Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1903 — COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

t“ .. I “Warmer” weather hrfa jl Nftn Yorjfj f .° r the Mil trade to regain part of ftie, e4rik-r. %*es in volume of transit tidfiafliniFflie level of quotations for sta£ pie liues of m/rchandise is well maiife tained. Wholesale trade 4n segsouablb goods is qilretj althoiigh there or less sonyilementary; business, and job* bers report increased activity in several fines of wearing n Clothing ma% ufacturers 4»el IruijfU o* n fall t. Samples which are utiusmilly jatgj Furniture and art! notably ‘ well supr plied with Orders, and. there is no evb deuce of, dullness, fu tnachinery dr hardware,” according to It. 'G. Dun ft Co.W fto view of Trade. Cdptinding, {the l»Ort 8fl f V4| ■ ) *■' /Ql^f 'if ’ (ti ! At most pfeitifs there aire indications « (oiprovdment ih mereafrtile the favorable peogresaof fer*n vork havs ing a good influence at the interior, wliiFs heavy fnles of fertilizers testify to thr| pxteusive preparation'for la are crops. It»t dustrial conditions would be exceptionally encouraging were it not the, prmy of men voluntarily idle. Kail way earnings continue to show the 'usugl gaiff. May figures thus far surpassing lau year’s by 13.4 per cent and those 1901 by 29.3 per cent. J lJ l> ' _ An 'unprecedented production pf pig }ron in April was accompanied by a crease in furnace stocks, testifylng to vig* orou* and whUlesoime cond§ tijong in thfr.steei iltdnatry. , Jt is not pfisriig that a_ SomeWhaf trflsief tone pbtieed, however, because the scarcity, if fuel,earlier in the seaaou had retariF 0$ otrfput and forced nbrnial, especially on prompt shipments ‘ Textile manufacturing conditions ar|> 4xtnamely irfCguint^;, some improvement, being noted at'woolen mills, whQe cot* tan spititiers are In’ a bad position. l Mor<j£ business has, been^done ( in menfi weai, brpoleus -and worsteds than at lyiy recenb qdter tafidy l snpidetnentatl orderk ■ having rttj last b(‘gun tp appear. Aside/from a. exceptional cases,, in which „smal£wete Wctired,' there are 1 no teyations in prices. Carpets opened afe the expected advance and met a ; 'h-rifiß«rd :; by. the jihenomenal quotations for raw teriiil, being iinoble to obtaiu even smalt concessions from buyers of goods, who, •'only purchase such smtfU quantitiysl 4re rPfluisCd immediate^ - . Not z>nly. las, there been no advance in print cloths, bub, !t special pale s# 3 cent* occurred. There' was no demand from "producers, but there was a resale of goods purchased at-a higher figure earlier in the season, Mlßs have not made any’ general ireaucnon in owtp.ut, altboutfi isnudepcoa- / iib-ration. and several concerns have ds- - nurpbef of active looms. F'ailipKr this' \>e«k were 196 in tLe United States, against 228 last year, and 13 in Canada, Compared with 17 a ytufr - v • Braffstreet’S'Trade Review. Railroad operations, now Vree from cfitigeatioi*,; firebfi& ilrofitablei? fit crown to the racprdsof past prosper A being found in wife ,Vpn| of a g;ij of 14 J>cr cent, in gross receipts, foltowiflltbaflyfaodiiicfitaSfig yearly in that month since 1895. Wheat, including flour, exports for \\<! pk ending May 14 aggregate 4,oi*Jfck Sift btisheWr a|ii«kl3flol,fißfi UtitOeeT 5.172,634 tips week last jeqr and 968 in 190LH Vli&itPdiflbriaisince .TqJL 1 aggregate 195,600,759 bushels, ngaing in 1900. Corn exports aggregate 1,43 m 257 bushel^? gsifi« lar-t weegT 82,795 a year ago and 2,704,594 in 19Cf^P and S 9fit tft W