The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-03
1nALE lMrA,.l.irnl.
Hx,lstreet's Weekly Review Says Bus
incsS Is Gradually Improving.
Failures Decrease In AL Sec
tions Except New England.
Manufactures Arc Starting Up and Thousands
81 Thereby Gain Employment

New York, April 3.-Bradstreet's says:
The course of general trade shows some
Improvement. Notwithstanding an al
most complete stoppage of business in
the south Mississippi valley by wash
outs. overiows and floods. The condi-
tlpn OF country roadways throughout
central Western states and the North
~Cst is such as to still further delay col
ections and check demand from inte-
Isor merchants. Another drop Is recorded
IN prices of Bessemer pig iron and steel
;dllets. and I'm wheat. flour. coal, coffee
and lard. which Is, in part. Offset by in
dressed activity and higher prices for
wool and for woolens, for corn, oats,
sugar and petroleum. A heavy move
ment of fertilizers is reported In the
south Atlantic states; interest in lumber
and shingles has increased on the North
west Pacific coast, and Galveston is ex-
porting cattle to Europe direct The
most favorable trade reports are from
Northwestern spring wheat states
There were 4042 business failures In the
United StateS during the past quarter
compared with 4512 in the first quarter of
1886. Q falling off of about IL per cent.
The decrease Ia reported from all Sec
tons except New England and the ter
yftories. The larger number of Eastern
state failures are small ones, for total
liabilities OF those failing in the New
England states are about % per cent
smaller during the past quarter than a
year ago. Liabilities Of all individuals.
Riyns and corporations which failed
amount to $62.5l3,0Oo. a falling off Of 16
per cent from the corresponding total
yas4 year.
Special reports from 30 cities with ref
1reDce to revival in activity in indus
tSial lines indicate there are at work at
those centers probably not to exceed
100. 90 In excess OF the number employed
IN November last The increases are
largely among employees OF manufacture
crs of wooIen goods. shoes. clothing. ma
chinery, engines. agricultural imple-
ments. bicycles. carriages. furniture.
iron. steel. glass and ship building. De-
preston still exists among some
branches in the wooden goods industry.
In coal mining and cotton goods manu-
fActures.
vgank ciearings for March at SO cities
throughout the United States show an
iBcrease of Is per cent. compared with
Increase over q corresponding total one
SeaS ago since April. 1895 The March
gain over February this year is II per
~cnt. but the decrease from the January
total Ii CO per cent Compared with
March, 1896. March this year shows a
gain Of more than per cent, and with
March. 1894. IL is nearly 12 per cent. but
compared with March clearings In 1893
Ax.s<. fkn A.
panic. last total shows a falling
OF OF 22 per cert.
The weeks clearings, amounting to
tSo6 200. 900. were 2.3 per cent larger than
the total last week. per cent smaller
than that in the week year ago. 10 per
cent less than in the like period OF 1895.
I per cent less than In 1894, and 13 per
cent less than In the last week OF March,
1898
Exports OF wheat (flour included as
wheaD from both coasts OF the United
states and from ST. John. NJ b.. this
week. amount tn 2.;ei,G45 bushels. com
pared with 1.7is.00o bushels last week.
1.C93.0oo bushels in the week a year aro.
.SS3.000 bushels In the week two veer.,
ago, 2.778.o0o bushels In the like period Of
1894, and as compared with 1885,, 0
bushels in the corresponding week Of
1893. the largest weeks total exports of
wheat and flour since the first week of
February last. Exports of Indian corn
amount to 4.s70.l27 bushels this week.
compared with 5,s62. 900 bushels last
week. 2.1990oo bushels In the week year
aeo, $4,000 bushels two years ago,
f.17+Ooo bushels three years ago. and as
Sontrasted with $4,000 bushels in the
me week of 1898.