Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-07-13 | Page 11 | Dun's Review of Trade

DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE, Volume of Business Has Reached Seasonable Sea-sonable Proportions. NEW YORK, July 12. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will sayr Tho volume of business reaches seasonable season-able proportions. "With abundant harvests, har-vests, which seem assured, there should bo an early and heavy demand for merchandise. mer-chandise. Production has been, slightly curtailed because of the hot weather and tho necessity neces-sity of making ropairs, while difficulty In securing adequato labor has delayed tho blowing In of several eastern blast furnaces. fur-naces. Pressure for deliveries of all kinds of flnlshod products continues a great feature of the situation. Quietness prevails pre-vails In pig iron and no large contracts 'are ponding, yet prices are Arm. There has been an advance of $2 a ton on Iron pipe and steej hoops and bands are stronger. A leading railroad hue called for bids on move tormlnal work, while additional marine construction will require a considerable tonnage of stoel plates. In dry goods Jobbers display conservatism conservat-ism and are not inclined to purchase freely until they havo more fully ascertained ascer-tained tho trend of fall demand. In woolens and worsteds the leading manufacturers manu-facturers are well supplied with orders for fall, some being so fully engaged that thev are not seeking new business. Announcement An-nouncement is mado that the high cost of wool, advance In wages and shorter hour will lead to enhanced prices. Leather Leath-er and hides are In demand at advanced quotations.