The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-16
BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
An Illustration OF the Need Of Bet
ter Roads.
WEATHER, STRIKES AND RIOT
HAVE AFFECTED TRADE.

Bank CIearings this Week Show an In
crease of 10 per cent. Over Last Week
The Dry Goods Trade Depressed-Ad-
vances Recorded in the Prices of Wheat,
Cotton Pork, etc.
New York, March 15.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: There are fewer new
and favorable trade features this week
than unfavorable ones. In most in
stances they outweigh the latter. which
points to con tinuance of the small vol
,ume of business and quiet demand.
Unfavorable weather, which seemed to
check the demand for so many weeks
continues to make itself felt in the south,
and in many parts of the west and the
coal miners strike and labor difficulties
at New Orleans, served to cut into busi-
ness at points dependent upon those
centres of disturbance.
Not the least unfavorable influence in
staple lines has been the bad roads, the
effec of which Is plain from Nova Sco-
tia to Texas. In addition to increased
competition here by Australian wool.
the demand for the raw staple has fallen
off. Word is received that American
dress goods manufacturers are using
considerable Australian mixed with
American staple.
The dry goods trade continues de-
pressed, the production being in excess
of the demand.
Cotton goods are being moved general
ly only at concessions.
BANK CLEARINGS.
The bank olearings throughout the
United Ststes were s99. .o67, 900 for this
week, decreaas of 10 per cent from the
week before, and per cent as contrasued
with the second week of March in 1894.
Compared with the corresponding week
of 1873, the falling off is "a per cent.
Prices present the longest list of in
creas es within a week for many months.
Prominent are advances in pig iroIT0f
10al6c.; 3-16c. on cotton, wheat 2 5-6c,
oats 1856; pork, S1.25 per barrel; lard,
SOC. sugar., Lice; Higher quotati0ns
are reported for leather and hides, afia
the demand is more active. Tie falling
off in stocks of petroleum is made the
basis for higher prices for that staple.sR
Advices from those important distEib-
utluk CcutTcS, OuI'jokO eauo 0Os A@OulSs uiC
conspicuous exceptions this week i'll that
they announce continuance of risiills
volume of demand in staple lines, aiid
steadiness in their growth, not anticipsst-
cd. The larger distri butors of staples
at the former reported place, report ejiA
creased demands.
In the Northwestern States mercantile
collections remain slow, and the weather
continues to be damper to trade. s
Portland, Oregon advIces are that the
wool clip prospects in eastern Oregon are
good, owing to the favorable weatheM
In Portland the building prospects are
encouraging at Seattle, Washington,
stormy weather checks the distributi6h
of groceries, but trade in other lines is faif
Considerable interest follows the placing
of a contract to fill in the harbor fats at
that city. No changes in the exports Of
other lines is reported at San Francisco.S
The exports of wheat, (fiour included
as wheat) from both coasts this week
| are 2, ,791, 900 bushels as compared with
| 8, 25S, 600 in the week year ago.
| The failures in the United States this
| week are 262, against 231 in the CORES
| p onding week year ago. 3