The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-25
Trade Movements-Bradstreers.

Does Not Come, and that Is the Great
Fact of the Situation Statistics Of
Trade Observation-Disclosures
New York, April PAR. C. Dun &
Co.'S Weekly Review Of Trade. which
issues tomorrow. will say:
Business has been favored by season.
able weather. and the distribution Of
yet reducing retail or wholesale stocks
far enough, however. 20 materially i'm
prove the position OF industries. Those
stocks have apparently been large ever
since the fever of buying last fall. and
the actual buying for consumption
smaller than has been generally real
lied. Hence all the great industries are
embarrassed by lack Of adequate de-
mand, and in some cases the accumula-
ton OF goods in anticipation of demand
has gone about as far as it can. Strikes
OF some Importance are threatened in
building and window glass trades, and
the working force is lessened by stop
page Of some factories because orders
are light. Again, prices of commodities
are on the whole lower than ever be-
fore, having declined about per cent
since April l, and II per cent since July.
1880, or October. 1892. The fall in man
ufactured products is a little less than
il was April 1, but in farm products
greater.
Speculation is swayed by triff1ing in
f1uences when markets are very narrow.
The recent advance checked buying OF
wheat for export, and Atlantic exports
for the week were only 1,0S1, 264 bushels.
flour included, against 1,768,s73 last
year. while western receipts were p
Os4,657 bushels, against 1851, 40S last
year. Since July l. Atlantic exports.
including -four. have been only $780, 900
bushels, against 87,500,000 last year to
date, though western receipts have been
about III, 0O0, 900 bushels, against 139.-
100000 bushels TO date last year. With
generally fair prospects as 10 winter
wheat the price has dropped about 2
cents, nearly half the rise based on
gloomy reports early this month. Corn
receipts continue heavy and the price Is
a shade lower. A single enterprising
buyer was able to push the price of cot
ton an eighth, though the progress OF
planting gives promise of large yield,
and the receipts continue as large as in
1898, thought TO be about $4,000 bales.
large for the year thus far.
Cotton goods were bought less freely
last week and the northern mills have
taken scarcely any cotton this month.
The feeling is more hopeful because re-
tail trade is better. The situation in
wooden goods does not improve, though
wooden dress goods are selling fairly,
especially since invoice prices of some
French goods We're advanced, but the
mills for mems wear, hosiery and car
pets are rapidly decreasing production.
Sales of wool included about half a
million pounds Australian and some
domestic for export, but were in all on
ly 1908 100 pounds, and for three weeks
have been 9,527, 200 of which 500, 5000
were domestic, against 17,409,700 last
year, of which 9.292, 800 were domestic.
Leather is weak, with heavy sales,
averaging about 3 per cent lower for
the week, although hides at Chicago are
a shade stronger.
Neither pig iron nor manufactured
products have improved in demand as
yet, though further combinations have
raised prices OF rods and bar iron TO
81 20, while steel bars sell at s1.15 and
nails are 10 be 10 cents after May l. |
Brokers at PittSburg are still selling
steel bilets so cents below the pool price. |
weeks ago, and bessemer pig has de- |
clined there to $13, with greyforge
stronger. Structural angles are shade |
lower, though some good contracts are
expected, and there have been sales of |
IL, 900 tons steel rails and 1000 tons cast |
pipe for Newark. Many consumers Of |
copper are working part time, and lake |
Is offered at 1866 cents. Tin is dull but /
a shade higher at 1873 cents, and lead |
with, large western sales at S3.071a. |
Makers of tin plates have agreed TO |
prices, 1910 being still quoted /
for bessemer coke, full weight.
Failures for the week have been 22S |
in the United States, against $50 last
year. and II in Canada, against 81 last
year.
BRADSTREET REVIEW.
New York. April 24.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: The feeling Is more
hopeful at many trade CenterS owing 10
continued Improvement 70 demand in
retail lines. better weather. generally
favorable crop prospects and the actv-
ty which naturally follows renewed
operations, distribution Of i'm
elements and farm supplies, and at
-endant activity. There are more fav-
orable reports from commercial trav-
.lers and from those representing Pitts
burg. St Louis, Kansas City, Omaha
ind Milwaukee houses. Moderate I'M
)rovement is shown at a few other
western centers. but at most OF the
arger distributing points throughout
he country the movement of meTchan-
Use. on the whole, shows no material
,hange. AT almost all cities mercantile
collections continue slow, remaining
'elatively the most unfRvorable feat
Ire OF business. even where the tend
.ncy in other directions IS toward i'm
Exports Of wheat (fiour included as
vheaD from both coasts Of the United
states this week are the smallest since
he third week in July. 1885, and. with
hat exception, the smallest in any week
Turing the past six years. amounting
o only 1.2S6.Oo0 bushels, compared with
OF 900 bushels last week. 2i3I coo in
he week one year ago, 2.727.000 bushels
wo years ago, and with $50 900 bush
is in the corresponding week OF 1873
There are $40 business failures re-
.orted throughout the United States
his week. compared with "a last week
nd E25 IN the corresponding week Of
asst year.
BANK CLEAHINGS
New York. April 24--The following table