The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-02
Bradstreets Reports Increas-
ed Activity in most of
the Great Staples.
Speculative Markets Lagging Slightly, But Nearly All
Industries Are Pushed to Increasing Work
ing Forces to Keep Pace With the
Demands Upon Them

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-Bradstreet's
tomorrow will say: General trade is
marked by increased activity in wool,
hides, iron and steel and their manu-
factured products, but business in the
quarantine districts remains at a stand
still, and at all except few North
western distribution centers, in spring
wheat states where business is rela-
lively most active, there is a check
to the demand for dry goods, hats and
clothing. Favorable reports come
from a region extending from Knox
vile to ST. Paul and from Omaha to
Milwaukee. The tendency is to in
crease estimates of the wheat crop and
increase the probable yield of cotton.
The price shows a long list of un-
changed quotations this week, includ-
ing various iron and steel staples,
wool, hides, print cloths, lumber, nails,
copper, pork, beef, coffee and sugar.
Increases are confined to a nominal
advance for anthracite coal, 25 cents
for Bessemer pig iron, fractional gains
for leaf tobacco, naval stores, butter,
lard and another advance for Woolen
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 sympa-
thy with wheat, which dropped two
cents on Bradstreet's reported increase
of nearly 100000 bushels in the
worlds visible stocks.
Wheat, flour included as wheat, ex-
ports from both coasts Of the United
States and Montreal this week slightly
exceed those of last week, the total ag-
gregating 5,924,246 bushels, as against
5,SOS,S35 bushels last week, 4,215, ,294
bushels in the week a year ago, 2,613,-
S66 bushels in 1895, 3,243, 100 bushels in
1894, and 3,189,00O bushels in 1893. Corn
exports show a considerable falling
off, the total being 3,10S,601 bushels,
against 4O22,OOO bushels last week,
1856, 900 bushels a year ago, 1888, ,754
bushels in 1895, $4,000 bushels in 1894,
and 642, 900 bushels in 1893.
The total number of business fail
ures in the United States for the past
nine months, reported by BradStreet'S
is 1888, a decrease of 13 per cent from
the corresponding total last year; but
per cent more than in 1894, and IL
per cent fewer than in the correspond
ing period of 1898. This years failing
corporations, firms and individuals re-
port $11S, 900 liabilities, total 80
per cent smaller than one year ago;
about per cent larger than in nine
months of 1895 and of 1894, and GA per
cent less than in the corresponding
period of 1893 The rate of failures, in
proportion to the number in business,
is decreasing. With reference to lia-
bilities the falling off is noticeably
rapid.
Business failures throughout the Do
minion of Canada amount to 1901 for
the past nine months a falling off as
compared with last year of $50, or less
than 10 per cent. Total liabilities are
$1O,653 900 this year, against $12,219,0O0
last year.
BOSTON, Mass, Oct 1.-The Boston
Commercial Bulletin will say tomorrow
of the wool market: This week beats
the highest record on sales on account
of heavy purchasing on the part of
manufacturers, mostly of territory
wool.