The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-06-07
TRADE REVIEW.
Conditions Are, in the Main, of a Fa.
yorabIe Nature--Drn's Re-
port ON Failure. ..

New York, June 2.-Bradstret is says:
ESTABLISHMENTS of price quota tons to |
meet the changed conditions OF supply and
demand are still the leading features of the
general trade. In volume the business do
ing is of between-seasons character, i'm
provement in some lines being counterbal-
anced byf increased dullness in other
branches. That the basic conditions of the
trade are In the main of a favorable ma
ture, however is proved by the continued |
good railroad earnings returns which come
~ s eesiS ~ he t tran SHpe tae
renorts are relatively most "a o.., sast |
regards corn and oats. IN tiis t.ttatnad |
abeat crop prospects are sun hlai.i i.lt
~ : Nh{o, average In the northwest MIlStle |
bss baen heIped.by late rains, Dut oMllI5 ~
no, IA ta arrival IL is not certain now Ilue.
SsT,oat was obtained thereby. ihe l" ma
| to-mouth domestic demand IoL 20 sr,aII
| staeI continues, but the NUMBER VI ST. 49,
| Iars received is taken to indicate nc NC
onrs,,neEs are practically bare oil stocSs,
| ord any general shutdown LOT d h ~ =
time. such as is proposed nilsh' i'''A
scramble for supplies; .,.,,, ra,,ieyv of
q DUN &. Co, In their weekly review ,eo, % a.,
r. sav. aWhile returns of failures IN
Nav nv branches of business caiil ~
oiyen until next week, 1t can pc stase 70, -
not over six months In more imam S aiH,Ss :
have shown as large detaulteu iia ,Iiira - :
May will show, owing 70 tie .ttnn broker
| tTIn At,aa nVNe
,n Tbe reported liabilities OF TINS o, =.
| - a1ceed those of all firms Ialilhs ~
!. | every month but one last yea, , az q
. eS W., r,onth hut three in 1898. ManuIac
1870, failures in four weeks Oh May We
III, 60 ass 543. and trading failures 49,
Sa1. while failures in brokerage ID, anu S,O 600
co,nnerciap lines amounted 10 Sio,'I ,srIce
aThe rapid progress of events IN Al t ~,
With prospect that the war VIII soon 81 81
"a me gold supply from that region W ~
rssrmed. has naturally anectee ~
ooney and security markets on DON 81 -
~ a. ocean Needs of foreign porlo"N
Stau he much reduced. and hindrahee
n sors,orn Investments here in large ineasu
lr- .anoyed But the demands upon anne i hSs
on machine works and other suppLles o. 60. 4
rv " 10 be materially increased when iS a Ell
~ restoration of industries III 0ou'A-
begins. ,.,,s faafure of d
;+y ,astJc news is the steady progress toma
~ Ior,Sor level of prices for the chleL II
1870 Of Industry. The decline IN
al 49,, continues, gray forge reacnins ~ 1s
the "a p,ttshureh. No. local coke $zz at - ~
- cago- No. / anthracite and Besseinss ~, -
PhiIadeiphia, and Lehigh NO. : a. Az, w
au- only small changes have appea as',ots
al the week in prices or hnlsheu - Srders
.aas | thoss are toward lower hgures. Olo 1 -
~ toots and shoes have been reduceu ~
Inc 49, than shipments, because many w
eld. | ia orders which are not yet eAlla ..
Row ma sbInments in May have oeen siit y,
:, than In any other year since ioS 49, =
heiL svere larger by ia per cent: IN loSo' ~
All ner cent. in 1895. and by 2.1 per cent
n TO year. .,, have been j
urb- Failures Lot ene a,,ainst 1l5 last year,
leas- 2I in Canada, against Ia last Seat