETs REVIEW or TRADE
Industry and transportation Feel
Eject of Adverse weather.

industry ana transportation Feel
Eject of Adverse weather.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1s!-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
Retail and wholesale trade, industry and
transportation alike feel the effect of vary
ing adverse weather conditions which re-
tard or check activity, and make the con-
gestion visible some time ago in railroad
matters even more acute. The entire
northwest has struggled with snow storms
and intensely cold weather; the central
west and southern states have had weeks
of heavy rains, eliminating in swollen
rivers and impossible country roads. In
right-of-way and grain movement has been
light, one reason being former prices for
wheat, while the bad weather has been
damaging to corn and oats and has stimu-
lated prices of coarse grains.
Relatively the most active line at present
Is that of dry goods, particularly cottons,
the mills heavily sold ahead. Collections
are irregularly slow. The textile markets
are strong and fairly active for an ordinary
quiet time. Cotton goods strong, and
print cloths, percales and plain cotton tend
onward. Raw wool is steady. Higher
prices abroad and in the west are sustain
ing features.
Cast iron pipe, which has been rather
quiet, is more active and some good sized
contracts have been placed. while addi-
structural material also shows improve
mcnt, particularly in the west, where speci-
f1cations are coming in more freely. Rail
road interests are the most liberal pur.
chasers. An eastern mill has advanced its
prices on shapes tc $l.S at mill, which was
the quotation heretofore prevailing at tide
water. Buying OF pigiron, chiefly malle>
able, foundry and basic, for distant de.
livery has progressed still further. the
Chicago district reporting a particularly
Prices for these grades, except in isolated
cases, are being firmly maintained. How
ever, Bessemer and grain forge pig are Off
50C ton at Pittsburg.
Srot pig iron brings fancy. prices every
where. Large orders for steel rails are
said to be pending, but business for the
week was only fair. The mills are well
sold up, and It is figured that orders now
booked total $500 900 tons, in addition to the
$4,000 tons carried over from 1906 Pressure
of offerings from the new Cuban sugar
crop is reflected in the market for raw
sugar here, which is six points lower on
the week, centrifugal selling at 31zc.
Business failures in the United States for
the week ending January II number 234
against 2S3 last week, 27s in the like week
of 1906, 3O4 in 1905 226 in 1904, and 253 in 1903
Canadian failures for the week number q
aslagainst "a last week and SO in this week
Wheat, including flour. exports from the
Cnitel States and Canada for the week
sndnS JaT1sFy 4 SgSs
S44s,s62 this week last year; l,l9s,974 in
1905, and 4,69O,7Oo in 1902 For the past
twentynlre we Weeks ssao7 Of the FISCAL year the
237 ga I'm 1906, and 3S.O15. 1875 in 1904 and 49,
267. 6S4 bushels in 1901.
corn exports Tor the week are l,yO6,SI5
bushels, against 1,296,1S7 last week; 5,944, 577
bushels a year ago and 3,1S5,5 $50 bushels in
1905,
For the fiscal year to date exports arc
%, 14S bushels, against 54505, 421 in 19O5-O5
and "a 705. 400 I'm l904-6
Bank clearings for the week ending Janu-
airy II aggregate S8,44l, 46l, g7. l per cent
under last week and 10 per cent below the
same week last year. Excluding New York
City the total is $1,24s, 1872 99S;15 per cent in
excess OF last week and So per cent over
last year.