The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-02

advanced by the association to slo5e
and southern No. no longer offered be-
low $500 al Birmingham. The average
advance in all iron and steel prices. se.s
per cen: from the lowest. is still restrict
ed by addition OF many furnaces and
other works OF those IN operation.
Failures for the week have been le in
the United States. against 2S9 last year,
and "a in Canada agains, 46 last year
BRADSTREETS REVIEW.
New York, Oct. 1.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow viii say:
General trade IS marked BY increased
activity in wool. hides, iron and steel
and their manufactured products. bu;
business in The quaran;Ined districts re-
mains at a stanistiu. and al all except
i few northwestern distributing cente-s.
in spring wheat states. where business
Is relatively mos; active. there Ia
check 20 the demand for dry goods. hats
snd clothing. Favorable reports come
from q region extending from Knoxville
10 St. Paul and from Omaha 10 Milwau-
kee The tendency Is 10 increase estl-
mates OF the wheat crops and increase
the probable yield OF cotton.
The prices movement shows long list
OF unchanged quotations this week. In
GLIDING various iron and steel staples.
wool. hides. print cloths. lumber. nails.
copper, pork. beef, coffee and sugar. In
creases are cinfne1 20 a nominal adj
vance for anthracite coal. % cents for
Bessemer pig iron. fractional gains for
leaf tobacco. naval stores. butter an!
lard and another advance for wooden
goods. Potatoes have reacted from the
extremely high prices at the west and
cotton is off further. Lead is lower. as
are corn, oats and flour. In sympathy
with wheat, which dropped cents on
Rradstreet's reported increase OF nearly
IL. 900. 900 bushels in the worlds visible
stocks.
Wheat (hour Included a. wheaD ex-
ports from both coasts OF the United
States and Montreal this week slightly
exceed thoSe OF last week. the total as-
gregating 1924. 246 bushels. against o.
sos. s25 bushels last week, 4.5l5. 294 bes~l-
els in the week a year ago. 2.sl3.se6
bushels in 1895. S.243.1oo bushels in 1894
AMI 3,1S9. 90 bushels in 1893.
Corn exports showed a considerable
falling of. the total being 3.10S,s0l bush
els. against 4.O22. 900 bushels last week
31C5. 90 bushels year ago, 1883. 754
bushels in 1893, % 900 bushels in 1885,
and e42. 900 bushels Ia 1893.
The total number OF business failures
in the United States for the nine months
reported BY Brads:reet's Is 9.s3s. de-
crease OF i3 per cent from correspond
ing total last year, Just per cent more
inan in 1894. and II per cent fewe tnan
in the corresponding period in 1893
This years falling corporations. firms
and individuals. report sis <s4 90 la
bnltIes. a total OF 30 per cent smaller
than one year ago. about s per cent
larger than In nine months % 1895. and
of 1894. and 81 per cent less than IN the
corresponding period q 1872.
The rate II failure in proportion 70
number in business isdecressing. With
reference 10 Liabilities me falling OF y
a1tlcesb.y rsdpit.
Business failures throughout ne Do
minlon % Canada amount - 1901 f3r the
past nine months. a failing OF IS com
pared with last year q 10. or less t5sn
10 per cent; T0tsl liabilities are 3lo.s53,-
900 mis- year. agains; ,l2Zis 90 lsst year.