New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-29
CONDITION OF TRADE.
Bradstreets SAYS


Retail demand and recorder trade with
lobbers in seasonable lines has been quick
ened by the Week $ weather deNeiop IhrLits-
AS the first distinct touch or winter weather
gradually Overspread the country the Ie-
ports testify. demand has Deen stimulated,
and the weeks business az a whole COM
pares favOrably with the Ike week year
ago. Owing TO the prevalence carrier n tle
month OF unseasOnably warm weather,
however the total business done in OCTOBER
is pronounced hardly up 10 eNpeClal IONS
and in some sections il is actually dlsap-
pOintinE Collections have shown Ger
tain degree of Improvement also anu are
cIassed as fair TO good, varying with the
sections reporting. In leading Industrial
lines there IS not much new 10 chronicle
In iron and steel & fair business IL dong,
and trade is best in finished INES. Dut IN
tie cruder forms il has not developed
greatly Where much IS done X Is claimed
to have been at the expense Of prices
..Dun's Review says:
While the volume of business is still be
low productive capacity, IL Is noteworthy
that trade recession has clearly been
Ci1arlTed and a more optimistic view as to
The future developed. based largely on the
great corn and oats crop and the hlSh
values Of farm products- II Is true ina
no marked advance has been made toward
ffcrea sed activity. but the mere stopping
or the retrOgrade movement IL d notable
gain. especially as the railroad rate con
froversv is still unsettled; the power Of the
for new construction and new
purchases Of rails and other supplies re
mains undetermined. WIIe ire peTlOu III
nediately preceding important elections Is
not generally favora bic 10 a change Of this
character The financial situation sui
largely controls the Industrial and mer-
cal.tile. and much conservatism prevails
and that situation is not yet fully Defined
L seems much better in this country than
abroad. for the decline in the pTlce OF Bit
jeh corzols to the lowest point IN very
many wears Is an event not entirely un-
dsrsT1od but possibly Of international sig
nffIrarce The apprehension OF another ad-
vance II. the Bank Of England rate OF DIS
count was not. however, realized me IRON
trade is waiting for action BY the raiiroanS,
and affirmative leadership OF the nIlanclal
markets toward a progressive poHcy- he
6rzgoods trade continues 10 broaden, a.
though prices advance and conservatism
prevails Fail retail trade expands as
weather conditions become more season,
q nile The shoe trade while not or Iull
dimensions Is nevertheless increasing IN
,-Cg77rge and there are also large sales IN
D. ldee Perorts of all branches from west
arr7 cities are particularly encouraging. the
= ssi1rance OF a good return for farm prod
r,o,e making merchants more confident or A
-..,sfacrorv winter Bank cleaTiugS OUTSIDE
NSavr York Increased only 0.s per cent TINS
week over last year, but in New York there
us a decline OF f5-9 per cent. Railroad
Jennings in two weeks OF October showed
q f-sfn of 81 per cent. Exports from New
.Cr1,nared with s14 $50 nls in 1903 and sI1505.-
10 IN 1905 Imports. on the other hand.
80 SO - Sg7. or S33s. 7eS less than the ex
,"or+s and 81 on. 4se less than the imports
Of 1909 although much heavier thah IN 1903