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Show DISTRIBUTION HAS EARLY! Fall Merchandise Is in Demand Much Earlier Than Usual. FREIGHT BLOCKADES ARE CAUSING DELAYS Manufacturing Plants Arc Working Close to Their Full Capacity. NEW YORK, Aug. 25. Dun's Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say": Distribution of autumn merchandise Is In progress Unusually early this year, and the volumo of forwarded business Is so heavy that tho last half of 1905 promises to establish a rcmarkablo record of commercial com-mercial activity. Current retail trade is well maintained, tho irrgency of orders received by Jobbers Indicating that dealers' deal-ers' stocks are becoming depleted, and there Is little complaint regarding collections. collec-tions. More labor disputes have reached a settlement and no serious controversies nro threatened, whllo In many sections tho Ktipply of wago-carners Is inadequate. Freight blockades and Insufficient rolling roll-ing stock causo delay, despite widely extended ex-tended fucHltlcs ns compared with last year, nnd this trouble will probably increase in-crease as the crop-moving season advances. ad-vances. Special reports regarding manufacturing manu-facturing conditions have been received from aliout forty leading Industrial centers, cen-ters, rind there Is surprising unnrilmlty in the statements. With scarcely an exception, ex-ception, plants are working close to full capacity, with little ldlo mnchlncry. except ex-cept where alterations or Improvements are now in progress, and contracts on hand far exceed those held at this date In 1501. Equally gratifying Is the confidence expressed ex-pressed In the future, a prominent feature fea-ture of most reports. Encouraging crop prospects provide a largo sharo of the good feeling. Railway earnings In tho first half of August surpassed last year's by 5.3 per cent, while foreign commcrco at this port for the last week exceeded the movement a year picvlous by $2,110,-540 $2,110,-540 In exports and $1,100,000 In imports Recent conditions in hides and leather are accentuated and It Is evidently tho policy of strong Interests to sustain hides nt the best position, while neglecting leather. Foreign dry hides are unchanged at tho recent advance. Failures this week numbered 100 in tho United States, against 150 last year, and 27 In Canada, against 30 a year ago. NEW YORK. Aug. 25. Bradstreefs tomorrow to-morrow will sav: August, a period of exceptional ex-ceptional activity In all lines of trade and Ir.dustrv, drawn to a closo with buying showing further expansion, cereal crop yields or prospects close to the best, railway rail-way tonnage Increasing, collections In tho West, North and East reported generally better, monov exceptionally easy for this season, notwithstanding increased crop-moving crop-moving requirements, and confidence on all hands of a largo and prospectively profitable fnll and winter trade. Reports are of a beticr demand for territory wools cultable for worsted goods, which havo been and are sclllnsr well. Gross railway earnings returns point to enlarged traffic compared with the expanding ex-panding earnings noted a year ago in August. Au-gust. For tho llrst half of Avigust gross receipts of leading roads show a gain of C per cent over the same period of 19CH. Business failures for tho week ending August 24 In the United States number 170, against 117 last week. 1S5 In tho llko week of 1C04, 