The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-07

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say: General trade
shows the most pronounced gains this
week at Chicago, ST. Louis and Gal
weston. The feeling of confidence that
general business is to improve in the
early autumn is marked at these cities.
and purchases of dry goods, clothing.
shoes and other staples have increased
heavily and are followed by a disposi-
ton to move prices up Purchases
were restricted to Kansas City, Omaha
and some other Northwestern points
early In the week, owing to extreme
neat and fears Of damage to the In
dian corn crop, but rains and cooler
weather have stimulated demand
again. On the Pacific coast business
IS brisk, the feature in California be-
ing heavy wheat shipments, at Port
land large exports of lumber, and at
Seattle and Tacoma active demand for
supplies for Alaska and Northwest
territory, and for wheat, fruit and
hops.
the movement of general merchan-
dlSe throughout the country is unuues-
t1onably larger than last year. Cot
ton goods and wooden industries are
better off, and the stagnation in iron
and steel has given way to a grow
ing inquiry and increasing output. But
more significant still is the extraordi-
nary expansion in bank clearings this
week and last month The upward
tendency of prices during the past
three weeks is again feature. wool
being firmer and higher for some va
r1eties. Cotton yarns are stronger also.
and some grades of cottons at the
west SHOES are no higher, but leather
and hldes cost more than a week ago.
as do Notwithstanding the re-
action in September options-flour.
pork, lard, Pacific coast hops, sugar.
soft coal and tea. There is a 25-cent
advance in Bessemer pig iron at Pitts
burg, where makers decline orders for.
future delivery at current quotations
and for iron bars and iron and steel
sheets at western centers. In fact.
|" our prediction in iron and steel has
appeared. Quotations for cotton and
print cloths remain practically I'M
changed, while those for Indian corn
and oats are lower on improved crop
prospects Other products, quotations
for which have declined, are coffee,
petroleum, turpentine and rosin.
Exports of wheat, flour included
from both coasts of the United States
and from Montreal, this week. show a
sharp increase; amounting to 3,3OS. ATT
bushels, compared with 2,343,O00 BUSH
els last week, 2,747,000 bushels in the
week a year ago, 1850, 900 bushels two
years ago, 3,417,000 bushels three years
oSo Gnu e1o couti dSteu with 5,0l8,00O
bushels in the like week Of 1898. Ex-
ports of Indian corn this week amount
to 3,223,8S5 bushels, compared with
1,4S2,000 bushels last week, 1887. 600
bushels in the week a year ago, 1,1OS.-
600 bushels two years ago, 226, 900 bush
els three years ago, and as contrasted
with 1,831,000 bushels in the like week
of 1893
There were PA business failures re-
ported this week cOmpared with 05o
last week, 269 in the week a year ago.
209 in the corresponding week of 1895.
1877 in the like week of 1894, and Ala in
the first week of August, 1893 There
are forty-one failures reported from
the Dominion of Canada this week,
compared with thirty-two last week
and thirty-five in the week year ago.