The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-06-14
REPORTS Of DUN
AND BRADSTREET

| COuCdlueu tue lOllOWluB concerning
trade conditions:
TRADE advices are irregular, very
ing somewhat with the sections or
lines reporting, but with quietness the
prevailing feature. In the northern
half of the country unseasonably cool
weather has been bar to expansion
in retail trade, which at many cities
is classed as disappointing.
cat these centers recorder business
is light and jobbers' operations are
consequ, ntly restricted. Probably the
of suspensions of Improvement work
best reports as to trade comes from
the northwest and the Pacific coast,
while the Atlantic coast reports are of
unsatisfactory retail trade.
GAS the week advanced action by
| by the government against rail-
road freight rates resulted in rumors
of suspensions of Improvements work
by railroads, some of which were, how
ever, denied. These reports injected
an additional element of uncertainty
into the industrial situation.
There is more activity in iron.
Wool is weak and lower on liquidation
of old stocks and unsatisfactory re-
ports from the new goods market. Cot
ton goods still feel the effect of con-
trast of high present prices, with pro-
badly lower future quotations for raw
material. The leather and shoe trade
are quiet. Building is active, but May
totals will probably fall behind April.
Business failures for the week end
ing with June in the United States
were 100, against 200 last week, 1911
in the same week of 1909, 225 in 1908,
1876 in 1907 and 1862 in 1906.
Business failures in Canada for the
week number IS, which compares with
l for last week and 10 in the like
week of 1909.
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the United States and Canada for the
week ending June aggregate z,97O,66S
bushels, against 8, 594,144 last week
and 2,12S, 1919 this week last year.
Corn exports for the week are 1885,
74O bushels, against 345,364 last week
and 36,193 in 1909"
! R. G. Dun & Company (also New
York; reported on the same day as
follows:
1.-The gradually improving temper of
large business during the last two
weeks has been checked by the irri'
tating contest over railroad rates
, The effect of this upon the trade situa'
ton can not yet be measured.
SHARP competition in the pig iron
markets has resulted in further price
concessions. This weakness is general
in practically all directions and some
producers who had been unwilling tC
lower quotations are now meeting the
views of consumers. In the Chicago
districts basic and malleable iron are
most active, sales of about $4,000 tons
being reported, while liberal tonnage
, has been taken at Buffalo at declines
of from 25c to soc per ton. Some fur
naces, however, refuse to accept orders
at the current level, and in the Pitts
burg market dullness is again appar
ent.
J. "The large demand for finished stee
e is fairly well maintained. Judging b.
n the amount of new business coming
J. forward in structural lines construc
r ton work is being pushed with vigor
especially in the west. Negotiations TO
e rolling stock comprise locomotive
5, chiefly, yet few contracts have bee
closed. Improvement appears in tn
wire trade, where demand formerl
p was below expectations.
Cotton goods were effected adverse
ly by the break in raw cotton, buyer
hesitating until more stable condition
y appear. A better inquiry has develope
n for certain lines of cheap dress good
e for immediate and future deliver!
a. The yarn market rules quiet, but co
ID ton yarns show more irmness. TIL
= trend of dry goods trading in primar
s. circles is conservative, but, general
l. speaking, values showing a hrme
r tendency.
u Footwear conditions continue deci
IL eddy unsatisfactory. New orders are
s, small volume and reserve orders in ii
t. hands of many New England man
pc facturers are running low.
ed "A dull and weak market continue
rs in all kinds of hides"
HAMAkUA DITCH.
tie The opening of the lower ditch wi
e- no ahOut the first Of TulV NOT late