Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-04-12
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Mercantile Agencies Differ as to
the Trade Situation.
Dun q Co. Say They Discern Indications
of Good Tunes - BradstFeet Can
Find Nothing In the situation
TO Boast OF.
puN's REvTEw or rRAnR.

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New York. April 7.-R. G. Dun &
Co. review says:
Improvement in business has continued
since the presidents veto, which has been
sustained =. le boise but the best news Of
the week Is the great decrease in the mum
Der and importance OF the failures
The number was 1900 IN January.
1,ed2 IN February and Los In March The
commercial liabilities were 81 SO, so7 in JaRu-
ary, eli, go, Ale in February and sIA 7So SOS in
March Nearly half the commercial liabilities
were OF Arms failing during the first month;
much more than half OF the trading habit
ties, "a per cent as the full statement shows
~ per cent OF the manufacturing liabilities,
and ~ per cent Of the other commercial
liabilities Moreover nearly two-thiFds Of
the banking liabilities were OF failures in the
first month and over half OF the railBokd
liabilities. Though the number Of COM
meroaal fa4luree, 4,2E IN the United States,
was never eQualcd In any quarter until the
third cf last year the average OF Liabilities Ia
only @4 800, which Is lower than has appeared
in the records OF thirty-eight years az any time
c4osely succeeding any serious reverse The
degree OF commercial soundness and health
thereby indicated gives ground for hope that
the hQuidations consequent upon the disaster
of 1898 have been in large measure accom-.
plished.
Wheat has been lifted about cents by
reports OF serious injury 20 the plant, but the
accounts are more than usually conflicting and
there is much uncertainty about the extent Of
the INJURY Corn has declined W. cents while
pork has risen 30 cents with lard q shade better.
The failures for the last week have been 249 in
the United States, against 1876 last year and'26
In Canada, against IS last year.
Bradstreet Not so Hopeful.
Bradstreets says:
tES,naefal faiapraraC from su,rorfaDt diatribpf.
ing centers report general trade quite irregu-
lar, previous gains having been followed by
shrfnkages IN many instances There is
slight gain In business at Pittsburgh in staple
merchandise, as well as among manufacturers
of bessemer, pig and Bullets
'HThe delay OF expected revival in trade az
Cincinnati, Detroit and Louisville has ha6
depressing influence, and is aided by unseas0n-
able weather but business is reported al
Indianapolis, and the expectation is for q
good spring trade Chicago jobbers in cot
ton dress fabrics, silks, hardware, clothing
and lumber report increased sales, but
at St Louis unfavorable weather has
checked the demand for dry goods and
millinery and kindred lines, although expecta.
ton is for an improvement in the demand BE-
reuses< Asuntry stocks are not large. Kansas
City reports considerable activity IN general
lines, as does Omaha. whore improved weather
and good roads have stimulated business
Planting throughout Nebraska Is being pushed
but the crops need rain At both cities last
mentioned live stock interests have improved.
Many Strikes On
1.-THE industrial feature of the week is found
in thirty-one strikes throughout the country,
involving 5000 employees. principally among
building trades OF New YoFh and Chicago. tex
tile industries o. Peterson and New York, and
coal mines and coke operatives in western
Pennsylvania and farther west Noticeably
large increases in the number of small strikes
weekly have taken the place of resumption Of
industrial establishments