Show HIGHER PRICES FOR STAPLES t Yet y t There is i no no Falling Off Of in ini i Consumption 4 t BUSINESS OUTLOOK IS 15 GOOD 4 PEOPLE POPL BUYING UG ON OT A NEVER BEFORE EQUALED EQUAlLED 4 t New New York York Feb 27 R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of Trade Te tomorrow will wI say sy Milder Mider weather S not only accelerated n the te theS LUL U WILY a 1 0 U 1 4 but relieved pressure for fuel fue which threatened t to become a serious matter matterand matterand matterand and Incidentally facilitated efforts to re reduce re reduce duce the te freight congestion With Wib no rio o other retarding feature than the te holiday business fully maintains its gratifying position Returns of both domestic and foreign trade are fully equal equa to those tho and in inmany inmany inmany of or the same month last lat year cases there are marked gains The many make case ter ae people are consuming on a scale scle gns never be De before before Defore fore equaled as evidenced by the te enor enormous enormous enormous distribution and ad continual inquiries for prompt shipment Firmly held beld quo quotations QUO also bear testimony to the fact ber that tat the te aso demand Is i often ofen greater geater than the te supply Increased interest has ha been ben displayed by purchasers of all al products product of Iron irn and ad steel giving a 3 decidedly firmer firer tone to the market and in many may instances quo quotations quotations have advanced One of the def nite changes was a rise of 2 In wire products nie product which was not a surprise surrie and anda ad ada a new ore schedule averaging over 25 cents cent a ton higher This makes maes every ever step of the proceeds more expensive to tote the Independent producers producer of ore are pig iron in te coke wages and freights freight having lead leadIng leadIng reached a higher position To the te Ing lug producers however the situation is less disturbing as a most of these tese factors factor are under one control and It will wI be pos poe possible pos sible tible to hold prices of finished steel at ata ata a fairly conservative position Business in Ia woolens woolen has fallen falen off oCt un unexpectedly Unexpectedly expectedly some early buyers bu er reducing the size of their initial orders while In a afew a afew sie ther few exceptional cases ces there tere have been complete cancellations New England shoe shops have have secured moderate advances advance in I several grades of footwear chiefly of fall fa style in demand by western wester buyers buyer Quotations of leather leater are fully ful main maintained man tamed tined although trade Is quiet quiet Foreign dressed hides are strong but Inactive owing to light stocks stocka stock and restricted ar an a rivals rals Failures this week weck numbered 2 In the theU U C c I 9 and I II HU U j JW J r in Canada compared wit with a year ago Bradstreets Report Bradstreets tomorrow will wi say s weather conditions have en enlarged arged the jobbing weater demand for tor goods at lare leading te markets and favored expansion market In n retail trade except where the te break breaking ing ns UP of country countr roads has ha operated operate to restrict the movement of grain and cot col colon cotton cotton ton on to te market maket Building activity has ha been quite generally resumed with wih more favorable qute weather Heavy He rains in the southwest have quieted trade and re retarded re retarded crop preparations In that section seton Perhaps tarde crp the most notable feature of the te Is the strength or Of orthe orthe weeks developments weeks development l te streng the price situation This is not merely with regard to o producers and wih quotations but ue also ISO as to rates rte paid by y final consumers u The one debatable element in the 10 1503 heretofore been spring trade outlook has the uncertainty as to how the higher level of prices wold would a act upon consumptive de tie demand de demand mand This situation is apparently soh solving sOlving itself with astonishingly little fric friction ing wih fc tion Transportation lines Unes have Been ton rather favored by coca weather weater condi conditions floes ton this year as a oon compared with wih Feb February Feb mary a year ago and ad large aggregate gains ar in ja n earnings for the month are pro pre predicted pre The coke situation however is still a sub of complaint complaint Another other evidence of railroad c congestion Is found that a large quantity of in the reports report lare winter wheat heat still remains reman to come for forwar forward ward war Wool Is steady Coke coal coa freights and an all Advanced and as ex cx expected wages have al and a iron ore has joined joine these con constituents of manufacture m with an advance of 25 2 to 75 7 cents cent per ton Copper Is ls now noss above 13 cents cent and still advancing and tin Un is also higher The feeling is rowing growing that the worlds world s needs of this metal metal are in excess of supply Building activity is being resumed lum mm lumber lu ber Is active in alt all markets market and ad paints paint and oils are improving ad oil exports for the Wheat including four flour export fJ week ending Feb 2 26 aggregate 2668 bushels against last week 27 7 In this week a year ago ag and In 50 1901 Wheat eat exports since July Jub 1 ag aggregate aggregate 11 bushels a against S st m 10 last 16 season and in J 19 1900 Business failures in the United States Sates for the week ending Feb 26 number 1 against last week in the like week eek lat 2 of 1302 18 17 in Ia 1901 17 In 1900 1 and 10 17 in 1899 1 In Ia Canada for the week twenty 19 seven against te last week and In this th week a a year jear ea ago |