Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 20, 1902, Page 9

HOLIDAY TRADE BOOMING Dun Doolares Season’s Business in Bxoess of Expeotations. BETTER GRADES STILL IN BRISK DEMAND s Steel Industry Aftected by Growth of Trust and Increased Freight Rates, But Orders Still Bxosed Capacity of Milla, NEW YORK, Dec. 19—R. G. Dun & Co's Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say Hollday trade has exceeded even the most sanguine expectations and retail deal- ers in all staple lines of merchandise are well maintained, with the better grades of goods in brisk ‘demand. Wholesome con- ¥ faflen behind Yet ovan In these cases reports ouraging for the future. Indusirlal plants are well emploved, ‘ers running far into the future and fabor sontroversies are rare. The only adverse feature of the situation is the fact that supplies of fuel are utterly inadequat both for household and manufacturi: uses, the snow increasing with the deilv- erie The rallway earnings reported for De- cember exceed last year's by 43 per cent and those of 1%0 by 10.4 per cent. Steel Trade Aftected. Two events of importance have occurred in_relation to the leading manufacturing industry. The United States Steel corpora- tion has greatly extended tis scops by ab- sorbing many outside plants and certaln desirable vallway comnections. The other was the announcement of advanced freight rates to take effect January 1, showing an average Increase of about 10 per cent on products of iron and steel. Otherwise the situation is unchanged, the largest pro- ducer having over 5,280,000 tons of unfilled grders on ils books and work is being pushed as rapidly as supplies of fuel an material will permit. Suppiles of coke do not Increase and many furnaces are idle. Contracts for bridge work and track ele- vation are freely offered by the rallways and accepted only on condition that the exact date of delivery shall not be specified. Despite the fact that nati mills are sold close up to the end of next year new busi- ness is offered and urgent buyers are com- pelled to go abroad New England producers of boots and shoes are not seeking new business, which comes fcrward moderately in the form of supplementary orders. Prices are firml held, ‘but no further advance Is reported. Although ‘the larger shos manifactories are fairly well supplied with sole leather there is a stéady demand from the smaller shops, hemlock was advanced by the lead- ing = producer. Further deterloration in quality of hides has again produced a lower of quotations in western mar- kets and heavier receipts of cattle add to the depression A reduction in quotations of leading lines of bleached cottons stimulated tradin, many buyers having delayed placing cor tracts in anticipation of this change. This condition of the textile market Is now in &00d condition, with no immediate prospect of excessive supplies. Otherwise the do- mestic situation is practically unchanged, but in eWport grades there has been in‘ creased inferest on the part of the buyers, although few new contracts are placed as yet In the woolen goods market there is a falr volume of orders, In many cases ex- ceeding avallable offefingss Worsteds and yarrs are also firm, while a_few grades of raw wool secured mnother advance. Heavy arrivals of silk have not weakened the one. Fallures for the week numbered 27 in the United States, against 265 last year, and 16 in Canada, compared with 27 a year o. WEEKLY CLEARING HOUSE TABLE. Snmmary of Business Transacted by the Associnted Banks. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—The following table, eompiled by Rradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended December 18, with the per- centage of increase and decrease as com- pared with the corresponding week last year: CITIES, Amount. llne Deo. Boston Phiiad: Baitimore . San Franclaco Cincinnaty Kansas City Cleveland Minneapolis New Orleans Detrott .. Toutsville . Indlanapolts Providence OMAHA ... Milwaukee Buffalo . 8t. Paul St, Joseph Denver ... Richmond . annah Salt Lake City Albany : Los An Memphis . Fort Worth Beattle ... Washington Hartford . Peoria Toledo ...... Portland, Ore Rochester Atlanta Des Moines New Haven Worcester . Nashville . ; Bpringfield, Mass.. Norfolk ... 11,281,614 11, 50/ 8 6900 8908 b 13 DN N G5 1 2 55— £832RzEAENESES e a0 28 Me ty.. a . Byracuse . Dayton, ‘Tacom Bpokane . Topeka Davenport . Wiimington, Del Evansville . Firmingham . poporarre Eranh TLERTE aszzEzzzasaze 55, Springfield, Lexington edfe Youngstown . Kalamazoo Fargo . Binghamton . Rockford . Canton & acksonville, ¥l pringfield, O Chester ..... Quincy . Bloomington Sloux Falls. Jacksonville, Fremont . tHouston 1Galveston . 1Columbus, O. c\'hnnn' £83 HT L i SBENNIRLE: B {aomwoance b meama: £5 15,708.674] 10,386,000 8,943,700/ 748,848 . Wilkesbarr, ansfield, O 80137, 413 Y i Outside New Yo 5042654 9.5/ Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Hallfax Vancouver, B. Hamilton . £EBLEE S5 "INot included in total because containing olr’:' items than fmrln‘:. ot included in tot because of comparison for last year. ol Dry Goeds Market. NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—-DRY GOODS— Home business in cotton goods has been an o ‘Character without ch u p:fl..d Int “'“bqul"l It % un- Shanged. was some o brown cottone for, China. Lifens wors frm. with & steady demasd. Boriage 72 ANCHESTER, Dec. W.