Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-07-29 | Page 4 | Trade Reviews of the Week

TRADE REVIEWS OF HE WEEK NEW YORK, July 28. Dun's Weekly Week-ly review will say tomorrow. "A variety va-riety of conflicting developments af-feot af-feot trade conditions, among them tho passage of the Canadian reciprocity reci-procity bill, settlement over tho out-como out-como of negotiations to a possible adjustment ad-justment of affairs In Morocco and tho decision by tho Interstate commerce commission In tho Spokane rate and similar cases. Moderate improvements improve-ments mark conditions in tho Iron and steel trade, although In eastern territory pig Iron buying Is of restricted restrict-ed volume Tho best showing Is In finished products. There Is further slight expansion In mill operations. "Track supplies aro In greater requirement, re-quirement, contracts having been placed aggregating 200,000 tons More animation is reported In plain structural struc-tural material and steel bara. "The footwear market continues slow. Visiting buyers In Boston are cautious about buying ahead and do not placo the number of now ordors anticipated. Trade Is quiet in all kinds of lealhor, but the tanners aro now doing more buslnoss than early in the month. Prices are generally strong and quotations aro firmer on contracts ahead than on moderate quantities for present requirements." Bradotreot's Report. NEW YORK, July 28. Brad-street's Brad-street's tomorrow will say. "Sentiment as to the future seems to bo undergoing a change for the better, oven if the reports continue quiet "Whilo midsummer quiet prevails In many lines, tho vacation period Is passing, and already some traveling salesmen are back on the road. They havo met with fair success and fewer cancellations are noted from sections where tho crop outlook earlier appeared ap-peared gloomy. Some reinstatement of orders previously held up are notod "Withal there is onough irregularity irregulari-ty to divest tho favorable reports of absolute uniformity. Retail trade, though improved by cooler weather, Id not stimulated much by clearance sales. Current wholesale and job-b.ng job-b.ng lines are quiet, "while the weakness weak-ness of raw cotton for future delivery deliv-ery tends to unsettle tho texr.Ie trade. Prospects for tariff leglsla-toln leglsla-toln is a disturbing factor. "Collections are no better than fair at the best and a number of contractors con-tractors report considerable slow ness. "Business failures in the United States for the week ending July 27 were 238, ngalnst 238 last week and 200 In the like week of 1910. "Business failures In Canada for tho week number 22, which compares with a Hko number for the last week and In tho corresponding week In 1910." oo