St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-14
BRADSTREE1's REVIEW.
State of Trade i throughout the
Country Summed Up.

State of Trade throughout the
Country Summed Up.
New YORK. April 13.-Bradstreets
trade review tomorrow will say:
No special change is noted at Calves
ton, Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga
or Charleston. Business is fair only at
New Orleans, orders received being nu-
merous but small, and transactions in
rice most conspicuous.
Western cities usually reported more
favorable business. but features form
the exception this week. At Chicago the
rush OF spring trade is over, although
orders for dry goods hold out we'll, not
ably for cotton dress goods and light
silks. Trade in shoes and hardware is
decreased. UnfavoIabIe weather has
restricted sales of millinery. dry goods,
clothing, carpets and drugs at ST. Louis,
but manufacturers of shoes report
trade as active as previously. Business
at Kansas City appears quite irregular,
and at Duluth it is diSappoint-
ing, jobberS in some instances re-
fusing to fill orders. But improving
weather at st. Paul is reflected in bet
ter and more frequent orders for dry
goods, clothing, millinery and hard
ware, and manufacturers of implements
and OF twlne are Increasing their forces,
while JobberS generally report collec-
tionS improved. AT Minneapolis greater
activity is reported i'll flour and lumber,
and at Omaha business is on broader
basis than during March, hardware and
lumber being conspicuously more act
i've. AT San francisco JObberS report
fr,,.
better feeling noticeable. Extreme
heat. with north winds, is reported to
have very seriously damaged growing
wheat in Southern California, and i'm
the west San joaquin valley. Prices
OF wheat, iron. steel, cattle. corn and
cotton are all lower. the extreme drop
in wheat being Occasoned largely
by extraordinarily heavy realiz-
ing. based i'll part OH the
government report that the wheat
crop Is less damaged 10y the recent cold
weather than reported. Prices of iron
West and East have been further scaled.
due to cutting of railway rates and
competition between furnaces, although
there are adviceS from Pittsburg of ad-
vances Oh some grades. Oats have
advanced "a cent. pork SO cents, lard n
cent, while sugar and print cloths re
main unchanged. The industrial situa-
tion is more complicated and less
encouraging. There is prospect of
widespread strike of coal miners and
others This month, with probability of
further strikes aud lOck-Outs at larger
cities early in May. There are fiftv-six
strikes now i'll force throughout
the country, involving about 55.OOO
people. Gross railway earnings
of 12l companies during March
show Increases in only twent.
Instances over March, 1898. March
earnings are $337,SS29. 422. nearly 13 per
cent less than last year For three
months earnings are nearly SlO4. 2S0, ,62,5.
falling off of l2.4 per cent from last
year. Bank ciearings show another
smaller total. $3.50. 100, 900 for the week
compared with s94S 100000 last week
and with Sl,215, 0O0UO0 i'll the second
week of April, 1893. Available wheat
stocks i'll the United States and Canada.
at1oat and in Europe, have decreased
less than anticipated, owing to the in.
crease i'll European available stocks
where decrease was expected.
Wheat exports both coasts (tluur in
'eluded) aggregate 1.955.0OO bushels this
week, against 2.71S000 bushels the
week before, 2,94S,000 bushels in the
week last year, 100000 bushels in the
week two years ago, and with 2,45G. 600
bushels III the second week of April.
1891