Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-25
BRADsTREET's REVIEW OF TRADE
Values Remain Firm or Manifest
Pronounced Upward Tendency.


NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say:
A striking illustration of the underlying
strength of the general situation is fur
nished this week by the course of prices
Almost without exception values of staples
fest still further pronounced tendency up
ward. This too, has occurred in face of a
rather smaller distribution In the ordinary
trade channels than has been noted in re-
cent weeks. So far as autumn and winter
trade is concerned the complaint of unsea-
sonably mild weather restricting retail dis
tribution Is repeated from many cities, but
rising superior to this and to the unuues-
tionably smaller distribution at first hands
is the accentuated strength of textiles, par
ticuarly cotton goods, which reflect some
added strength of the raw material due to
smaller receipts and better foreign ad-
vices, but in larger measure also por-
tray the influence of active demand com
ing on market exceptionally bare of
stocks.
A further advance in print cloths,
furore this week. has brought the quota
ton for standard grades up to &c, a point
not touched for four years past. Raw
wool is higher on the week at all markets
on active demand shared in by the manu-
factured material, for which a good fall
demand has been experienced and in which
price advances are expected. The Ameri-
can market for wool is still claimed to be
the cheapest in the world. The dulness
in heavy winter goods produced by the
present warm weather, has not as vet
lines
Cereals remain on the whole dull and un-
interesting and price fluctuations are within
an exceptionally narrow range, with quo
tations ruling about what they were one
year ago.
Copper is strong on perceptibly i'm
proved demand, chiefly In electrical lines.
Coffee has advanced, partly on the fear of
Interruption of shipments by quarantine
restrictions and also because of reduced
receipts at Brazilian points, coupled with
stronger European advances.
Iron and steel are seasonably quiet after
a year, of unexampled activity, but the
price changes recorded serve to impart an
appearance rather of irregularity than of
weakness. some makes of Steel particularly
plates and sheets being lower, while Besse-
thorities In the trade consider prospects of
maintenance of present conditions of price
and demand during 1900 as quite favorable.
A feature of the market Is the presence of
what might be termed supporting orders,
which will be forthcoming at small recess
sions Despite prophecies of checked eX-
port trade a large foreign order for rails
Is reported placed this week
Coke production is on an uneXamDled
scale and arrangements for next years
supplies are reported completed, but the
iron ore situation is yet to be settled
though doubling of last seasons early
agreed-on price Is not unlikely.
Notwithstanding a total estimated pro-
duction of is,O0O,000 tons of anthracite coal
this year an increase of IL per cent over
last year demand has been so good that
stocks are at a minimum.
good volume of busines is doing in
hardware, more particularly at western
points and the spring outlook is confidently
considered
The wheat shipments, including -four, for
the week aggregate S,6SS,671 bu.. against
454O,OO7 bu; last week. 5,s2i72 bu, IN the
corresponding week Of 1898; 5,465, 1853 bu. in
1897 3: 3,69S bu. in 1896 and 2,46O,306 bu. in.
1895. Since July /. this season. the exports
OF wheat aggregate IS, 46S5i6 bu.. against
S,l2i. .0S3 bu, last year and 1Ol,iS bu.
In lS97-9S.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
4,l49.523 bu. against 4,603,7lS bu. last week,
1898, SAG bu. in this week a year ago. 1885,
705 bu. In 1897, 2,920, SOP bu In 1896 and 1s20,-
1893 bu. in 1895 Since July /. this season,
corn exports aggregate 92 226,4SS bu.. against
60, S22, 1862 bu. during the same period year
ago and 59,540145 bushels in 1s97-9S.
Business failures In the United States
tend TO increase slightly, as usual at this
period, and number 202 for the week, as
compared with 1888 last week. 1872 in this
week year ago. 2S3 in 1897 296 in 1896 and
2SS in 1895.
Business failures In the Dominion of Can
ada for the week number IS. as compared