Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1906 — COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

” , Business rrenevally now ClliCiljjO. [exhibits the best rounded .. oi linin' I I'iiJ activity for the year thus far, .Strengthening features this week' Were the- resumption of' soft coal mining and the reemploymeni. of 31MXW*. Workers, increas-. ed demands for manufactured products and enlarged distribution of construction materials aud seasonable necessaries. Agricultural reports maintained a highly em-ouraging tone, winter wheat harvests having started well and other crop conditions being exfeption*Hy good. Notwithstanding the. hot weather, Industrial ojierations httve not been hindered, the mills afiii furnaces flnd most of 'the factories being run. to the Unfit of capacity. Prices of raw materials show extreme firmness. 'The buying of food products has extended, In the face of litgher Trr'.ces In the primary markets, and the ieadiug retail lines report heavier sales. The total movement of grain at Oils port swelled to 5.571,02 S bushels, against G, 11(1,3.32 husheU last week. Receipts increased 2.4 per cent over those of 100.1 and the shipments gained 34 per cent. Receipts of live stoOk, 287,510 head, com[x.tro• with 187,100 head Inst week. Hides received Mi gain were low, 2.111.200 pounds, comparing with 2,500,420 pounds last \yoek. Lumber receipts were 48,057,000 feet against 30.370/100 feet hist week. Compared with a week ago, prices are unchanged for flour and cattle, hut are higher in oats 1% cents'per.bushel, corn 214' cents, wheat 3 ! l»cetits: hogs 5 cents a hundredweight, sheep 10 cents, lard 20 cents, ribs 30 cents and pork 71 cents. ' Rank clearings.' '5223.402.402; exceed those of tlie corresponding week In 1001 by 34 per cent. The -offerings of commercial paper reflect a healthy borrowing demand, and the discounts are quoted at tlie minimum rate of 5 per cent. Failures rejiortod in the Chicago district number 23, against 20 last week. — Dun's Review of Trade.

' Jobbing awl wholesale nBV lOrk. lines are commencing to ness; nevertheless is more active than Ts~custdinary at this season and fall orders for dry goods, clothing, shoes and-interrelated lines are of good volume. Retail-tradedtas been stimulated by warmer weather and the outlook is for a full season's trade. Industries with few exceptions are active. As a whole the situation is equal to a voar-ago-—The labor situation is considerably better. A good demand for dry goods and general supplies for San Fsanciseo, where conditions are rapidly approaching normal, is-noted at western miters. The return flow -of money from the country is unmistakably large ami easier rates are a feature, though some authorities' disbelieve iii permanently easier rates. Railway earnings continue heavy, the Increase for May being no less than 14 per cent on roads operating outside the anthracite coal clearings are coiisiderablv iu excess of last year at this period. '' --5 Wheat. Including flour, exports from tlie United States and Canada for the week ended Jurntr 7~nre 3.3tH.(H>7 bush:e|s. against 2.326.739 last week, 1.476,840 tliis week last year. 1.482.032 in 1004 and 4,191,311 in 19*13. From July 1 to date tile experts are 128,627,613 imsbeis. a mi'list 150,013,217 last year, - 129.428.471 in 1904 and 213,250,126 in 1903. ~7~" Corn exports for the week are 573,139 bushels, against 614,815 last week, 1.108.146 a year ago, 57,540 in 1904 and 824,815 in 1903. From July 1 to date the exports of corn, are 108.606,844 bushels, against 76.087.231 in 1905, 49,315.844 in 1904 and 63,209,011 in 1903. —Brudstreet's Commercial Report.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, s4.i)o to $6.00; hog*, prime heavy, $4.00 to $6.65; sheep, fair to -hoi—, $3.00 to $6,00; wheat. No. 2,85 cto 80c ; corn, No. 2,53 cto 54c: oats, stnndard, 380 to 40c; rye, No. 2. 62c to title; bay, timothy, $8.50 to $14.00; nruirV, $0.1)0 to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, ltlc to 190 e; eggs, fresh. 14c to 18c * potatoes, new, sl.lO to $1.25. Detroit —Cattle, $4.00 to $5.10; hogs, $4.0060 $0.50: sheep, $2.50 to $5.00: wheat, No. 2,87 cto 88c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 52c to 54c; oats. No. 3 white, 38c to 40c ; rye. No. 2,65 cto 67c. Milwankee —Wueat. No. 2 »>rthem, 84c to 86c; corn, No. 3. 51c to 33c; oat a. standard, 35c to 36c; rye. No. 1, 63c to 65c; barley, standard, Wc to 50c; pork, mess, $16.95. w Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 83c to 85c: corn. No. 2 mixed, 46c to 48c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye. No. 2. 60c to 67c: clover seed, prime, $0.73. Buffalo —Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $5.75; ltogs, fair to rboice, $4.00 to $t1.75; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.0<0 to $3.75; lambs, fair to chdlce, $5.00 to $7230. ' New York—-Cattle. $5.00 to so.Soi hog*,- $4.00 to $6.95; sheep. $3.00 to $7.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 94c to 90c; corn. No. 2. SSo to COe; oats, natural white. 43c to 45c: batter, creamery, 17c to 20e: egg*, western, IV to Tic.