| Show WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW Business is Going Goi Along at an Ev I Gait t tOOL WOOL OOL IS 1 MORE ACTIVE ACIE t IRON ION TRADE TRE HESITATES PEND PENDING PENDING ING IG BIG CONSOLIDATION New York Feb 15 1 R G Dun Co Cos s weekly review tomorrow will wi say Business Bu ne continues c of ot good gd volume in m merly nearly hourly erly all al parts ot the te country and re reports r reports ports from the west wet and southwest of a pr satisfactory distribution of merchandise by jobbers began ba to have a a familiar Heavy orders order came caine cre from tom rom agents aget OR on Oi the road Thle is no important change in prices price in ia any department of goods and some staples rise rU while others othes gos decline but the longer the situation remains remal as a at present the surer the business world reels about a arise ar arise rise r in prices in in the future for the de demand deman mand inand man for merchandise for prompt con consumption consumption does not decrease decree Some Sime e progress has h been ben made in the the direction ot settlement of labor differ in the far west and the tempe temper of soft erus coal cl miners miner we is more amicable amicle while there is little concern among steel inter interests eats ests ets sensational se stories storIe of organ organization organization at the mills mUa to enforce demands for lor to higher wages wage The To standard measures of makes make favorable comparisons At t some points there are evidences of an ai Inclination to delay dela operations in iron and steel stel until something definite is known regarding the proposed combination krown the tio tion but this applies apples only to small un nit undertakings toa which are ure insignificant in comparison with the urgent dealings that cannot be b postponed Purchasers Purchaser find difficulty in securing even ev approximate approximated dates dales d tS tor for delivery de ivery of goods gos in many may prod products product ucla and mills mis are so far behind orders as asa a rule that no new contracts are arc sought sought Structural materials and railway lY supplies are in greatest request numer numerous numerous ous Qua heavy hevy orders DenS accented this Week at full prices There is no inclination to shade fl quotations of finished products and pig iron at at Pittsburg has ha again agn ad id advanced Boots Doot and Shoes Active No sign of weakness Is apparent in any department of the boot bot and shoe indus industry industry try tr Some manufacturers have booked orders order that will wil insure running on full ful U well wel into May and it is an exceptional exceptional case cate cas where jobbers can cn secure March delivery delvery even eve from the smaller shops Salesmen are returning from the wet west and south luth with wih most cheerful re reports reports ports and while local lol jobbing is less les brisk than last week there is iR no complaint from Boston were cases against S cases in the previous week and the total lor two to weeks is 18 somewhat MS M cases shipped lippe last year the movement in lit i xi was heavier than in the corres corresponding core pending fortnight of any other year Wool Sales Saes Increase News regarding r the textile ings is tS less l encouraging despite that sales of ot wool wol at the three thre eastern easter points I rose to pounds tar exceeding all al recent reent records and snowing showing a gain tain of pounds ponds over the same week last lasty I year y r it H was at this time tm in 1900 1 that the movement commenced to fall ial off of and ad the I depression began which has ha continued ever since Cotton continue quiet and do domestic I mills mis are not fully occupied Liverpool Liver Liverpool pool cables cable have haV given no support while wie Manchester pl is securing raw rw cotton from India India in i unusually large quantities s These Thet influences caused a a further iu ther decline in I middling uplands taking the price to the lowest point in three th months Exports in I I pint January were valued vau d at against 21 in 1900 19 but bot the increase was wa en entirely entirely due to an advance of 22 2 cents a pound in the rhe price a M the quantity was wa te 1842 1612 bales ble smaller Wheat N heat was this week by re reports wee ports of receipts Rt t the mills mis until unfit fot for grinding The x ur output at Minneapolis is much smaller than a year yea ago ag and a a muc is Atlantic ex exports exports further lurther decrease expected e ports of or wheat including flour four for tor the port week Wk were bushels against 1523 1551 bushels buels last lat year y r 5 Failures for the week w ek numbered in inthe I inthe the United States against 28 last year and in Canada 40 4 42 4 last las year |
