| Show WHAT DUN SAYS Reports From All Sections Show That Business Is Prosperous Now York Oct i1R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say Failure of a few overcapitalized I Industrial corporations to pay Interest on their stock la no criterion of conditions in manufacturing although an Influence of some weight In the stock market Re ports from all sections of the country agree that there has seldomG If over been such vigorous prosecution of con I structive worK Widely divergent lines exhibit similar symptoms Labor Is still employed at good wages and the buying of thc people is more than sufficient to meet the advance In the cost of living of lC per cent over prices prevailing a year ago Wholesale activity Is still the feature at Iron furnaces and steel mills While old orders arc tilled as rapidly as possi ble there IB no Immediate prospect of catching up with contracts especially as each day brings new business with delis cries running tar Into next year Pig Iron production on October 1st ac cording to the Iron Age was at the rate of S07JS2 tons weekly an Increase of 8112 tons over tim output on September 1st and S1S13 tons more than in October 1900 Vet furnace stock steadily decreased amounting only to 361593 tons October 1st against 670541 a year ago and sup Cllcs in Consumers hands are believed to be light Footwear shops arc still producing at full capacity not only In the old estab lished New England factories but inthis Stale and the West and South Prices are unchanged also although manufac turers contemplate the advancing leather market with some Increasing Interest Bides and leather are at the top price of the year while the finished product sells below the prices of the early spring Quiet conditions prevail In the dry goods market not because of light de mand but through tho strong views of sellers which prevent export Hales as wa1i as domestic business Slightly better relfltlvn nrlroc o baen established by the leading cereals wheat making a fair game while corn lost a little < of its exceptional strength There Is no evidence of holding buck for higher prices In Western receipts for two weeks of 158US126 bushels against 12918353 last year when inoro attractive notations prevailed Exports from the United States are not equal to the recent recordbreaking1 ligures but still com pare fairly well with earlier years for the week flour Including shipments reached USS02S bushels against 35Svl33 a year ago and I323S29 In 1SS9 Failures for the week numbered 231 In thoUnited States ngalnst 2C2 last year and 34 In Canada against S2 last year Bank Clearings Now York Oct l1Tne following table compiled by BradHtreet shows the bank clearings all principal cities for the week ended October 10th with tho per centage or increase and decrease as com pared with the corresponding week last ear i > Inc Dec I New York l2573aiV57 117 Chicago 155877017 115 Boston I42mii9 21t Philadelphia 93357SS 165 St Louis J 2495S1 110 PIttsbursr S43589M 195 Baltimore 2U1S9C2 iLl SOn Francisco C3435S3l 83 Cincinnati 17316530 113 Kansas City 10JfOS5n CI Minneapolis 1R125570 272 Cleveland 1U4125SO I 247 New Orleans 11371001 108 Detroit 11044559 02r landfivllle 9109504 231 IndlanupollE HKGT71 ISO Providence 0022500 40 Omaha GS90 2 79 Milwaukee C917023 115 BufTnlO 6410031 225 St Paul 54l9Stt 33 Savannah 50012C7 502 Denvir I374SO 155 St JOseph 623142 311 Richmond 3703100 101 Memphis 3131314 212 Seattin 447210i 343 Wzuihiuigton 2581ISO 219 1Iartf0rd 286 Lo Angeles 1028305 272 StTJT LaKE CITY 3135376 3S PoMo 3j3 Portland Or 3230223 87 I Rochester 2I0GZS 164 Peoria 2150SziC 23 Fort Worth 29270 92 Atlanta c J02 156 Norfl 1465nfl D i 2foins i9943l 210 c Haven 157887I 71 Springfield Mass j 1549034 162 t tlgustrt 191720 160 1 Nitshvtll iuz533 9 Wbreester 3701194 137 Grand Rtpids 1274TSe 22 Sioux City 1Gl523 101 Paoi 7 1237G93 Inc Dec Syracuse 1274853 200 Scranton 3257S2 SlO Portland Me 1533C4 5CO Spokane 152001 221 Tacoma 13IS12 37 EvinsvlIIo S49003 3A Wilmington Del 1501901 6S1 Davenport 137C431 00 Fall River 1CG72T2 2S Birmingham 933871 39 Topeka 1209228 210 Macon UCOO 207 iLlttlo Rock SS04G2 157 Holona 69JC5 20 Knoxvllle 716024 251 Lowell i CG3150 201 I Wichita 491935 19 Akron 6735O 130 I New Bedford o2t509 135 I Jfocinston 1001J53 52 1 SprlnKtlcIA Ill 533750 148 Binghamton 340000 44 Chattanooga 475951 107 Kalamazoo 39779u 12 Fargo 501971 Youngstown 521331 356 Springfield 0 3S4261 128 Rockford 34347B KI Canton SS13CO 4U1 Jacksonville 3592CJ 421 SIOUX Fill9 2G0569 J7G Fremont f 23316S 1030 Bloomington III 307747 323 Jacksonville 111 107702 24 Columbus 0 6014500 216 Galveston 10247000 3SC Houston ll215S5Ci 55 Colorado Springs USO3SS 109 Wheeling W Va iaS44 Chester 355979 Wllkosbarro 711W3 Totals U SOlLZOT193 29S Outside ew York 744C02442 iSl CANADA Montreal 7 S 204sO05 350 Toronto 12J2397 1C1 Winnipeg 3213176 55TO Halifax 1GC5 4G G9 Vancouver B C 1201303 SI Hamilton 915192 24 St John N B S20715 22 Victoria B C CSG4S4 Quebec rCCOlSU Totals S 417SSS1S 256 Not Included In totals because containing contain-ing other Items than clearings Not Included lu totals because of no comparison for last > ear |
