The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1910-12-01
HOLIDAY TRADE
Markets Would Be Dull Except For
Trade in Holiday Goods-Pros-
poets For New Year Are
Brioht,

ly review says:
Business moves along lines of safe
ty, the absence of speculation making
the situation appear duller than it ac-
tually is. The volume Of transactions,
although by no means as large as it
might be If expanded to full speed linn
its, is nevertheless sufficiently large
TO keep the body Of workmen occu-
pied SO that the average of prosperity
Is fair.
Holiday Trade.
That the mass of the people still
have spending power is evidenced by
the hopeful anticipations concerning
the holiday trade now opening. There
is still, as for some time past, wide
difference of conditions in the various
sections and the various trades, some
being more active than others, and this
makes the situation appear somewhat
mixed.
Railroads Buying.
Buying of equipment by the rail
roads develops slowly, yet considera'
BILE new business is in sight, and a
most hopeful feeling prevails in iron
and Steel AdVices from the Pittsburg
district indicate a slightly better de-
mand for pig, and prices are firmer.
Further increases in stock are noted,
as production is still being reduced. In
structural lines prospects are consid-
cred better, as certain railroads are
planning new bridge work, while pro-
posed municipal subways construction
will result in a considerable demand
for material. Mills at Pittsburg are
maintaining the 1.40c basis on shapes.
as rule, although in special instance ces
some concessions have been granted.
New business is received in steady
volume in the tin-plate division and
firmly held.
Cotton Goods.
The primary cotton goods markets
are as a rule steady, but the high cost
of production tends to hold prices firm.
A few inquiries from China are still
in the market for three-yard sheetings
on the basis of INC. Mills ask TIC,
which is the highest in four years.
Staple prints are fair; bleached goods
are quiet and firm; ginghams hold
steady, and the heading duck mills
have secured more business than for
year past. New business in footwear
is small and trade continues quiet, but
good indication for the future is the
greater activity of wholesalers in most
parts of the country The leather mar
ket continues steady; sides show less
activity for domestic and foreign va,
rieties.
New York.-BradsTeet's weekly re-
view says:
Demand for holiday goods is becom.
ing more prominent, and developments
in this respect are responsible for
whatever expansion has occurred in
trade this week. Novelties, jewelry
and such articles as are appropriate tc
the season are in good request, and
the consensus of reports indicate that
trade is in excess of last years. But
on the other hand, trade in general has
| become more irregular; thus recorder
| ing fom jobbers tends to wane as the
season for inventorying approaches
and conservation still acts as a check
rein on purchasing for spring account
Moreover, retail trade reports seem to
have lost some of the relative activity
displayed last week. For instance
the South as a whole reports a certain
degree of betterment, due probably to
the good movement of cotton at high
prices, while warm weather hampers
distribution of seasonable merchan
disc in the Southwest, but in the North
west trade is quite active, save in
North Dakota, where the crops were
short.
in the West.
In the Central West trade shows q
slight increase, but in the East the
turnover is disappointing. Collections
the country over range from slow tc
good. incidentally the improvement
noticed in the iron and steel trade last
week has been replaced by less opti
mistic views For one thing, consider
able disappointment is expressed al
the slowness with which the railways
are coming into the market for sup
plies, and pig iron has turned some
what quieter. Production is still be
ing curtailed, but stocks continue tt
increase.