Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-14
BRADsTREET's REVIEW CT TRADE.
Good Reports from Centers and Fall
Demand Holding Out Well.
NEW YORK Oct l3-Bradstreet's tomor-

NE" 1Ohh, OCt l5-BradStTeet tOm0r-
row will say:
urcs of volume and value tcstifying to
prevailing prosperous conditions. Only good
reports are received from distributive trade
centers, and some markets report fall de-
mand as holding out longer than expected.
Railway earnings, bank clearings' returns
and quotations OF. staple prices are all
encouraging, pointing as they do to a
maximum volume of business for this
period of the year.
Crop returns for October bear out former
impressions of a short yield in most lead
ing agricultural productions. Expectation
of more moderate yields of leading cereals
is not confined to this country The. worlds 5
wheat crop Will admittedly be smaller, and
rye, barley and oats yields not cX-
pected to be so large as year ago The
higher range of prices of all staples and
particularly agricultural products how
ever. will furnish profitable balance to
producers. The advance in the price of
cotton has been. a notable one, and though
some reaction is naturally noted, the eff
feet of the advance upon general southern
trade in this industry is particularly
beneficial, this section alone has ap-
peared to lag somewhat behind the pro-
cesSion of prosperity.
trade, strength is well nigh universal. Ad-
vances have been numerous and a scarcity
main subject of complaint. While a source
of depression to cotton, the Transvaal
situation has proved rather. favorable to
wheat and other cereals, offsetting heavy
increases in visible supplies. The liberality
of foreign demand is perhaps best shown
in the September report of exports of
leading products. Shipments of brcadstuffs
We're as large as those of August, and
there was naturally a heavy demand in
cotton exports. which are double those of
the same month a year ago. Totals of
leading exports show an increase of %
per cent over September year ago. and
over September, 1896, but. a decrease of
S,5 per cent from September, 1897, which
witnessed very heavy shipments of bread
stuffs.
ming full and activity is so widespread
that it is hard to prefer one industry
to another in this respect h. Coal produ,c-
of cars is complained of in this and in
the coke industry, with the strength Of
lake freighs G9nsttu'ng th a.
cite in the west. Iron and steel are ac-
tive as to production, but new business is
'''ne for nearby T delivery Liberal orders are
still reported for the first half of next
year and steel rails are reported tending
Paper is in specially active demand at
present. news varieties owing to low water,
being reported practically out of the mar
tion to the reports of growing prosperity.
and production is decreasing, partly, of
to the Generalization growing out of price
Wool is very firm, though quieter at
| product is selling well on next springs ac-
count. Tobacco is reported very generally
active at nearly all markets west and
| east, Shoe manufacturers are busy and
| leather and hides are sympathetically
strong in price. Lumber is in urgent de-
| mand at many markets I'm spite of the
advanced stage of the season and prices are
! firm.
| Wheat including flour, shipments for the
| week aggregate 5,265634 bushels against
| 5,lS3, ,39S bushels last week, 4,729,995 bushels
! in the corresponding week of 1898, $3.50 72t
| bushels in 1897, 4.156S17 bushels in 1896 and
! 24O9, ,446 bushels in 1895, Since July !, thi,
season, the exports of wheat have aggre
gated 60,965 0i7 bushels, against 5722s, III
bushels last year and 66,920l32 bushels IL
, lS97-9S. Corn exports for the week aggre
| gate 3,S36793 bushels, against 423S,7t
bushels last week, 2,7O6.292 bushels in thi
week a year ago, 2,2247l6 bushels in 1897
| In 6l0 bushels In 1896 and l,6S0,672 bushels
| I'm 1895 Since July l. this season, corr
exports will aggregate 64754,759 bushels
| against AZ, ,366, ,24O bushels during the SAM
period a year ago and 45,Si2SlS bushels II
iS9T-9S.
business failures Ia the United State
| number 1854, as compared with lag las
week. 233 in this week a year ago. 1s6 4
1897, 2T9 in 1896 and $50 in 1895. Busines
failures In the Dominion of Canada numbe
nineteen, as compared with twenty-fou
last week, twenty-five in this week yea
ago. forty-four in 1897 thirty in 1896 an
thirty-seven in 1895.