The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-05
nRADgTRYrss REVIEW.

New York. Jan. 4.--Bradstreet's to-
 Quiet prevails in distributive trade but industrial lines were never so act. i've at this season. Post holiday. and weather conditions affect both whole sale and retail trade, the latter line noting slackness In demand for heavy
 Prices of staples show remarkable l strength, and iron and steel, leather raw wool cotton and cotton goods
 display notable flfmness; M Wniie .,,ts ine the country over. there are reports | from a fw sections, especially the north west and parts of the Pacific Coast thai grain and lumber are moving more
 Collections are classed as good al the West; slow. with extensions asked for in the South Atlantic States and | Notwithstanding the holiday week demand for pig Iron for future deliv- | cry was active, the eastern and Chi
 cago districts being the chief factors up of basic, foundry and forge irons while in the West heavy orders for malleable bessemer have beon placed, deliveries to be. made in tSS last half
 sales of iron are unimportant. simply | because there Is none available. A l significant feature Is the fact that for district after lapse of i've years. New orders for steel rails are of eoodly proportions. Two independent Penn | sylvania rail producers announce that they will not book orders calling for delivery after August for Jess than | $3O a ton, an increase of $2 and the highest price quoted for standard rails
 since 1900, but the. leading producer
 shows no disposition to advance it's
 Building operations have fallen on
 but the railroads continue to place Merchant bars are active and wire pro
 ducts are in good demand. Coke Is strong. Coal Is firm and in good de- mand. Lead and spelter are not so
 part of the week on pressure to sell and a more favorable statistical situa- tion. Domestic. copper Is firm and con siderable premium prsysIis p,dh. for r,,sp9s spot
 weakness for warrants and refined copper in the over-sea markets.
 Strong demand for spot cotton and the prompt stoRpage er of trsnath saagar ra cotton despite the heavy current move ment. Grain prices have shown little movement. The aggressive strength of all kinds of leather and of hides is in
 sharp contrast with the reports of conservative buying of shoes of man.
 The situation in textile markets Is ing sales by jobbers have been com- piete and cotton goods are heavily sold ahead Most manufacturers are book ed for six months and prices are very firm. Mild weather Is a drawback to trade in heavy winter goods and clear ance sales by retailers are reported be- gun in the West. Raw wool is steady and active here and abroad and no sign of easing prices Is noted.
 Business failures in the United States for the week ending January 3 number 1855 against 161 last week and 200 in the like week of 1908. Cam adian failures for the week number 16 as against IS last week and 32 in 1906.
 Wheat including nour, exports from
 the United States and Canada for the
 week ending January aggregated 4,- 255,27O bushels against 2.4s4.ss2 last week and s,839,941 this week last year. For the past twenty-seven weeks of the
 fiscal year the exports were s7s2s.604
 Corn exports for the week are l.
 s74,5ss bushels against 1.seo.oos last
 week and 6,265,SSS q year ago For | the fiscal year to date exports are 25,- SO4.oSs against 4s.21s,2s1 a year ago.