The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-03
COOLER WEATHER
STIMULATES TRADE
BRADsTREETs BUSINESS REVIEW
OF THE WEEK.
FIRST FALL RUSH is OVER.
Retail Trade Reports Are Favorable
Without Exception, Though Poor
Collections Are Still Source
of Some Complaint.

New York, Sept. 2S.-Bradstreet's
today says:
Retail trade feels the stimulus OF
long awaited cool weather, as does also
filling in of business from jobbers. On
the other hand, regular house trade
has decreased in volume, now that the
first rush of fall trade is over, and
shipping OF goods on orders is engross-
ing jobbers' attention to large degree.
Adyices as to the real proportions of
autumn trade vary with the sections
reporting
Collections are still a matter of COM
plant at many markets east, west and
south, the latter section noting that
the recent freer movement of cotton
provement.
Conditions in the shoe and leather
industries are irregular.
Iron and Steel Quiet.
In the iron and steel trade the quiet
tone as regards new business is still
the leading feature, though mills, fur
naces and factories are still busy on
old orders. New orders are reported
by leading interests as running 20 per
cent behind a year ago at this date
Business failures for the week end
ing Sept. 26 number 166 as against
165 in the like week Of 1906. Canadian
failures for the week number SO as
against 81 in this week year ago.
Wheat, including flour exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending Sept. 26 aggregated o.
| 272,737 bushels against 4,774,650 this
week last year. For the last thirteen
weeks of the fiscal year exports are
44,114,573 bushels against 39,S76,022 in
1867. Corn exports for the week are
1881 bushels against 465,S64 in
1906.
For the fiscal year to date the ex.
ports are 15,306,916 bushels against
S,454, 1862 in 1906-7.
Dun's Weekly Review.
New York, Sept. 2S.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review today says:
Lower temperature accelerated the
distribution of seasonable merchan.
disc, and mercantile collections be-
came more prompt, but agricultural
prospects were less bright in a few
sections that experienced killing frosts
before the crops were beyond danger.
Reports of retail trade are favorable
with scarcely an exception, the fall
demand equalling sanguine expecta.
tons, and jobbersS in all leading lines
of wearing apparel report the seasons
results equal to last years. Manufac-
turing returns are more irregular, but
most plants are well occupied and
have orders covering production for
some months. Purchases for more re-
mote delivery are restricted by the
financial uncertainty.
Primary markets for cotton goods
are rendered quiet by the monetary
situation, jobbers and other buyers
operating less far in advance of known
| requirements, and few reductions in
prices at second hands were made in
order to reduce indebtedness.
Although there is confidence in an
early increase in activity of mems
wear woolens, much uncertainty exists
as to the variety of goods that will be
taken.
Footwear statesmen throughout the
south and west who are soliciting sup.
Elementary orders for seasonable
| goods, find jobbers still inclined to re.
strict purchases and many await con.
cessions in prices. A few eastern fac
tories have orders that will maintain
activity during the balance of the
year, but most plants will soon be
compelled to shut down temporarily
unless contracts come forward with.
out delay