112 in 1003, 110 In 1902 nnd 1SS In 19-31 In Canada failures for the week number II. as against 20 last week and 2C in this week a year ago. Wheat, including Hour: Exports for the week ending August 24 are 1.170.340 bush-ols bush-ols against 1,008.519 bushels ' last week. 1.0S4.033 this week last year, and 3.2-15.055 in 1903. From July 1 to date the exports aro 7,477,001 bushels, against 10.031,151 last year and 25.07S.259 In 1SH33. Corn exports for the week are 9S7.20I bushels, against 1.177.039 bushels last week, 763.84C a year ago. and 8C"j,320 In 1903. From July 1 to date tho exports of corn aro S.WI.447 bushels, against 4.&C3.333 in 1901 and 8.S25.295 In 1S03. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Aug- 25. Tho following table, complied by Bradstrcou shown the bank clenr-InKB clenr-InKB at tho principal cliiufi for the week ended AUKuht 24. with the percentage of Incroaao and decrease as compared with tho cOrrcponllnB week lat year. - Inc Dec rcow York l.f"0.rot,.li3 Bl.J .... Uoston 11i.8ii.9i7 80 Philadelphia 1ji'55?'? 3-'? Pt. Louis 1?'n"'! o'ii " Pittsburg 4I.9ii.9.h ZJ.5 .... San "Francisco 'IJ,2,' I2-'1 "'7 Kansas City 'nTFir: is 7 Omaha !?$ 7 "" Los Angeles f'M? i "" Denver 6.4il.CI7 31. b .... Seattle . 6.7J1.SI3 45.0 .... rSrliand Or...... SALT LAKE CITY i'B !?'2 Spokane. Waeh S'M rl i "" Helena '"cos " Tbtala. U. S 12.30I.M3.215 36.S .... LIVE STOCK Chicago. CHICAGO. Aug. 25. Cattle Receipts. 3000; good to prlmo steers, J5.3OyG.30; poor to medium, S2.50tfG.00; stockors and feeders feed-ers J2 254T4 30: cows, J2.50tT-l.50; heifers. S2 25'fiM.75; ennncra. $1.6OlT2.40, bulls. $2.25 m 00. calves. J3.5057.50; Texas fed steers, h ''hfiA 00; Western steers, J3.GOO-j.00. Hogs RcccipU today, 10,000; tomorrow. 9000; market steady to uc lower; mixed and butchers, S5.7(Mi ; good to choice heavy. JG.Oa'tf C 35 ; rough heavy. Su.GoCTvj.OO. light J5$5(50.37y.; bulk of sales, J5.90ft6.20. l3hocp Receipts, C00O; sheep, steady; ' lambs, steady to slower; good to choice-wethers, choice-wethers, Jo.26SG.C0: fair to choice mixed, J4 70SS10; Western sheep, Jo.0Cru3.G0; native na-tive lambs, J5.60tf7.00; Western lambs, J5.00 CF7.00. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. Aug. 25.-Cattle-Ro-cclntfl 4000 head, Including 500 Southerns. Market steady. Native steers, Jltfl.75; Southern stcorB. $2.G5tfl.2o; Southern cows, $1.7Gtf3; native cows and heifors, Si 75tff5.25: stockers and fecdors. J2.75tfH25; bulls r-'.25tf3.50. calves. J3tf6.75; Wcstorn steers, J3.40tf4.60; Western cows, Jl.Totf' 3 "5 Hoc s Receipts -1000 head. Market weak to a shade lower. Bulk of sales. JCtfG.12; heavy, J5.95CC.05: packers, JGtf'J.15. pigs and light. JCtf6.20. Sheep Receipts 200D head. Tilnrkct strong Muttons. $4.5fttfG.75; lambs. Jo tb& 7.25; range wethers, $l.50tf5.75; fed ewes, jaiodtfi-Co. Omaha. SOUTH OMAHA, Aug. 25. Cattle Re-rflnls Re-rflnls 2000; stronger. Natlvo steers. J 1.25 tf?ClG: cows and heifers. J2.7594.50; Western West-ern atcurs, JJ.0Otf4.C0; Toxa.s steers. J2 75tf T75- cows and heifers, J2.00iJ3.25; canm-rs. i roJ72.W: stockers and feeders. J2.25tf 1.15, calves, J2.50tf5.C0; bulls, stags, etc., $2.00 4 00 'h'ok RecelplH 9000. Market. 5c lower. Heavy. SS.SOtfG.M: mixed. J5.90tf-5.95. light. J5.90tfG.00; pigs, JStfG.lfi; bulk of sales. J5.C0 Shcop Receipts. -VSA: market strong. Western yearlings. J5.15tf5.50; wethers. $4 S0tf3.30; owes, JI.GOtf'5.00; lambs, $0.75S 7.'.0. |
