Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-01-10
TRADE GOOD
RESULTS OF INVENTORIES FuL.
~ EQUAL TO sANoulNE
AUTHORIZATIONS.
YEAR OPENED BRIGHT
Complaint from Northwestern Flour
Mills That Their Products
DO Not Reach seaboard
on Time.

New York-R. @. Dun & Co. review
OF trade says: The year opens bright
with promise OF business, no excessive
stocks being carried over. and results
OF inventories fully equal TO sanguine
anticlpations. Il Is noticeable In dis
patches from the west that there was
less than the customary lull In busi-
ness during the holiday season, while
bargain sales are rapidly disposlng OF
the moderate supplies remaining on
hand.
Contracts on the Books.
In the leading industries contracts
on the looks are vely large, and the
plants operate full time, except where
materials or fuel cannot be sec tired
or finished products cannot be forward
cd TO consumers. There is much com
plant from northwestern -four mills
on this point, and export trade is also
restricted. because grain and other
merchandise fall 10 reach the seaboard
promptly. To this delay may be at
tributed part of the decrease OF ST..
749,GG5 In exports from this port for
the last week, as compared with the
movement a year ago. while imports
exceeded the very heavy total for the
previous year OF 1851, $50.
Large Contracts for Steel.
Many contracts for n large tonnage
Of steel appeared during the past
week. notably structural material for
San Francisco.
Railway requirements show no
abatement. few contracts being con.
sidered. however, except for delivery
In the last half of the year. Prices
OF pig iron have risen close to the
position of 1900, but finished products
are still much lower as to standard
figures. although the premiums fire..
quently paid for prompt delivery make
comparisons difficult, Meanwhile the
railways do not move the pig iron as
desired. and many mills are running
on light stocks.
Export Of sheetlnes 20 China.
Business In the primary market for
textiles has been interrupted by the
holidays and inventories. but work is
progressing in preparation OF new
lines for the coming season. Ship
ments of bales OF sheetIngs have been
sent 10 China, the first export bust.
ness from that quarter for long
time. and more orders could have been
secured by the making of offers. The
revlving interests tends to strengthen
the tone Of the market already de-
cidediy irm
Confidence In Footwear.
New England footwear manufactur.
ers enjoy a feeling OF confidence re-
garding business during the early part
of 1907. The leather market is in.
variably dull during the FIRST half Of
January, but trade at the present is
better than usual at this time OF year
Export Of Wheat Short.
Wheat was depressed by Accumulate
ed stocks at the northwest. and wealth
er conditions unfavorable for winter
wheat in this country. while the ar.
gentin harvest Is progressing rand.
ly. Shipments to Europe thus far S.ls
season from all surplus natlcts have
not reached the dimensions promised
by large crops. and the smaller yield
in Russia is n sustaining factor In the
markets for distant options.
Spot Cotton.
Steady absorption OF spot Gotten and
fear of pressure against the short ao.
count In the option market brought
higher quotations and much covering
OF outstanding contracts.