The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-07
DUN AND BRADSTREET'S
Favorable Features 10 Commercial Matters
We're Plainly Observable.
STRIKES WERE SATISFACTORILY ADJUSTED
Provisions Are Generally Higher
Than a Ycnr Ago. aud Generally
Prosperous Aspect IL Apparent.

New York, April CIR. G. Dun Co. s
weekly review of trade tomorrow will say:
| Only twice In twenty Ave years would such
failures as those Of the irst quarter OF 1900
have seemed large. They are large COM
pared with last year and 1898. and would
have looked larger in 1855, The amount OF
liabilities, s56.d7T,o55 includes SCI ,i6l, 900
United States FIGURING Mill company and
81 24s, 4s2 for sixteen banks and other fnan-
cial corporations. leaving 1884 commercial
failures with s3s.o22.572 liabilities Actual
defaults in manufacturing are smaller than
In the first quarter OF any other year except
1899 since CLASSIFIED failures began, as are
trading liabilities. and while Massachusetts,
and New England failures have been larger
than in the first quarter OF any other year
since 1894. reports from other States are
mainly smaller than in other years. OK.
cepting the last. In the Southern and Pa
clfc States. the failures were smaller than
in the same quarter of any other year. il
Is to exceptional ana not 10 general cond.-
tons that any increase Ia due.
Quarterly reviews today show that outside
tho immediate effects of stock speculation and
industrial connections the volume OF busi-
ness has been larger this year than a year
ago. At that time the extensive rise IN
wages which followed combinations IN many
cases had not yet taken place and purchas-
ing power of money was smaller than II Is
now Very many of the usual spinning de-
mands for higher wages have been granted
or in part granted by compromise so that
no more than the usual hindrance from that
source now seems probable. But some OF
the disputes threaten to last for some months
little increase In foreign exports Of
wheat from Atlantic ports. 2,26S,622 bushels,
sganst 2,074769 last year. served as occa-
sion for little rise, but the gain was lost
later and the week closes unchanged Pacific
exports were 1,O25,l25, against S92SI6 last
year.
Corn exports 36s5,ei5 bushels. against
s.4l2,4S0 bushels last year, for the week
showed not much greater gain, while re-
celpts were over 1000 600 bushels larger than
last year, but the price rose ~. While sup
plies remaining are comparatively small.
slight changes in movement affect prices
much. This fact rather than any change in
fall of cotton to 9.56 cent and later rise to
s,75. which was due to change in options.
No change has come to cotton goods this
week, the dealings for the future are h-n-
what unsatisfactory with cancellations COM
paratively numerous, and small orders are
expected The sinking of prices of wool con-
tlnues from iac to 1c
The steel sheet combination, with Pres-
dent McMurtey OF the Apollo works at the
head, promises great Importance II this,
the tin plate, hoop and National steel works
make alliance with the Carnegie company,
as is reported, the whole industry will soon
er or later be affected For the present no
change appears in prices of pig and only
slightly more yielding in plates and bars TO
secure more business. But many new con-
tracts reported, including one purchase
of rails for export, and the situation IS gen.
orally more hopeful Changes in minor
metals are not important. The output Of
coke continues much the largest ever known.
Failures for the week are 1853 In the United
States. against 141 last year and 20 in Can |
y.