The Washington weekly post., 1900-01-02
BRADsTREET,S REVIEW.

New YORK. Dec 2s-Brsdstreers tomorrow will
say:
Holiday quiet AMI stoek-taking iinpart an ap'
peaFaLee OF dullness TO general aistribuuye trade
broken however by fair activity in recorder business
to ell I'D stocks depleted by the heaviest holiday
trade that has ever been experienced. Anticipation
Of spring trade wants has sl,en more than ordi-
nariy active appearance TO business in DRY goods az
New York while Ia Industrial lines the enOrIs o.
manufacturers to keep up with filled order books Is
resulting in unusually active operations. Following
the furry in money. stocks and N some lines oi
speculative commodities noted last week has come.
as was expected, more cheerful tone and hrmins
up OF quotations is noticed In such staples as cot
ton. which was affected by last weeks money de-
veopments and also in heg products. coffee, copper,
tin, and lead.
The failure OF cotton receipts TO increase has been
source Of strength In that market. more especially
the break recently Is updertoo4 10 have afforded
opportunity to heavy short covering BY Foreigners
Aside from these features prices have displayed sX-
ceptional hcmness cereaII holding up especially
we'll.
The strength Of textiles is still feature which
hnds justification In current satisfies OF large sea
son receipts and sales OF SCOl and IN reports %
enlarged old and heavily Increased rev capacity In
manufacturing lines. Another example OF this Is
found in the fact that although wool receipts az
Boston for the year aggregate nearly double those Os
ago the stock held the close OF the year Is
actually smaller than u the end q 1855. One
OF the last 0f the manufactured te1tes u feel ths
Impetus or expanding demapd. cotton thread. has
this week been advanced. Loot aad shoe ststistics
p9iEt 10 an increase OF shipments from Boston Of
400 600 the preceding year. and although
recent mild weather has duIe1 demand. the 0utlgOt
in this trade and In hides and leather is one Jf
considerable strength.
In iron and steel seasonable quiet as regards new
business is observable but undated activity on
earlier booked orders is reported.
In cases shutdown was made for ths
holidays BY mills and furnaces. production little
below 12 100 900 of pig iron Is anticipated with
all other branches o. the same trades representing
similarly heavy increased outputs. and prices. de-
spite the great advance 0f the year. and dOubtlsss
rejecting the large orders ahead, eXceptiORa iy
strong gain N other metals is feature Or
note this week. Hardware is se8sOHably quiet. but
that trade reviews the old with satisfaction aud faces
the with confidence.
Wheat including -four. shipments for the week
aggregate 361e 557 bushels against 2sI3I IA bushels
last week, 6, 992 COS bushels ia the corresponding
week OF 1s9S 54s5 0sl bJshels in 1891. 2707 .7g3
bushels in 1886 and 3i42.55s bushels Ia 1895. Since
July I this season the exports OF wheat aggregate
103 Ss4 l97 bushels against lZ 5.S70s bushels last
year and l29 0el. SIS bushels IN 1887 -.
Corn exports for the week aggregate 2sG Z59
bushels agains; 3,slOo0 bushels last week. 565s-
7i5 bushels In this week year ago, 4.0s5 $50 busn-
els in 1897. 2742,ssi bushels IN 1896, and s72 lH
bushels In 1895. Siuce July this season corn eY-
ports aggregate III $50 145 bushels against 50 $50 SO
bushels during the same period year ago and 80
3.7. go bushels in 1S97-sS
Business failures for the week number 22J Gs
compared with 2il last week. 2ls In this week a
year ago 2g7 in 1871 329 In 1856 and 3ls IN 1895.
For the year failures the smallest In number Tor
seventeen years past and we're Il not Tor a few
heavy financial suspensions in December liabilities.
which will exceed those Of 1892 slightly, would have
been the smallest for twelve years past.
Business failures for the week in Canada num-
her z2, a. eomPassd with p last week IS In this
week year ago, % In 1897, q in 1885, and 30 in
1895.
..c,r,Ai,- ba,ly ct.arirg % aggres,te 500 o. aaa
decrease OF Is per cent from last week. but gain
ns u nar rent nrer this n aek q icar agn