The Irish standard., 1895-04-20
4 BUSH ESS )IJIIOOK
An Improvement Shown 81 Spec
ulative and Other Demands s


New York, April Ia. r G. Dun q
co. IS weekly review Of trade says;
M progress toward better business continues,
but is slow and meets many obstacles. In
speculative aspects and In wholesale demand
for goods, the week shows Improvement
Money markets are undisturbed, and Q little
more active. But among the chief obstacles
Is the anxiety Of operatives to secure
better wages, even while many manufacturing
works are running without profit and others
ct the risk of loss In q number Of establish
ments better wages have been conceded, thus
increasing the purchasing power Of the people.
but strikes have largely overba1anced settle
ments, several OF Importance having thrown
about 1000 workers out Of employment this
week I'll
Retail Trade Improving.
Retail trade has improved on the whole
since March, as the approach OF Easter brings
more business, but distribution to individual
consumers still lags behind purchases Of
tobbers and such demand for products az
springs from buildings and other investments
looking into the future. Crop prospects, will
greatly affect the course of trade for some
months, and the government report has little
influence to discourage. For consumers the
worst feature is the rapid advance in meats.
Exports Especially Good.
'.The last week for exports was especially
good showing an increase OF 10 per cent, but
decrease OF 1925, 581, or IL per cent, against
IN increase Of u per cent. In Imports ct New
York. .s 9. i. * 4
The Failure Record.
Failures for the hrst four days Of April
showed liabilities OF $l.18s,523, of which S445,-
$40 were OF manufacturing, and t742.6S3 OF
trading concerns Failures for the week were
e07 In the United States, against 2l8 last year,
and ~ in Canada against "a last year. -
Bradstreet's View. 0
Bradstreet's SAYS:
1.-THE feature in trade circles LIS found In
the prices movement. more particularly
those for cattle, dressed beef and petroleum.
Drought low prices and hard times within
two years have resulted in shorter supply of
cattle, prospectively so per cent. less than
last year. Live cattle are 81. 60 higher per 100
pounds than last year, and 81 higher than the
lowest point this year. Dressed beef Is ~
cents higher than the average last year, the
highest since 1855 The comparative scarcity
of high grade cattle is emphasized by the fact
that present quotations, when made In prevt-
GUS periods of scarcity. have never failed to
bring a supply when one existed
situation at Many Points.
Central western cities, notably st. Louis
Chicago Cincinnati, Cleveland, Louisville and
Detroit, report improvement IN business and
confidence as to the future. Greatest activity
L. noticed in dry goods, hats, shoes and leaf to-
bacco
Recent rains have produced q cheerful feel
ing in the agricultural region tributary to Kan
sas City, Omaha, Des Moines, Milwaukee. st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth. The conse-
quent improvement is not as great as hoped
because of activity in planting. The move
ment OF farm machinery. dry goods, groceries,
hardware, paints and oils Is most active
among more important southern cities re-
porting &C tual gains in the movement of mer
chandise are Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah and
Galveston, but improvement there is slight.
The outlook is regarded more cheerfully at New
Orleans, where sugar bounty Disbursements are
expected soon, but at Jacksonville and Biz
mingham general trade is quiet, and in some,
lines slow Nashville and Memphis retain Inn
provement previously recorded AT Chatta-.
nooga dry goods and hardware are relatively
most active. 49, ~