Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-27
THEY ARE GOOD READING, Both of the Commercial Reviews
 for tEWeek. CoNFIOENs. NOW COMING
 E To Her TbS {, Says Dun, Who Is Not
 2 Usually Poetical
THE lNss STRlES ARE AWAKENING FAST,
beams They Are the Best Evidence of Healthfill Warmth-The Status
 of the Great Staples.

New York, April 26.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: Neither the rise In speculative markets nor the steady gain in indus tries has ceased, and it is wholesome that there are fewer signs of hesitation in the produce industries than in specu- lative prices Wages strikes grow more numerous and cause some trouble, and retail demand lags behind wholesale sales and jobbing purchases behind pro- duction in some branches, but through many conflicting reports the fact shines out that the industries are gaining, not with rush and whirl, but more safely. It is less clear that railroads are in- creasing their earnings, or that over production of cotton will be cured by the advance of 1ss cents in price, or that cornering short sellers of wheat will help to market the large surplus. But the re- vival of activity in all directions, if pos sibly excessive in some, helps confidence to take the throne so long held by dis trust.
 Recovery is not often mathematically equitable. When the load of depression is lifted and men find that better things have come to stay, there must be many contradictory changes. Quite a num- Der of works have advanced wages during the week, but strikes to compel an advance, possible for some but not for others, have grown much more nu- merouS. Some shops are closing for want of orders, but larger number are resuming work.
 Prices of shoes and dry goods are rising; wool and woolenS are lower. It would be distinctly unnatural move- ment, inviting only distrust, if it was sympathetic and with equal step in all branches.
 Cotton mills are getting more money for goods, and have quite generally ad- vanced wages. The consumption of northern spinners, at the maximum, would be in eight months 1,350, 900 bales, but they have actually taken 1,950,000' and have profit on 600,0 bales con trolled of over S4000,000 The consump-' tion is large, and the advances seem to be warranted.
 Iron production, stimulated because ore, oil and coke are to be dearer is re- tarder by the shrinking demand for pro- ducts, for on the whole new business is said to be smaller than in February or March. The structural demand for buildings throughout the country was never larger; the frenzy in oil has started large demand for pipe, and sheet slightly advanced. Rails are stagnant though a shade better at Chicago for wire fencing, for nails and wire rods are so dull as to be scarcely quoted, and bar though lifted a shade, meets no increased demand. Bessemer pig is lower, and sales of southern pig in north ern markets have been large at 25 cents advance.
 Money is coming hither from the in- terior, and large demand for commer- cial loans-appear, especially from manu- featuring towns in New England from importers.
 Failures for eighteen days in April -I-- 1sol. aF s11x $2,632,770 were of manufacturing and $3, ,2SS, 722 of trading concerns. The fail- ures for the week have been 230 in th3 United States, against 179 last year, and 37 in Canada, against 26 last year.
 Bradstreet's Summary.
 New York, April 26.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say: The feature of the week is the continued strength of prices of staples after the striking advances of preceding weeks. There is firmer un- dertone in nearly all lines of trade, but at a number of points gains in indus trials are more marked than in the com mercial lines. The furry in petroleum is succeeded by a very dull market.
 Woolen dress goods mills have re- ceived a number of orders for fall deliv- cry, which accounts for the moderate ac- tivity in the market for wool.
 Cotton goods are firm on the advance in cotton and higher wages paid eastern mill operatives. The number of strikes for higher wages increases About 25, 900 people have struck this month, most of them asking for an advance. The num- Der of voluntary advances in wages Is very large. During the past two weeks the wages of 50000 operatives, most of them in the textile lines, have been ad- vanced without strikes As most of those who struck gained their demands, fully 75,000 industrial operatives appear to have had their wages advanced since the beginning of April
 Among the leading southern cities Nashville, Savannah and New Orleans alone announce any improvement in feel ing or demand, nor in those instances is it pronounced.