The age-herald., 1901-04-20
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Large Sales of BeSsemef, PigI at ! Pitsburg Reported
BRADSTREEIS' FULL REVIEW
Finished Iron Products are Com
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New York, April ls.-Bradstreet's

New York April l9.-Bradstreet's to- morrow will say. ,aoe.sae 3shffs . Cold, rainy weather. with its conoorni- ]. tant of bad roads, has been unfavorable to, distributive trade this week A simi-. larly retarding effect upon crop planting
 Is noted at the South where cottonf and
 corn cultivation and germiuation are re-
 ported from one to two weeks late With
 these exceptions, however sthe develop
 merts of the week have been in the main
 favorable. t 4f sD,1sBis hits faets
 The feature of the iron trade aside from
 the continued activity and aggressive strength of priea has been.ih esppsreut
 breaking away of the strike clouds which
 have smenacede that iudustrys Finished
 products are in better. demand than the
 cruder form this week, but apigs iron,
 though quieter, at most markets, has not
 been neglected and there is nog loss of
 strength noted Sales of sBessemer pig at Pittsbnrg have aggregated "a large total,
 some of which Is for July delivery Spe-
 cial activity In bars is noted at Chicago and sales of this and similar material are nearly 200, 900 tons for the, week. One im- plement manufacturer Is reported to have alone taken ,5ooo tons. Nails are active and the weeks business Is figured at fully 100000 tons. Wire rods are yslto is5. .per ton higher at Pittsburg. the, latter price being for prompt delivery. u ,.s sbJ
 Birmingham reports pig Iron less active, though frner. The other metals show little change on the week, although tin is al oh tefo weather reports, heavy rains, high winds and cold are retarding the growth of vegetation. coupled with talk of, and some actual, cartailment in New England and at the South have advanced cotton. but the gain has been small, large re- ceipts acting as a drag on the market. The improved tone of cotton goods has proceeded entirely from the curtailment talked of, because new business at large Eastern centers has been small and the gold trade fin dry goods early this spring at the West is not yet reflected in re- orders at the East 91i*-4 -'ses s'',e h- Wool has been dull but steady Large buyers are Out of the market but smaller manufacturers are buying some. Territory wools are, in chief request,s but. rather more has been done in Australian wool at Boston. Dressed woolens are in fairly good shape. but fall orders for mems wear are unsatisfactory Strikes in silk mills have, dulled' the raw silk market Wheat, including flour shipments for the week, aggregate 5,3O6.21 bushels against 6.4os. .6ol last week, s,ssS, ,451 bushels in the corresponding week of 1900, 2,s32 ,s5s in 1899 and 3.230.16o in 1898. y9A fssAfeaf s'' F. =a From July to date this season wheat
 exports are 161, 533,2 PAS bushels against 1e7.-
 S14, III last season and; ,193, ,265 37S in lS9S- SS. Corn exports for the week aggregate 2.1S6, 40l bushels against z6S2 Ss4 last week, 3, 158s74Oi in this week a year ago s.o91, $40 in 1899 and 3.s6S 4s2 in 1S9S From July I to date this season corn exports are fss, 29s. - 9SS bushels against 166 17l, 3e6s last season and 137 04S, ,73S in 1S9S-99 5,...,..... ,,.,s
 Business failures for the week in the United States number 2i2, as against 225 last week, 16l in this week a year ago, 1s7, in 1899, ,22z in 1898 and 2l6 in 1ss7.n hsg5 Canadian, failures for the week number 2S as against 5 last week, 19 in this week a year ago, 90 in 1899, 1s in 1898 and 22 in, 1897. s9 QiYr < ift ssaSisll s+AefA "a ef@t :