The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-24
bBBERs WERE QUIET
,Insss Failures for the Week Were
Fever in Number Than for
Same Period Year
Ago.

Nav says: In sharp contrast with
e between-seasons' dullness in job
NJ trade is the brisk holiday re-
IN distribution, which in most Of the |
hes is reported to be equal to, or In
Hcess Of, last year. Building opera
bns in number OF cities show de-
lines as compared with last year,
hough the aggregate of new projects
still large. Diminished activity in
ION and steel is to be anticipated as
he year draws to q close, yet it is
yident that dullness is more pro-
punced than is customary at this
eason The holiday period will nat
fally cause a temporary cessation OF
berations in manufacturing plants
nd as current buying is of small pro-
ortons mills and furnaces are ex-
ected to still further restrict their
|ntput. Il,
In the textile field the chief source
complaint comes from the inability
manufacturers to secure prices for
pods commensurate with the costs
production and curtailment is be-
hg considered The mems wear over
nating season of 1911 has opened
tith clothiers disposed to order sam
he pieces only There is a moderate
BUSINESS in staple prints, ginghams
M in active request and colored
gsSat are steady. with some business
PLACED by buyers. Miscellaneous ex-
bort trade is quiet.
Dnllness continues generally pre-.
salent in the leather market. A dull
narket is reported in footwear which
Is natural considering the fact that
lhe holidays are at hand, and both
buyers and sellers are more interest.
ed In inventory taking than in solicit
Ing new business. The jobbing trade
has been good for Christmas specials.
Bradstreet's Report
Bradstreet's Review says: Holiday
Influences ruled this week, and active
aemand at retail contrasts with the
pre-inventory quiet of wholesale and
lobbing trade, further slowing down
IN industry over the end of the year
Period, and stagnant speculation in
tecurities and commodities. Money
has eased while supplies have in
creased. Collections have been slight
II quickened by increased circulation
of money in leading centers. Rela
|tiyely best reports as to current trade
|fome from a few large western cen
+lers, and as whole from the south
[where good results from high-priced
cotton yields are in evidence. Indus
FRY as a whole is quieter. Further
|curtailment is reported in iron and
|steel. some furnaces are banked and
|stocks OF pig iron are reported larg
er Lower wages as result o.
|auiescent demand are talked of as
possibility the coming year The
comparative absence OF railway buy
|ng is a bar to activity, and operations
|ss whole are down to about flft.
[ieVi ISiL MDdSlS. uc WOOl eiiu "SosS'
manufacturing trades report a rathel
Unsatisfactory condition and renewed
in cotton manufacturing
Hq talked OF This was helped some
Ewhat in causing buyers to close fol
next seasons needs OF some goods
Ptsiness failures In the United States
flor the week ending Dec. % were
|eIl against 290 last week. 264 in the
Pike week Of 1909 196 in 1908: 24S II
|lSO1 and 16l in 1906.
Wheat. including -four exports from
Ethe United States and Canada for tn'
week ending Dec. % aggregate =
|s2s,S17 bushels against o,SaSosT las
week and 3.769,92S this week last year
For the % weeks ending Dec. 22 OK
spcrts are 5S,S5O.O40 bushels agains
E@,o4D.e33 in the ponding perio'
slast year. Corn exports for the wee'
are l.3oS,S56 bushels against 1923
last week and 1.S52.S1a bushels il
Els09.
For the 25 weeks ending Dec. 2
corn exports are a,Ss4,S5s bushel
against T,54G.7C2 last year.