The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-30
DIIN1S REVIEW

NEW YORK, April Or. e. Dun & Co. g
Weekly Review of Trade says:
More favorable weather in many parts
of the country during the past week
brought better reports of business. In
doubtedly distribution has been much re-
garded by the backward season and the
condition of country roads, and in some
quarters collections have been slow on
that account. This week the improve
ment in such quarters has been general.
In the mean while the volume of business
continues to surpasss previous records,
gaining but little, yet gaining at least
over last year, and falling behind only
about per cent at the south in the aggre-
gate notwithstanding the great depression
in cotton. The volume of trade has been
over 10 per cent. greater than in any other
year at the west, though on the Pacific
slope some decrease appears. That collec-
tions are, on the whole, satisfactory, the
conditions of the money markets and re-
ports from other cities clearly show. In
all parts of the country the supply of
money is abundant, but the demand is not
specially active.
"a striking feature of the past week has
been an immense and unprecedented trade
in dress goods. Flannels have been active,
the demand being earlier than usual, but
agents still lack their usual orders for
mems woolens. The sales of wool at Bos-
ton Philadelphia and New York this year
show a gain of per cent, compared with
last year Orders for boots and shoes are
many and pressing, and shipments gain
rapidly on last years, being for the year
thus far only Ii per cent. behind. A bet
Ter feeling is seen in iron. The western
demand for structural iron, barbed wire
and pipe is very heavy, and large struct-
uraI orders are expected here. For the
first time in the history of the country the
exports of iron products have exceeded The
imports in value-ior the eight months OF
the current fiscal year.
Speculation in breadstuffS has ad-
vauced wheat / cent, western receipts
in four davs having been ,541 900 bushels,
but Atlantic exports l. ,329, QUO. Corn is IA
cents higher. receipts and exports being
large but oats are ] cent lower. Pork
products are lower. Both receipts and eX-
ports of cotton fall behind last years and
sales of 928,000 bales here nave re-
suited in no change in price for spot. Oil
is cents lower, but coffee Is unchanged.
Seeding at the west has progressed
rapidly, ard within short time the new
crop pros poets will control the situation.
Merchandise exports for April show
gain of per cent. over last years at New
York, while in imports there was some de-
crease.
The business failures for the past week
number 21l, compared with POI for the
previous week. For the corresponding
week of last year the figures were 255. "
New YORK, April 29-The clearings for
the past week of the principal cities of the
United States. rs reported to Bradstreet's,
were s, ,OSS, ,0l9. .716, a decrease OF 13 per
cent. compared with the corresponding
week of last year. The clearings at Kan
sas City were S, PSI, ,49S. an increase of SO
per cent; at ST. Joseph, 81, ,4O6. 779, an in
crease of 6.6 per cent; at Wichita, S545,-
566, an increase of 81 per cent; and at
Topeka, s377 ,OO3, an increase of A per
cent