The age-herald., 1901-06-29
BRApsTREET's REVIEW.


 New York, June 2S.-Bradstreet's will say tomorrow:
 Trade, crop and industrial developments this week have been largely favorable, temporarily firmer money due to July in terest disbursements preparations and slight financial troubles due to improper business methods not detracting from the generally satisfactory and confident feel ing with which the half year in business closes.
 High temperatures have aided the dis tributfon of seasonable goods at retail and stimulated reorders demands from whole salers, although the volume of business has been limited by small stocks The cotton goods situation has gained rather than lost strength, but the volue of busi- ness has been limited by the fact that sellers are not disposed to commit them selves, largely in view of the unsettled out look for raw material higher prices. There is better tone in woolen goods and this Is reflected in firmer quotations for the finer grades of raw material.
 Boot and shoe shipments are well up to the maximum again, exceeding 100000 cases from Eastern points for the week, while the margin in favor of this years shipments continues to grow. Export de- mand for leather continues good and there is reported an active competition for goatskins, between domestic and for eign buyers.
 Iron and steel show few notable new features. The price of Bessemer pig has of the year and no doubt exists that a heavy business has recently been done. Foundry pig is rather quiet and on the whole Is not selling. The machinists' strike has unquestionably hurt this line of business, but this trouble appears to be subsiding and the settlement of the tin plate scale. an advance being conceded the workmen. leads to the expectation that other branches of trade will reach d like amicable settlement with their em- ployes Advices from British markets are that American steel billets are being of fered at very low prices which, in view of the strength of billets at home, may be taken to indicate that American manu- lecturers are in the export business to stay.
 Reasonable weather has come to the aid' of corn and that great staples has made some progress although still undeniably backward. Winter wheat harvesting has progressed under exceptionally favorable conditions and reports as to quantity and quality confirm earlier sanguine condl- tions. Cotton crop prospects have also improved, particularly in the South At lantic States, but showers in Texas have  out of danger from dry weather For the week prices except for the leading cereals and cotton show little change. Early liquidation, due to continued fla vorable crop reports. gave way to a flrmer feeling in wheat and corn be- cause of renewed advices of widespread crop impairment in Europe, particularly in Russia and France but weakness on lquidation succeeding, lost all of the gain. Corn moved in sympathy with wheat but with net advance on the week. however.
 Wheat including flour shipments for the week, aggregate 4.36417 bushels, against 5,520,861 last week; 3,1S4.1A in the corresponding week of 1900, 3,26S,99S in 1899 and 4,716 401 in 1898.
 Corn exports for the week aggregate 2.455. .46O bushels against 2,455,4H last week; 40Oo564 in this week year ago; 4,4S2, ,l16 in 1899 and 2601, ,560 in 1S9S
 From July l to date. this season, corn exports are 175,537, ,409 bushels, against POP. .769,574 last season and ITO, 7S1 ,26S in 1S98-99.
 Failures for the week in the United States number 196 against 1SS last week, 1S5 in this week a year ago and 1SO in 1S99
 Canadian failures for the week number twenty against twenty-six last week, eighteen in this week year ago and twenty three in 1899.