Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-05
Figures Of Bradstreet's Showing
What Was Done,
TWELVE OUT OF EVERY THOUSAND
Business Men Failed According to Dun's
Latest Report
A Decrease I'm Liabilities in the
United states, but an Increase In
Cnnadn--A Bad Ending to Bad
housekeeping Bright for 1905.

New York, Jan. 4.--13radstreets' to-
morrow will say; There has been no
material improvement in general trade
wholesalers are sending out or are
about to send out commercial travellers
and in many instances have not fin
ished the years accounts and stock
takings.
A tabWation of Bradstreet's tele-
graphic reports from the more import
ant trade centers does not reveal spe-
clally hopeful views as to an improve
ment in business in the near future.
In many instances trade revival Is de-
pending upon settlement OF the cur
rency question, The most encouraging
expressions of opinions are that mer-
chants are hopeful. Among the more
favorable conditions are reports that
stocks OF goods OF all descriptions in
the hands of jobbers. manufacturers
and retailers west and northwest are
generally smaller than usual at this
season. that the business of the year in
dry goes, hats, shoes, millinery and
groceries has been fairly satisfactory
and the cold weather has stimulated
demand for coal and seasonable ia
brics.
Telegraph communication in the
Northwest, on the Pacific coast, has
been interrupted by storms and the
movement or corn, sugar and rice In
Louisiana is checked along with the
demands.
Less favorable Is the announcement
of the lowest price on record for
iron and steel, and Bessemer pig iron
and steel billets each having declined
10 cents n ton.
The silver lining is found In an ad-
vance of rs cents Il ton in shipping
sales to Northern markets from South
ern ports of pig iron production. Print
cloths are weaker and sell at q shade
under last weeks quotations. Coal.
too. is fractionally lower, as are pork,
raw sugar, Indian corn, live cattle and
hogs. Foreign competition with Amer
lean wooden dress goods for spring
delivery is sharp and domestic fabrics
are rather neglected, although many
mills are busy on orders for mems
wear woolens. Following the list of
decreases in prices are leather, lum-
Der, COAL naval stores, coffee. oats and
cotton, for which quotations have been
maintained. Cheaper grades of shoes
at Eastern factories are higher as are
wheat and lard.
Total bank clearipgs at sixty mine
cities in the United States officially re-
ported to Bradstreets aggregate for
the calendar yea, .995, 100000 sixteen
per cent less than in the panic year
1923. and 60 per cent less than in 1892,
the year of the largest volume of bank
clearings, Clearings for 1894 constitute
the smallest aggregate for nine years.
Total exports OF wheat, flour includ-
ed, both coashs United States (the
telegram ~
yet received amount to 2,6S4,000 BUSH
els gainst l,Sl4,000 bushels a week ago,
3,196.000 bushels in the week a year ago,
zoos, 600 bushels two years ago, o.
42l 900 in 1892 and compared with 2,076,-
900 in 1891. Available wheat United
States and Canada Joanuary l aggre-
gate 127009,O0O bushels, IL 900, 600 more
than one yeas before, 100000 bushels
more than two years ago and 100000
bushels more than three years ago
Wheat afioat for and in Europe on
the first aggregated 5I7i4.0O0 bushels,
n falling Oft of 22,sO0000 bushels from
one year ago, 10,500000 bushels from
two years ago, and 2O,i00 from three
years ago. The most bullish feature of
Bradstreets regular monthly report of
American stocks OF wheat is TO be
found In the net decrease of 6S9,000
bushels in available supplies In the
United States and Canada during De-
cemDer lnSt whereas IN -FOUR preceding
years December available stocks Of
wheat hece and In Canada each reach
ed an average of betweenn four and
five million bushels, Available wheat
in the United States. Canada, Europe
and afloat for Europe january 1 In
creased only $4,000 bushels, in De-
cember, 1898. there was decrease of
10000 bushels, and In the year before
n gain OF 6,55s.O00 bushels. The least
bulllsh feature OF the report is the sup
plementafy report given un amounted
stocks of available Russian wheat at
the interior, These are reported mon
thly from June last when they
amounted TO s,s00,000 bushels. Since
than tba,, have do,,btad' tho fatal Ton,,