The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19

TRADE REPORTSARE
FAVORABLE IN TONE
Dizziness in Building Material
Is Affecting ALI Struc-
turaI Lines
Conditions in Metals Are Easier
Despite Small Pig Iron
Sales

NEW YORK, April is.-Bradstreet's
wee ky report says:
Easter trade al retail though affected in
sections By nnfsr0rahle weather IS on- the
whole fair. Collections show improvement st
= trife better although reports from leading
Industries more favorable. Rather more
weak cases are noted IL iron and eteei and rail-
trade in leading lines is still dlssppointingly
backward. The dizziness IN building hnes-ex-
below le07-afeets all lines Of materials and
export and import trsde are ebbing. Indicating
6recediae ssrsi wear noted FOR I've years past
The number o. idle hands IS as large = FOR
some time past and wage reductions curtan buy
and steel market and production Is smaller than
Il was few weeks ago. Business IN pig iron
IS Light aud lower prices have been mace TO .
fRixbed iron and steel trades are likewise quiet
and reil orders are only fair Plates are ex-
material. particularly in the Chicago district,
have named some low quotations Oh bus. aess
recently booked, although there Is no evidence
that the shapes have been brought lever than
fair. track eieraffoa and railroad bridge build
~ csass1e ne mix Of the Business. Bar iron
IS weak and this adversely affects Steel bars
In fact. the widespread expectation OF lover
prices seems TO have superinduce0 waiting
mood OF the purchasers n general but the
lesding producers insist that prices viii De
Bisiness failures in the Uuited States tor The
week ending April 10 nunl5er POI against ~ ~
Canadian failures for the week ending April 10
number 20 as against IS last week and IS IN
whest iaeludins hour exports from TIE
United States and Canada for. the week end
Ing April - le g ssgrtgstsd z4.o,,'I ousneis
against 3.i02. 46i this week last year.
r @. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade says:
Easter trade and generally favorable weather
accelerated retail distribution Of merchandise.
but there Is no evidence OF increased sctisttJ II
preparation for future business, nor are manu-
facturers disposed 70 operate more eztensiyels
II fsct. some net curtailnent OF output Is
noted and more reductions II wages have oc-
Cured. particularly at textile plants There Is
an Increased demand for farm hancs and sone
disputed wage scales have been signed, but lit
tie change can be discerned In TIE total num-
PostpoDei structural work is started slowly.
Only moderate tonnage OF pig iron has been
aaces have made concessions in order 10 get
business. but the meeting Of iron producers has
tended TO steady the market Some sales fos
EXPORT are recorded. although much less for
eign business has beea contaminated than was
prodnce little more freely. but new orders
are not as frequent as during the nrst three
months Of tie yeeE In nnisaed steel me hsn .s
command most attention and there Is conSid-
cradle business pending In pipes fer OIL inter
The markets for textile goods are better, be-
cause mere bills are being discounted. but job
bers are doing a limited business and reports
from road men are not gratifying. The chief
drawback ia the cotton goods situation Is the
question Of quotations. concessions being granted
- readily rhst purchases are naturally confined
10 immediate needs. Negotis lions Tor cotton
goods that we're nearing contamination have
been drcpped becaFsse OF tee further severe fall
In price Of raw material. There is no en-
cours cement in the cutiook for export trade in
the near future
As to the rcciens. the demand for certain
descriptions OF mems wear continpes grstaying
hut duplicate orders lor falf goods sil1 sRalE
results from eiothsers' statesmen On. the road
TeInsB6s are most uTgenr fer brown ana tan
fancy worsteds IN light weight spring goods
Footwear markets at the, east are quiet. the
iobbiaE demand from al sections being back
ward Factories at the west especially ST
Louis are cutting on q relatively larger scale
Than Kew England. Although there Is bet
Ter demand fer nearly all kinds OF leather,
tanners usually make concessions. and the large