Kansas City daily journal., 1896-04-25
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WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE,
FEELING ~ MORE HOPEFUL AT
MANY TRADE CgNTEus.
Most Favorable REPORTS Come From
Kansas city. -. Louis. Omaha, .
Milwaukee aud Pittsburg-
Exports and Failures.

New York. April 2i-Bra lstrcet's to-mor-
row VIII say: The feeling Is more hnpeftii
at many trade ccuters. owing to continued
Improvement Of demand In retail lines
better weather generally favorable crop
prospects. and the activity which naturally
follows renewed building operations, dis
uibuticn OF implements and farm supplies
anu attendant activity. More favorable
reports come from commercial travellers and
especially from those representing Pitts
burg. St Louis Kansas city. omaha and
Milwaukee houses. Moderate Improvement
Il shown at few other Western centets,
but at most OF the larger distributing
points throughout the country the move.
ment Of merchandise, on the whole. shows
no material change. At almost ali cities,
mercantile collections continue slow, re-
naming relatively tho most unfavorable
feature Of business. even where the ten
dency In other directions is toward inn
provemont.
Exports Of wheat Cnour included as
wheau from both coasts OF the United
states this week are the smallest since the
third week IN July, 1895. and. with that excep-
tion. the smallest In any week during the
pas{ SlN years amounting 70 only L2N6eo
bushels, compared with 2.o7.rD bushels
last week; 2t@lc,p in the week one year
ago, ..GLNp bushels two years ago. and
with 2.N7"1 bushels in the corresponding
There are 2io business failures reported
throughout the United states this week,
compared with ga last week - In the cor
responding week one year ago. 2ui two
years ago. and as cOntrastel with Isl in the
Ike week Of lSP3
New York. April si-R. @. Dun e co.'s
Weekly Review Of Trade. which issues
tomorrow, viii say: business has been
favored by seasOuahle weather and the
distribution Of products has made fair
progress, not Yet reducing retail or whole
sale stocks far enough. however, 20 ma
Those stocks have apparently been large
ever since tho fever Of buying last fall.
and the actual buying for consumption
smaller than has been generally realiZed.
Hence all the great Industries are en-
harrass"i by lack OF adequate demand, and
M some cases the accumulation OF goods in
anticipation OF demand has gone about as
far as II can. Strikes ~ some Importance
ara threatened iu building ana window
glass trades, AMI the working force T.
lrsstrcI 10y stoppagc Of some factories
because orders are lght Again, prices
y commodities are. on the whole. lower
than ever before. having declined about
: per cent since April T. and IL per cent
since July. lsHu or October. ls12 The
taU In manufactured products H. a little
Lee thau II was April ], but IN farm prod
ucts greater.
Speculation Is swavoi by trlan- in
nu' noes when markets are very narrow
wheat. Tho price has dr6pp.l about . cents,
nearly half the rise based ON gloomy rr-
ports early this month. corn rgCafpts
continue heavy and the price is "a shade
lower. \ single 'nterrrSins buyer wa
able TO push uP the price Of cotton an
glN'- ~ Jmlso OF large yield, and the re-
ceipts continue as large as iu 1893. thought
20 D. about 5'o,WJ bales larger for the
year thus far,