—DRY GOODS- | the THE OMAHA DAITLY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, Cloths, more business doing. Yarns, steady, ‘with little doing. e MERCHANTS ARE JUBTLANT, Bradstreet Says Close of Year is C templated with Satiafactio: NEW YORK, Dec. 19.—Bradstreet's to- morrow will say: The wholesale trade 1 quisting down, as the stock-taking period approaches, and what activity is noted by jobbere is in for- warding supplies of goods needed to rein- force stocks of retaflers, depleted by what is conceded to be the most active holiday trade on record. Cold weather north and west has helped sales of furs, heavy cloth- ing and sleighs, and_further stimulated general retall buying. Holiday buying, it Is noted, is for 4 rather more expensive grads of goods than ordinarily. Of course there Are some drawbacks, such as unsettied weather or bad roads in the south. The coal shortage in the east and the continu- ance of the rallway congestion in the west affects the movement of coke, bituminous coal and general freight, but taken as a whole the mercantile community contem- plates the approach of the end of the year With complacency and satisfaction. Knowing s it does that most of the lines of trade will show gains over 19k, and, therefore, over any preeeding year, the feeling 18 that the year has been a good one, while the fine wheat crop outlook and the’ volume of orders already booked for next year gives promise of future good conditions. Even the knowledge that some manufacturing _plants are, like domestic umers, short of coal and are contem- plating a rather earlier than usual holiday shut-down, falls to arouse the pessimistic feeling noted earlier in the year, when the tuel shortage wae more talked about. Hides have weakened slightly, but leather 1s advanced 1 cent per pound by the trad- ing producer. Shoe shipments are better this ‘week, but will still fall § per cent be- hind for the season. Seasonable Influences affect the great in- dustries. Building is less active, but the | tone of the lumber market is one of un- | diminished strength. The iron trade pre- | sents surface quietness, but some impor- | tant matters are taking place. The passing of large independent mille into the hand: of ‘the leading interest unquestionably | makes for stabllity in the Gepartments of | wire, tinplates and sheets. Southern iron ore Importers are inclined to do business for 1303 at a reduction from fancy quota- tions. Heavy buying of cars and other rolling stock is indicated for the new year and lfberal orders for plates, wide and Wtruc- tural materials for 1803 delivery are also | noted. Plg iron and steel billets are quiet. | Irregular coke supplies harass furnaces and interfere with operations of the finar cing of the mills. High prices of coke ! and raw materials and higher frelght rates | form a combination fraught with difficulty | to_independent mills. Practically the entire rall output of the country for next year s already sold. Tm- mense quantities of steel will be needed for new car bullding. Hardware buying Is active for this season of the yvear The glass production of the country this year Is heavier than last by fully 10 per cent. The recent advance in pig tin is attributed to speculation. Raw wool is firm. Woolen machinery 1a well emploved, and next year's heavy- weight goods are bought quite liberally. Bome reduction in bleached cottons is re- ported, resulting in a good business. Eastern jewelry manufacturers report a quieting down in business, but this is usual at this period, and a fair trade has been done. Rubber goods and footwear are active, Wheat, including flour, exports for the week ending December 15 aggregate 3, bu., against 3,761,047 last week this week last year and 4,123, Wheat exports since July aggregate 123,- 763,533 bu., against 140,636,213 1 90,131,353 in 1900, Corn_exports aggregate 1 against 130,28 last week, 8,430, and 5,465, in 1800, F exports are 6.68.378 bu. last season and 90,371,974 in 1900 Business faillures In the United States for week ending Thursday, December 18, number 225, as against 236 last week, 269 in | this week last year. Canadlan failures | numbered fourteen, against seventeen last | week and efghteen in this week a year ago. Better Than a ¥la A plece of flannel dampened with Cham- berlain's Pain Balm and bound on the af- fected parts, is better than a plaster for a lame back and for pains in the side or chest. 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The bill, as it will come from the house committee, will embrace within the pro- posed department of commerce the lght- house board, the light board service, n tional bureau of standards, coast and geodetic survey, bureau of immigration, fish commission, bureau of statistics of the Treasury department, bureau pf foreign commerce of the State department, fur, seal and salmon fisheries, bureau of labor and census and three new bureaus, insurance, manufacture and corporations. The province and duty of the proposed bureau of corporations is under the secre- tary of commerce, to gather, compile, pub- lish and supply useful information con- cerning corporations engaged in interstate or foreign commerce. A section added to the senate bill gives the president authority to transfer at any time any statistical or certificate branch of the government to the Department of Commerce. 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