The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-21
The Markets
DUNS WEEKLY
TRADE REVIEW
Lower Prices and Needed
Stocks Caused Slight Ad-
vance in Trade

New York, Oct. 21.-Dun's Week.
ly review OF trade today says:
Immediate requirements. to replen-
ish depleted stocks coupled with lower
increase in trade activity. The i'm
provement is conservative. but it is
steady and 1t Is noticeable in. nearly
every large trade center.
Weakness is still pronounced in pig
iron with sales of from 10, 0 to 49,
600 tons of foundry grades reported
IN eastern territory partly for early
delivery: In plates and structural ma
terial sharper competitions is noted.
orders for railroad equipments and
steel cars are stimulated by the low
er prices and the same ause has in
nuenced h placing of some good or
ders for plates for vessel construction.
Wire products are moving in good
volume and several additional con-
tracts have been placed for pipe.
Tin plate has weakened and 100
pound coke is now $40 per box, a re-
duction of 20 cents. Nc 20 black
sheets are $l.S5. In sheets low quo
tations have brought out an enlarged
volume of orders and the leading in
terest is operating at about 72 per
cent Of capacity.
That the dry goods trade is ex-
creased operations of mills and manu-
f%acturers of different dry goods spe-
c%ialties. Jobbers are beginning to look
further ahead for early spring needs
and lower prices for tickings, denims
and other heavy colored cottons have
resulted in more active ordering.
Brown cottons and print cloths are
easier.
Bleached cottons are quiet, but
staple prints and percales are we'll UNI
der order n several lines Of ging-
hams are sold up for spring. Export
cotton goods trade has received a set
back because of the complications in
China, but Red sea trade holds up the
business with other markets, Yarns
are easier and silks are not generally
active. Wood trading in New England
Is more active, more than 100000
pounds of domestic wool changing
during the week and in some instanc-
es fractional concessions were made
in prices.
Buyers in footwear show a DISPOSE
ton to place larger contracts to v
higher cost for leather. The leather
trade also displays a spirit among buy
Money Market.
London, Oct. 21.-Money was plen-
tiful and discount rates were easier
today.
The stock market was quietly firm
for most investment issues, copper
shares and Chinese bonds put the rest
of the sections yielded under realiz-
ing in the late trading.
American securities opened steady
and a fraction higher and later i'm
proved On good buying. In the after
Wall street offerings weakened
prices and the entire list declined I'M
der the lead of United States steel.
The closing was easy.
Cattle Market.
Chicago, Oct. 21.-Close: Cattle.
receipts. $500; market, dull and
weak; beeves, $4.75QS.75; Texas
steers. ~$4.10G.10; western steers. s4.25
@7.25; stockers and feeders. S3.25@
$50: cows and heifers, $2.00@6.15;
calves. $500 q 300.
Hogs, receipts, $4,000: market.
active and steady at opening
price: light. s5.O5@6.GS 1-2: mixed.
rough. $6.0O@6.30; good t O choice.
heavy. sG.20@6.65; pigs. q 500;
bulk of sales. $6.3O@6.60.
Sheep, receipts 10000: market,
strong; native, ..2.25@3.75; western,
$2.40W3.s5: yearlings. $3.60@4.25;
lambs. native. $3.75@6.00; western,
1916 gels.