The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-14
The MARKETS
TRADE REVIEW
Conservatism Still Prevails in
All Lines of Trade-Lar-
ger Balance

New York. Oct. 14.-Bradstreet's
today says:
Trade conditions over the week still
show. the effects of conservatism DOM
mating demand in all lines, but on bal
ance the business done this week has
been larger. the one holiday consid-
cred. The current Of trade the coun-
try over Is running rather fuller than
a year ago at this date. This is, how
ever. not due so much to any marked
improvement this year is it Is to COM
parison being with lessening volume
a year ago. Retail trade has been
unquestionably benefited by cooler
In the many small. but in the aggre-
gate large, sales by jobbers. The EVIL
dence Of stocks being light is found in
the very general demand for quick de-
livery, which have kept packing room
forces busy.
Evidences of lower prices. for raw
and manufactured cotton affecting
buyers and limiting orders are fire.
quent, but the output Of the country's
ent than for a number Of months past.
The iron and steel trade is fairly
well employed, though evidently at the
expense of values. Collections do not
show any improvement. Indeed. the
b~ackwardness of western crop move
ment, reflected in the reports Of small
er railway tonnage and the lower price
of cotton at the south (four cents be-
low last year, are blamed for the
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending October
IL were 212 against 2O1 last week, 223
in the like week Of 1910. 220 in 1909,
244 in 1908. and 1874 in 1907. :
Business failures in Canada for the
week ending with Thursday last num-
Der 10, which contrasts with FL last
week and with "a In the like week of
last year.
Wheat, including flour. exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending October IL, aggregate g.
726,048 bushels against 4;12O.348 last
week and ~3,102,873 this week last year.
For the fifteen weeks ending October
IL exports r 44,047,679 bushels
against 2 ,166,5 500 in the correspond
ing period last year.
74s bushels against 1,127,O02 last
week, and 642,262 in 1910. For the
fifteen weeks ending October 12 corr
exports are 8,874,583 bushels against
~4.733.714 last year.
Money Market.
London. Oct. 14.-Money was in
good demand and discount rates were
firm today. Trading was quieter and
somewhat irregular on the stock cx-
change. Chinese bonds declined a
point on news of the revolution and
home and foreign railway shares re-
acted under p~rofit-taking, but British
and foreign bonds improved and con-
soils closed Ia higher.
American securities were quiet and
f~eatureless during the forenoon pend.
ing the Wall street opening. Later
Wall street bought moderately at the
higher level established here ycster-
day and the market closed firm and
hardening.
Cattle Market.
Chicago. Oct. 14.-Close: Cattle.
receipts. 1000; market. steady:
beeves, $4.S5@8.50: Texas stears,
SALE @6.20 western steers, S4.25@
6.75; stockers and feeders, s3.25@
5.75; cows and heifers. $2.00@6.75:
calves, $5.50@9.50.
Hogs. receipts. $1,000; market, slow
at opening prices; light. 1896 @6.67
1-2; mixed, $6.O0@6.7O: heavy, $3.50
@6.70; rough, $3.50 @6.15: good to
choice heavy. $6.15 @6.70; pigs, 1915
@5.90: bulk. $6.30@6.60.
Sheep. receipts. 1900; market.
generally weak; native. s2.26@4.oo;
western. $2.75@4.00; y%earlings. 1915
@4.56; lambs. native. $500 a 500;
western. $4.00@6.10.