The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-12
TRADE AND COMMERCE.
Rradstrset,s Commercial Review.

BradSueetS commercial NSN4S"'
NEW YORK, April 6.-Bradstreets
tomorrow will say: Special kilograms
from important distributing centres
report general trade quite irregular,
previous gains having been followed
by shrinkages in many instances.
There is light gain in business at
Pittsburg in staple merchandise, as
well as among manufacturers OF Bes-
semer pig and billets. The delay OF
expected revival of trade at Cincinnati,
! Cleveland, Detroit and Louisville has
had a depressing influence and is aided
by unreasonable weather, but bus
ness is reported fair at Indian points
and Texas is for good spring trade.
Chicago, jobbers in cotton dress IA
brics, 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 oxpecta-
ton is for an Improvement in the de-
mand because country stocks are not
large.
Kansas City reports considerable
activity in general lines, as does Oma--
ha, where improved weather and good
roads have stimulated business. Plant
ing throughout Nebraska is being
pushed, but the crops need rain. AT
both cities last mentioned, live stock
interests have improved. The indus
trial feature of the week is fouad in 81
strikes throughout the country involv-
ing 49, 900 employees, principally among
building trades at New York and Chi
cago, textile industries at Patterson
and New York, coal miners and coke
word5rs in Western Pennsylvania.
Notably large increases in the number
of small strikes weekly have taken the
place of resumption of industrial
establishments.
While the bank clearings for March,
So, 755, ZOO, 900, are 16 per cent larger
than in February, they averaged only
about $13,000,000 daily, contrasted
with $13S,00O, 900 in February, Except
for February last and September and
August of 1898, last months clearings
total is the smallest in any month for
| slA y CCIIn, ~ 10 u pei SC1O ISOD OAiNhA 80
March, 1898, Three months clearings
aggregate $11, 026,0O0, 900, 80 per cent
less than lst year Over seventy
seven cities the totals for March and
for three months are only 500 smaller
cities gains compared with last year.
Bank cearings this week aggregated
about S00,0O0,000, 2S per cent more
than last week, but the total
is 90 per cent less than in
the like week last year. Further
advances in wheat are due to scares
based ON fears of crop damage. The
monthly report of the worlds supplies
of wheat to Bradstreet's indicates the
United States will carry over more
available wheat July l. than on any
like date, except in 1898. On April l
the worlds wheat stocks were smaller
than one year ago, the like of which
has not been reported since February,
1891. Exports of wheat flour includ~
ed), both coasts of the United States,
amount to 2,77S,00O bu this week,
against 100000 bu last week, 1866, 900
bu in the week one year ago, and a
triae less than 100000 bu each cor
responding weeks two and three years
ago. There are 1919 business failures
reported to Bradstreet's this week,
against 246 last week, 1856 in the week
year ago, 1G5 two years ago, and 176
three years ago.