Show i BUSINESS SKY IS NOW SERENE Clouds that Overcast Over ast It Early Eary in Aug st H ve Gone THERE lERE IS Cotton Colon locus flood have Loner fur for Pulls Mill Crowded New Now York tork Aug MR on 0 Q Dunn Cos Coos Weekly Review of Trade Trado tomor tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow row will wil say sa In lii cotton culon goods oot which have been the tle slowest t to respond to the tho vigorous tone tol of oC domestic trade the Vast past week has brought distinct Im lot Improvement provement Pressure at nt Fall Falt Pal Oliver ler be became strong In tha bleached d doods goods division the tho ho gains were still stil more pronounced In some somo eases cases the only drawback Is la the lack of o available sup supplies plies ies for delivery delver Such ev cv evidences c of ot better buter things In the market for tor goods naturally gave a it firmer tone toneto tol toneto to the th raw material which was wal further supported by b the tho unsatisfactory weather elther er In Texas rexal Against losses by I b drought by L the largest State there Is 18 compensation tion in II the greatly Klea ty Increased acreage throughout the entire tir cotton colon belt b I but bUI butan nn an advance of 3 a bale since the ad advance at ut vance able began does not tippe r unreason unreasonable unreasonable Somewhat lower 1111 for wheat are lire not surprising In view Jow of ot tho the general tendency to Increase esti eitt estimates el mates latell of at the he crop crup for far ar the quan quart quantity quant t Indicated by b figures of con conditions Another weakening w Influence Is U the slight HUght decline of ot exports below the time movement In the tho first two t weeks of August Shipments for the time week however were still phen phenomenal aggregating bushels compared with bushels last lastar year ar and 17 bushels In 1899 18 9 More Moreover Moreover o over oyer this gain occurred despite the tho In Interruption interruption to shipments from rom the Pa Ia Pacific la lacine eliTe cine count const by the time strike of at diers These figures of omit the movement from fr m Canadian ports usually included In 11 other records and causing confusion as us to the actual statu of ot domestic trade trude With a n yield of o 50 10 bushels In Manitoba the ship shipments shipments shipments ments from the time Dominion ore are falling fulling taing little short of ot bushels weekly August opened with wih the time commercial sky ekr overcast by 11 storm clouds that threatened serious Injury to the time steel Industry while In the south southwest southWest west rest aroused pessimistic predictions that business was WIS on the verge of ot a severe setback Thousands of ot idle strikers together with wih a profitless sea sen season season son In Iii agricultural regions meant In Inactivity Inactivity activity In manufacturing trade nab ana transportation according to the prophets ets eta of or evil elI Instead of these calami calamitous tous taus conditions however the month ends with a horizon that Is almost clear and every resumption of Idle Idl mills mis adds to the productive capacity while cancelled orders for merchandise from torn rom dealers In the tho section are rapidly reinstated Jobbers and manufacturers report that orders for tor fall fail goods have exceed exceeded ed cd every over previous year with noticeable Increase In the demand for tor the better beter grades and there Is a 1 definite meas mens measure ure of or active trade In Lank bank exchange I at nt this city 74 per cent lar larer er than In Inthe Inthe the same me week last year and per percent percent percent I cent above 1899 1599 while at other leading cities the Increase Is and anI 25 per iter percent cent respectively re Although scarcity of o freight trel ht cars holds back a large ton tonnage tonnage nage railway earnings thus thug thul far tar report reported ed for tor August show shots a gain of ot 11 pet liet et i cent over last year ear and per cent ce I over 1599 Quotations of ot steel products are still stil nominal owing to the experienced encell In prompt delivery deliver delver It I Is estimated that not more titan than 20 per percent rent eat of ot the steel teel capacity has been hlen stopped by b the strike and this proportion dally daily decreases Consumers of ot tin tn have secured supplies abroad so 80 that their work Is not badly hadl handicapped anti and while It S Fb h to 0 be deplored that American and wage wap earners will lo lore e the profits of ot this business bu It Is fortunate that other Industries are not disturbed dl Slides Hides are sharing the Improvement with higher prices and net h at the th West Vest Woolen mills are crowded with wih orders order even een the smaller concerns pat pal tic I n g and the the wool market marke Is steady St en d Failures Failure for tor the week w ek numbered 20 In the United States against last year and 21 In Canada against 19 last year |