Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-02-10 | Page 8 | Trade Reviews

TRADE JIEVIEWS Bradstreet's Review. NEW YORK, Feb. 9 Bradstreet's tomorrow will say Although trade lacks snap and 13 devoid of uniformity, tho undercurrents undercur-rents aro In the direction of slow but steady expansion. The week brought forth a further slight Increase In Jobbing Job-bing and manufacturing lines. Trade in tho lendlnc eastern and western dry goods markets has Improved Cotton Cot-ton goods are firm all around, Jobbers Job-bers aro doing more and tho manufacturers manu-facturers In turn aro making heavy purchases, but the retail dealer, as a general rule, appears to have assumed the rule of a consistent coneervathe. Cold weather west and northwest has hampered salesmen In getting about and, as a general proposition, road orders are hardly on a par with those of last year. On the other hand, the low temperature has helped retail re-tail trado In heavy wearing apparel, and the prolonged cold spell has aided In omptying shelves of winter goods. Spring displays are now under way, but it is too early to expect much results. re-sults. Business failures for the v.eek ending end-ing February 8 In the Jinked States wore 383, against 412 last week. Business failures for the week in Canada number 2(5, which compares with 31 Inst week. Wheat, Including flour, exports from the United States an Canada for the week ending February 8 aggregate 3.S16.45S bushels, against 3,157,469 last week Corn exports for the week aro 1.182,048 bushels, against 1.9G1,-060 1.9G1,-060 last wook. Dun'3 Review. NEW YORK, Fob. 9. R. G. Dun & 1UHJBM. Hi &'MtArXZ3Pi:-4ZzJilili I I 1 1 1 Co.'s weekly reviow of trade tomorrow tomor-row will say. The volume of business continues largo, although thero Is little disposition dispo-sition to operate in long range anticipation antici-pation of future requirements. Tho coldest winter in many years, while creating a sustained xlemand for winter win-ter merchandise, servos generally to Interfere with the distributions of goods, and this causes somp Interruption Interrup-tion to a liberal trade movement. Pig iron production increased slightly in January, and tho leading interost is now operating about So por cent of its blast furnace capacity. Current businoss is quiet, however, with Bessemer quoted nominally at ?14.0014.25, and basis 512.25 valley. Steel billets, four by four, remain at $20 and sheet and" tin bars at $21 Pittsburg. Recent contracts include an order for 180 cars from tne Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania railroad, whilo two other systems are in the market for about 6,000 cars of various types. Orders for rails aggregate a fair tonnage, ton-nage, and prospective shipbuilding encourages eastern plate mills to anticipate an-ticipate an active demand for plates and shapes, it being estimated that the work in view will requiro fully 75.000 tons. Leather Is quiet and business fails to reflect tho conditions shown In raw material The tanners are hold-lug hold-lug prices vory strong, but buyers aro holding off and taking only small quantities. nn