Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-10
GRADsTREET AND DUN MAKE
ENCOURAGING REPoRTs.
FAILURES ARE BECOMING LESS.
Business is Improving, but Conf
denco is Still Laoking-Thc Iron
Trade Doing Well, with In-
creased orders Bread
Stunts Are Stronger.


By Associated Press.
New York. March -Bradstreets to-
morrow viii say; The comparatively less
favorable report Of the volume of sales
and distribution Of general merchandise
which emphasized last weeks returns,
with some exceptions are practically
unchanged. Bright and warmer weather
has stimulated retail lines at number of
cities. Eastern Shoe manufacturers re-
port a slightly improved demand, aud at
number Of larger distributing centcrs
iobbers In groceries, dry goods, hardware,
hats, shoes aud millinery report n steadily
maintained inquiry. yet, with exceptions,
numerous orders for small amounts for
immediate wants continue to rule.
Favorable trade conditions center at
Chicago and st. Louis, the. former report
ing Tie best weeks sale Of dry goods
for months, bringing The total for the
year into favorable comparison with that
in the Ike portion Of last year, Jobbors
IN hats aud millinery at st. Louis also
report continued improvement, with fa-
yorahle couparison, thus far during the
year. with last year.
Milwaukee, bankers report Increased de-
mands for accommodation. aud other evil
dences 81 Improvement ia trade, while nj
~. PAU spring trade, although moderate,
Is in full awning. kaDAns City and Omn-
Ia make reports which suggest a strong
underlying demand.
Gross earnings Of elghty-thrce railroads
ia February reported to Bradstrpets show
a loss Of f. 9 nvr cent compared with
February, 1903. that being little grcntor
u H 4 .H..H2N
les than IN thHt month The yeara before,
southern and Southwestern railroads pre-
reut heavier prOporionuio LOSSES, the
granger lines doing better than in ,Inb-
nary, While wheat. Indian corn and
upts advanced lie, L. aud Bic, In price
respectively, this week, aud cotton aud
sugar rcmninod UNCHANGED. domestic
ilecccs have again been shaded cutting
Austrian woods ont Of the market. 80 far
as competition MS 10 price Is concerned
Pig aud shaped iron. steel hilletg and
rails, and iron ore have also been
shaded again, IN some Instances milking
new records, and pork has gone of DC,
aud lard Zoe, Chicngo advlCes that loans
OF national banks there have Increased
S2,pOOWO and total deposits S13,OOO0OO
since December.
Bradstrcfs telcgrnphed and cable re-
ports Of available wheat stocks In the
United States md Canada. ailnnt for aud
IN Europe and In Australia show n net
decline for last week IT ATOO,OOO bush
Ella Exports Of wheat Clour nriudedl
both coast United Statos and Canadn,
amount 10 2s51. 600 bnahcls this week.
against 2,072OOO bushels lnat week:
2,Sli,OOO bushels IN tho wecl, year
ngo, mud 3,To4OO0 bushels 10 the week
two years ago. There are tfOOO hnr-
rels OF flour included, shipped from San
FrAuciscO TO Nladiyoatock
There arr emily ~ business failures
reported throughout the country within
the woek against 2I2 last week. 22t in
ihe week year ago, md 25l two years
ago.
Hrndo In merchandise lines at Pitts.
burg u further restricted; collections nre
unsatisfactory and manufacturers Of iron
hieit and glass claim That little or no
prpht results from sales ut present
prices AZ Cincinnati manufactures do
not report nm improvement, although
some iulberA do, A fair trhde Il OK
perlenced IN fcw Inns NJ Cloyennd
although 9 better outlook in manufactur
ing lines " announced at iauisyille. De
iruit and indianapolis. There h moro
inquiry for lumber nt Minneapolis aud
the production Of -four Is increasing. In
grsascd nctylty Is also reported from
Duluth and Portland. Orp. business al
Nashville Is smaller than yehr MO.
Memphis rrports moderate gains IN snlcs
OF plantation supplies, hardware and dry
goods.