The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-19
TRADE IS RATHER Dull
NESS CONDITIONS FOR THE
CURRENT WEEK
LOWER QUOTATIONS. ARE NOTED
Doubtful Whether Dry weather Has
Yet Affected Spring Wheat
Iron and Steel Situation
No Stronger.
NEW YORK. May Is.-Bradstreet.s to-

NEW YORK. May 1S.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Continued dullness in many branches
and a further shading in several staple
lines constitute the leading features in
the business situation this week The
weakness of prices Is displayed IN lower
quotations for corn, pork, butter, cheese,
wool and cotton among the great agrl-
cultural products, and petroleum and lead
among mineral productions. Wheat is
slightly higher, partly owing to less IA
VOrable crop reports here and abroad.
Continued dryness in the Northwest has
given the spring wheat situation a less
satisfactory appearance, and there is
little Improvement noted in the winter
wheat sections of the central West.
1T is doubtful whether the dry wealth
er has as yet really affected spring
wheat, chief complaint coming from the
numbering interest which reports lower
streams interfering with the forwarding
of supplies Quite a sharp speculative
break in the old crop months occurred
as the result of less satisfactory foreign
advices, some liquidation and rather bet
ter crop reports, particularly from the
eastern half of the cotton belt. The new
crop months have been fairly well held
however.
Wool has been shaded again. notwith-
standing the fact that rather more
strength is noted in London sale prices.
reported not excessive.
The distribution of dry goods has been
within narrow limits. and wholesale and
recorder business is reported particularly
slack. On the other hand. retail business
in summer goods has been helped by the
sudden squirt of hot weather.
'Jobbirg demand for boots and shoes
is quiet, but manufacturers are firm in
their demand. Tea is dull. and some
shading in hides is reported at the East
The iron and steel situation is no
stronger, and shaded prices fail to de-
velop much new business
The industrial situation Is, on the
whole, rather better than for some time
past, in that new disturbances are fewer
and some old ones have been settled up,
but the practical tie up at Chicago is
still unbroken. At St. Louis all kinds Of
business have been hurt by the strike
of street railway employees and uncer-
tainty at other cities, particularly in the
building trades, had an unsettling effect
upon lumber. Anthracite coal production
is being restricted to seasOnable require
ments, while the settlement of bitumin-
Gus trade labor matters IS regarded as
faVoring continued good trade.
Wheat including -four. shipments for
the week aggregate 5,178, 40 bushels.
against 3,4S0574 bushels last week. 2.212.-
$50 bushels in the corresponding week Of
1899, 4,C6iS32 bushels in 1898, 2.655,S 62 BUSH
els in 1881, and 1906 COS bushels in 1896
S nee July 1 this season the exports Of
wheat aggregate 1864 42S bushels. a gainst
205,210990 bushels last year and 206. 5S7 1913
bushels in 1897-1S98. Corn exports for the
week aggregate 3.437, 99l bushels against
4G3S.140 bushels last week. 2.755414 bush
els in this week a year ago. $3.50 $40 bush
els in 1885. 3.19O.O43 bushels in 1897, and
,4l9 bushels in 1896. Since July this
season corn exports aggregate 1Sl 189. 30
bushels. against Jas, 032. 221 bushels during
the same period year ago ard 16S, $50. 14I
bushels in 1878. Business failures in
the United States for the week number
155. as compared with Ia last week. 1853
in this week a year ago. 2l1 in 1893. PAS in
1897 and PIG in 1896
Failures in the Dominion Of Canada
are slightly more numerous. numbering
81 for the week. against 10 last week. 18
in this week year ago, sc in 1898, q In
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