The Irish standard., 1895-04-06
ERA d. OK.
Commercial Agencies Make Very
Hopeful Reports
Indications Of Improvement Arc Many
and SatIsfaetory Prices ssf Most
ComincdiEi ess show m Advancs
Review 81 the situation ESsS

NEW Z DIRK. March SO. - g. DunA
Co II weekly review Of trade says:
Signs OF improvement are Ill the more
satisfactory because neither accompanied nor
apparently produced by 8 speculative craze
Dealings IA stocks. cotton snd wheat are not
diyerLing all the interest and capital from
productive INDUSTRY and legitimate trade,
though these products are all q shade stronger.
But railroad earnings, bank cleartngs and IN
dustrial Indications are mora encouraging this
week .5.6 M .5 issS. S8s
Begins 1t the bottom. .G
..It ia q remarkable feature that the lifting
this year begins at the bottom. 30 to speak;
raw materials are raised before there IS any.
larger demand for their finished products, 9
tting not often done with success Hides
rose, then leather, and then. shoes; cotton
rose, and afterwards some cotton goods; coke
was advanced and afterwards bessomer pig.
In all these cases it is reasoned that the larger
demand for consumption, though yet wanting,
must come when it is seen that prices are go-
Ing up 55
Wheat, Corn. Etc.
"Guesses about the condition Of wheat have
varied widely this week, and prices not much,
the net advance being ~ cents Corn is q
cent lower, while pork Is rs cents per barrel,
and lard and hogs Is cents per 100 pounds
Favorable Indications.
"A better indication Of general Improvements
is that exchanges through the principal clear
ing houses for the week are 2l.5 per cent
larger than last year, and only ID. 1 per cent.
less than In 1893. which may probably mean
the advent OF decidedly better conditions.
s Little encouraging can be said OF foreign
trade, exports for March being smaller than
last year. while imports for the full month Will
doubtless show some increase. Rates for
money are higher, as usual just before April l,
and the commercial demand is somewhat
larger
The Failure Record.
Several large failures this month have
swelled the aggregate OF liabilities for three
weeks OF March to 81127l ,121, against Sl0O6l.-
99l last year, Of which $641l, 342 were Of man
ufacturing concerns. against S4,4591l8 last
year, and s4se4,870 In trading concerns
against s., 225 ,OS2 last year. The failures this
week have been 234 In the United States,
against 238 last year. and AZ In Canada. against
80 last year. But the recent increase indicates
past rather than recent conditions OF unsound-
ness.
Situation at Various Points.
! Bradstreet's says:
moderate gains in trade are reported from
Louisville, with continued distribution Of
large volumes OF staples from Chicago, St
Louis and Kansas City Duluth reports
last year. At St Paul general trade is
fair; at. Minneapolis it Is unchanged. At
Sioux Falls, S D., business with jobbers
Is smaller than one year ago, but collections
on new business are good. At Cleveland and
Detrit few features are reported and collec-
lions are unsatisfactory Milwaukee reports
trade fair. with tendency to Improvement.
but Des Mo1nes and Omaha say business Is
dull, although some gain is reported in special
lines A moderate, improvement is announced
from Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham. At
lanta aud Augusta At Chattanooga and Sa-
vannah trade is quiet The movement OF dry
goods at New Orleans has felt some increased
demand, but shipping interests continue dis
turbed The season is backward at Galveston,
with trade only fair" .a#