New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-26
CONDITION OF TRADE
"Ilun's Review" says:

Agriculture promises we'll for the fut,..
Further serious damage to wheat II ~
likely, although unSettlement Is prohaE
until the hnal harvest Is known. New w.
is still moving freely. owing to satisfaofsSs
prices. and present stocks at Chicago s,os.s
are nearly as large as the entire yfshss
supply year ago. Reliable nforr,af,ns
shows Improvement I'm corn, and esss
week makes more certain the gathering -
the greatest cotton crop ever grown CO.
fidence still marks trading. although ~
steel mills report fewer orders than AZ -,
opening Of the month. Prices. too, shas.
further irregularity, and competition 4.
more pronounced. Operations at the rnnis
equal the highest capacity OF the ysss
but this reflects past conditions and n.
volume of unified business has been >.
servatiye and no extensive buying for for.
ward delivery Is In sight. The price a.
standard print cloths was reduced from
81 TO iAc. The woollen goods trade !.
more active. and with more stable consr
lions In that market the New EngissS
mills, both large and small, operate auifs
freely In raw material Values are nrr-
and fractional advances have been ~
tanned. New England manufacturers -
port better orders Tor footwear. and ~.
leather market displays a. firmer tar.
Upper leather Is In fair demand, but Is.
firm views or holders have an adverse a.
feet on sales. Operations at mills az
workshops IN some important Department.
are curIaihd TO greater extent this yea.
than is customary but IN most Instance
this is merely precautionary measure In
the main. labor is quite we'll employed A.
remunerative wages All trade ststis,,cs
point to well sustained volume Of bust
ness. Bank clearings this week at leading
cities outside New York are per cent
over a year ago and only 3 per cent lsss
than in the third week Of August, 1910: ~
New York City, where speculative marks..
cause variations. there Is a gain Of SO az
cent and loss OF 22S per cent. respse.
%, yaal zfwsrr
fist half OF the month are I'm sllghtly
greater volume than last year, the incrss..
being per cent. Foreign trade Al New
York is maintained. the movement IN and
so, 1872 10. az against s2ss9s, 40 the precedins
week, 733 a year ago and sg7,052i5i In
1903; compared with last year exports ars
larger by S2.lOo.OOo. while imports are rs.
600 smaller.
I.radstreet's says:
House trade at many Of the large centre.
has been improved 10 a considerable extAn,
by the presence of numerous visiting buv-
ers. Staple commodities such as dry.
goods wool. print cloths and clothing
show the effects Of the better buying MOVE
ment. Withal there Is no disposition 4,
load up or 10 speculate as TO the future 4,
fact the tendency is 10 buy sparingly ana
10 await developments. nder the circ,Ir,.
stances trade may be termed disappoint.
ing. but there is a tendency 10 look for be,.
ter things now that Congress has ad.
journed and that one disturbing feature
tariff legislaton-is, temporarily az lsa.
RELOCATED 10 the more or less distant future
Cooler weather has improved retail trass
10 a moderate degree. but developments IN
tfis az in other lines are not sstisfactorv
and current clearance sales with marked
reductions In prices evidently leave llt,ls
room for profits Crop reports show Iittj.
significant change, while commodity prices
60 not display any material differences. m.
undertone or the latter. on the whole, being
firm Operations In Industrial lines are rs.
pressed, curtailment being still general IN
textile lines, while there ia talk Of r4s-
trerchment and reduction In working
forces on some OF the country's railway
lines. Incidentally there seems 20 be more
indications Of strikes among shopmen for
higher wages and the enforcement OF other
conditions