New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-09
CONDITION OF TRADE.
Bradstreet's says:

Three factors helped to expand trade 10 .
,radnrata wav this week-fall festivals tns
advance OF the season ana tho III ,S,rn
the vacation period. The increasgIu Rouse
over was largely e1ecteu w soyting or
sales. and, to lesser extent, soree vr
ders for orders from travellers weio 49,
tailed because many statesmen na' hi.
called in to attend visiting buyers. H.,
the corn and other late matusine . liz
crops the condition of which had IeSen''o
been helped by rains, tend 10 nroduc-
more optimistic feeling IN suT rp,a rpesIIIted
ing regions, and lower prices nave reS s
In larger purchases OF cotton soouo ~.
some points. Thus, on the Whoe' LEN .o
developments are relatively NOR - T.
able, but still conservatism III puyos ~
everywhere visible and final purveyoIs vi
goods display no particular tendency "
forsake the policy heretofore pursue1,- ,nts
Is. to buy frequently and In sniaii ~, ,u.s
This attitude is superinduced In large
degree by the inability Of retail distributes
Of wearing apparel, furnishings ana 'no
like to measure the Propaple ,, e5,hIa
their sales OF ascending prices for edipie
commodities and the idleness visible ~
many industrial lines. The retall traue
shows a tendency to expand, largely oe
cause of cooler weather.
Duns Review says:
Steady Improvement in business condi-
lions Is indicated by most OF the reports
which come from the leading industries
and from trade centres. This Is further
confirmed by the gain In bank clearings;
the reduction in number OF idle cars ana
the increase In pig iron production: Ap-
parently there is much more optimistic
sentiment regarding the cotton ana gram
crops In spite of the recent government re
ports Of conditions and with the prospect
Of fair average farm returns. low Stocks Oh
goods on the shelves of distributing mer-
chants and an abundant supply or money
the fall season Is opening with a consIuer,
able growth Of confidence. which Is helped
by the lull In political activities, the grad
ual subsiding OF war talk abroad and the
better outlook as regards the LABOR sltua-
ton at home. Resumption OF work IN
many New England textile mills TINS week
is event Of value Moreover. the de-
is improved. While the wool market is
more quiet for the moment. business Is fair
and quotations are firm In the shoe trade
conservative gain also arrears ana ana tne
provement In iron and steel Is mostly In
tho increased output OF pig iron, as In nm
ished materials there is diminished de-
mand, except In structural goods, the con-
tlnued activity in which indicates. salts
factory building operations. Altogether the
quickened movement in general business,
while not large, Is indicative or salts
.fact,--y season OF fairly normal conditions
During the first week Of September IL Is
noteworthy that bank clearings outside OF
New York City increased sc per cent over
1910 and 1872 per cent over 1909, while at
New York there was a gain OF 80 per cent
over 1910 and decrease or only 80 per cent
compared with 1909 Railroad earnings dur
ing the month Of August were almost ex-
actly the same as in 1910. Foreign COM
merce returns OF the port OF New \ OK IN
the latest week show exports OF SlZ,o,2t0
an Increase Of 81, 79409s over 1910 and OF 49,
"a. i0s over 1909. while the imports were
Si5'57S,S71, decline OF silG.5oo from 1910
and a gain of s2S7 Si4 over 1909.