The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-14
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BIG NlHE:.A'l'l CROP ]!
Prices Of Cereals for the Week Have.
Been Slightly Lower.
STEEL PRODUCT WEAKEN We E
Fig Iron, However, is No Lower and
the Other aIcta,s Show No Change
liz Price-Coiton Moves Upward
aud NliiissAtlvance Prices.
Ew yoRY April 1s.-Bradstreet's

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NEW YORK, April -Bradstreetis
tomorrow Will say:
Backward spring weather condiuohs
have figured considerably in distributiVe
trade reports this week, and, In con nec-
ton with some weakness in prices OIL
leading staples, have impaired an APP
pearance of irreEularitys TO the genera genera
situation. Another one of those down
ward swings in the prices of agricultural al
staples is exhibited this week in siish ~.
lowered prices for the cereals, pa .i5 ~ a.
cause of the bearish position OF, ln IN
diate supplies, and parity because U -
better than expected Government eiup
report, which is taken to 1ndicaie q po I'll
siblc winter wheat yieid IN Excess ,,,toIni
records. The crop outlook, as Wn ia,1s
favors the exp ectation OF large sieius
of wheat. corn and cotton. Corn aiiu
oats have sympathized with the reas.' .'i
in pork products. winch Ieaet .l' ,,np,r
ever, has not been universal. as snSw It
by the fact that lard is at the hieiesl
point reached on the present boom.
Cotton exports in March We're three
times those Of year aso.an, $3.50 .-ea1nr
in value, while % per cent sInaiicf ~
quantity.
Steel. PRODUCTS WEAKER.
Evidences accumulate that active MS
sionary work in favor OF lower iiice 80, az
iron and steel is at last bearing II u :
Pig iron Is no lower, and stocks, as q
whole. are claimed to be no larger tha1l
a month ago, but steel DroductS nays
weakened noticeabiy during the "e ....,,
billets noting the 4shsrpest decline WIN
corresponding decrease in some o, PLY
products. The other metals show httle
change on the week, copper being IN cor
tinued good demand and firm. Whl I. VII
IS speculativeiy weaker and lead IS >s.Ioi,s
at previous prices me nara"'i :, ,,t,a,n
relatively best adVices 4conllhS iio'n
western distributive centres. ).
A slight upward swing in cotton IS 70
be not ed this week. and southern miiis
have CRITICALLY advanced prices On the
other hand, while the mills are acliSs on t
old orders, new business Is reported OF
smaller volume. Some more INQUIRY -
noted in raw wool, without, 5hoWeEei, 81 d
fecting values appTeclahi!-
The strength of raw sugar IS felEG-
ton chie,.s Of the fact that considcrapiee
shortage is looked for in the supoles %, %
cane sugar. not only in Cuba, but IN the
far Fast The margin between raw ana
refined allows of no profit at preseht
quotations. .,a
Anthracite coal is rather weak at the
decline. shown from the winter Us, pri a,.,
but bitTnlinous is strong ana actiNe' pa
1icularlyz on foreign account
~ WHEAT SHIPMENTS
Wheat. including flour. shipments LOT
the week aggregated .s9S,osS pnsn t,sa !,
o. r
Gla bushels in the corresponding week o. .,
1859, 4.425,30c bushels IN ISIS, T.,
bushels In 1897. and 2.011,519t bushels IN
4-.'6. ..,or.s
M wheat aggregated 1,3.30G,"9S bushels;
against 100 800 100 bushels last year anu
1Ss. 81 $50 bushels in 1S,i-!,s:
Corn exports for the week aEeresa LEU
a,s99,443 bushels, against i..5l ..'n busne aI,
last week, o6G6, 1o3 bushels in this Week week
a wear ago. 4,Gts1 1a4 bushels in is' ;,
o.32S. 4SJ bushels in 1897, and l,u'7,o4-
bushels in 1896.
Since July list this season sea. ~ corn e eN
against l::3.955, So4 bushels during the t,.,
same period a year ago and 143,'o''s4"
business failures for the week num-
hered l5o in the United States. as com
nared with 49, last week, DAB in TINS
we year ago. and 30 in~1s9s, la' an
Failures in the Dominion of Canada
for the week number b. as compared
with 30 last week and in this week a
year ago. - in 1898. SO in 1887. ana % IN
1896.