The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1911-08-31
BwRADSTREET And Dun
REPORT ON BUSINESS
Trade Is Said to Be Showing
Improvement in Many Large

New York. Aug. 2S.-Bradstreet's
Saturday said:
House trade at many of the large
centers has been improved to a consid-
cradle extent by the presence Of NUM-
erous visiting buyers. Staple com-
cloths and clothing, show the effects
of the better buying movement. With
al. there is no disposition to o up
or to speculate as to the future, in fact,
the tendency is to buy sparingly and to
await developments. In the circum-
pointing but there is a tendency to
look for better things, now that on
gress q adjourned and that one dis
turbing feature-tarif legislation is rel
egated to the more or less distant tut
ure. Cooler weather has improved re.
tail trade to q moderate degree, bur
developments in this as in other lines,
are not satisfactory, and current clear
ance sales with marked reductions In
prices evidently leave little room for
profits. Crop reports show little Signi-
f1cant change, while commodity prices
do not display any material differences,
the undertone of the latter on the whole
being firm.
Operations In industrial linns are re.
pressed. curtailment being still general
in textile lines, while there is talk Of
retrsaGh:msasas. ana reduction i'll work
forces on some of the country's rail-
way lines. Incidentally there seems
to be more indications of striking
among shopmen for higher wages and
the enforcement of other conditions.
However. traffic is increasing and the
number of idle cars is now smaller than
it has been during the past eight
months.
In the fron and steel line, nav orders
are disappointingly light, and output
exceeds the intake of new business.
Ore mining Is restricted and n short
season of shipping is in prospect on the
lakes. Operations in the stock market
are marked by a slight demand for
bonds. by falling prices for stock and
considerable bearish sentiment, though
liquidation is not SO marked as in re-
cent weeks. Money Is tirmer and funds
are in demand for crop moving purposes.
Mercantile collections are slow to fair.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly report Sat-
urday said:
Further Improvement appears in
many lines at Boston. and conditions
generally are distinctly better than a
while ago. Dry goods dealers report a
fair volume of business in wash goods,
and the demand from retailers is steadily
expanding. Textile conditions are
brighter and the outlook for cotton and
wooden mills is more favorable. Load
ing In wool is more active, with the
market stronger. Conservatism is still
a prominent feature at Philadelphia, al
though steady progress is noted in some
departments. Dry goods are quiet, but
fall millinery sales are in fair volume
Not much doing in clothing and shoes,
but the demand for leather is moderate.
Glazed kid is active. however, and
prices are advancing. Sales of wool
are fair, while iron and steel show some
Improvement.
Slowly increasing activity it reported
at Pittsburg. and wholesalers receive
a fair volume of orders for fall and
winter goods, but merchants are still
conservative n conine operations as
closely as possible to actual needs.
Clearance sales arc the feature at
Kansas City. and there is a large move
ment of s~easonable goods at retail. Wis
iting merchants are placing larger or
ders with jobbers than expected, owing
to the depleted country stocks.
a very large attendance of visiting
buyers appear in the different markets
at ST. Louis and their purchases aver
age well up to hose of last year, job
bers and manufacturers reporting that
trade is meeting expectations.
Wholesale dealing maintains a graft
flying volume at Chicago, the attend
ance of outside buyers being compar-
atiVely good.