The Atlanta constitution., 1896-06-01
BRADsTREET'S REPORT.
Crops Are Good and a Better Feeling
Prevails.

New York. May 29-Bradstreet's tomor-
row will say:
.'The Improvement in the trade situation
is confined to the demand for hides.
leather and shoes. the tendency or prices
of same to advance, and an Improvement
In request for dry goods. hats and shoes
from wholesalers at St. Paul. Kansas CITY,
Omaha and Baltimore.
''The crop outlook in South Carolina and
Kentucky Is brighter because Of rains.
and generally better feeling exists among
sugar producers and handlers in Louisiana
and Texas because of the recent sugar
bounty decision. General business con-
tinues quiet, and at larger financial cen
tcrs less commercial paper is making. even
at lower rates. \ between seasons trade
has begun to assert itself. and from a
number of points mercantile collections are
less satisfactory. in some instances more
difficult In Texas both corn and cotton
crops are retarded for want OF rain. At
St Louis and throughout contiguous ter
ritory, and at smaller business centcrs
along the track Of the recent storm, busi-
ness has been interrupted. The Industrial
situation except as 10 boots and shoes
is unimprovcd. COttOns are dull and low
on oversupply. the price of raw having
no influence. Wool prices continue TO favor
buyers with manufacturers running at re-
duccd capacity Pig iron prices remain
having been made at cut quotations Stocks
arc heavy and production is decreasing.
There is less demand for bilets. and the
outlook IN iron and steel is not for I'M
provement prior to the middle of July
"The total number of business failures
in the United States during the week IS
227, as compared with ZIG last week ana
2JJ i'm the week one year ago
'The price movement is again down
ward, wheat. corn and oats, well as
pork and lard. exhibiting unexpected
shriakages. Coffee. cotton and petroleum.
are likewise lower. and sales OF pig iron
and D-S,ets by middlemen have been made
a shade under nominal figures. Wheat
flour coal and print cloths are practically
unchanged. while refined sugar and tin
plates report advances. Hides and leather
are firm at recent advances and the ten
dency is upward"
r. G. Dun & Co. Quite Gloomy.
L. &. Dunn & Co. viii say tomorrow In
their weekly review OF trade:
Failures for the week have been 2s9
In the United States. against 2l9 last year.
and 20 in Canada, against 81 last year
Continued exports of gold are recognized
as natural results OF the borrowing and
importing early in the year. bat caused
no serious apprehension. Markets for
products are weak. rather than stagnant
The business done is small. but largely
governed by tAe belief in large crops and
insufficient demand. Many cotton mills
have stopped. and many more have re-
duced hours or looms, and Vet the market
for goods is lifeless, a reduction of indigo
blue prints u cent off. the lowest on
record being the chief feature. Wool
sales. exclusive of few speculative trans
actions based ON extreme low prices. are
less than ~ per cent of q weeks fair con-
sumption Boots and shoes shipments
per cent larger this year than the largest
ON record indicate that in some branches
makers are catching up with their orders