New-York tribune., 1907-01-05

YAZoo &. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
CONDITION OF TRADE.
"Dun's Review" says :

ness circles no excessive Stocks being carried
anticipations, At many points the holiday inter
and the only retardine influences are the
scarcity of labor and traffic blockades. Money
regarding the promptness of mercantile collections
j. Is especially noticeable IN dispatches from the
West that there was less than the customary in
in business during the holiday season, while bar
supplies remaining on on hand; In the leading indus;
plants operate FUN time, except where materials
fuel cannot be secured or finished products can
companf 3 P' from Norhw5@iern our mills on this
point and export trade Is also res rGSttcted because use
seaboard promptly To this deaX E, 4o IN may be at
from his port for the last week q compared win
me me ofaI for fhe prHo1s Year I
s., ISL, $50 Railway earnings IN December were 3
Of 1905, YET the average Of sixty most active stocks
closed the mo month eXafX $40 6S9W b 1e cnn
The stock market. although money became easier
tlry We're attained Bank e1 henges ct New York
ago 'S owing TsA to @ the ia TACT LAST year the Week
contained one more day OF a'nadi settlements and
cities there average gain Of 4 OF per cent.
"Bradstrect's" says:
quiet prevails in dstTbutive trade. but industrial
lines were never so active az t:!js period Post
sale and retail trade the latter line noting slack
ance sales by jobbers cleaned up stocks which
were AT no time hNrdensone, and many cities re-
in winter goods by cut price sales Prices of sta
pies show remarkable strength, and iron and steol.
leather, wool cotton and cotton goods display
notable firmness. While the car shortage trouble
is still acute the country over. there arc re
ports from few sections, especially the Northwest
ard parts of the Pacific Coast. that grain and lIn-
Der are moving more freely. Car congestion is
complained of, however in the Eastern and West
e.a csas :-a-.s aa:s affects cc.tS. movement IN
p1rrs OF tne souLn INVENTORIES nave scea cors-
nated by wholesalers, excellent results being gen
eraily shown, sa!esElea starting out
for spring business the prospects for which appear
bright, the because most lines are sold
ahead from three six months. Ii is noted now,
es Inst wear this time thaS '.lild weather. while
a drawback to some lines of trade allows OF build
Ing being carried on n usually closed season
Tie money market been subject OF close
study and has shown great activity, with opinion
sim divided as 10 the prospects FOR rates in the
rnxf few months Collections cIassed good
AZ the West: slow. with extensions asked Ger. in
the South Atlantic States, and only fair III the
Northvest where they said to have not
narded In proportion to the increase in general
business lecture OF the week has been the di-
yorgent statements TO the outlook for the cur
re,f wear issued by various observers. Some pes
;r.,iat. views have been published to the future
~ .ndlstry ard france but. on the other hand.
some on irFistic reflections have been widely DIS
sen1ir,sfcd Wish past Gcod rcsHs ard larEc hco.S-
igs far 1907 secured the wholesale and munufact-
trirc- world however, takes 2 favorable view gem
ercily. pending the later developments OK the year
in crops and money mafterS