The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-19
BRADsTREET's REVIEW.
Outlook for Spring Business Gen
orally Reported Favorable.

orally Reported Favorable.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1S-Rradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Speculation has Jagged, but trade on
spring account has on the whole i'm
proved this week. Southern and South
western trade is opening up satisfactory
ly, and there are better reports received
even from the NorthWes: as to he out.
look for spring business. AS to retail
distribution, conditions are hardly so fa-
VOrable. The third week of January
ends with weather conditions urfaNora-
BILE to retail demand for woolens, lub-
bers and footwear, and the demand for
household sizes of coal has quoted
smewhat. On the other hand, the open
season has helped the distribution of
hardware, paints and glass, and adj
vance of nearly one-third is reported In
window glass. Lumber appears to have
been active in the West, and wholesalers
have done more at the East, but the ex-
port trade lags in this lile as in others.
The textile situation is not altogether
clear. Cotton has weakened on increased
stock at the South and reports that
Southern yarn and Fall River print cloth
manufacturers are cousidcriny shut
downs, and in spite of reiterations of low
crop estimates, which the present move
ments certainly don't confirm. Wool is
in slack demand, and manufacturers buy
only to cover orders. Orders for over
coatlngs haveei been of fair volume.
but cloak manufaetura u.s. however, have
bought relatively better. The shoe trade
is In good shape SO far as spring orders
are concerned.e and leather is firm, with
stocks of the same and of higher down
TO small proportions. Southern trade
continues as a. whole fair to good, ard
the outlook is regarded as cheerful one
Another REIMBURSEMENT" of refined sugar
rates has occurred with the result OF a
decrease 10
price of granulated.
1t mas been a week of ebbing strength
in cereals. Argentine reports display an
India rubber constituency, and this week
mas been devoted ito stretching estimates
OF the export surplus from that country
Northwest wheatLreceipts have also been
heavy, and the so-called Wall street has
been reported to have been l:ouidating
Corn receipts . are also heavier and
prices are lower partly also in sym-
pathy with the decline in wheat which
is now i cents off from the top of the
January rise Flour is dull, but the de-
cline of 10 to 20 cents per barrel has
tended to help export business.
wheat, including flour shipments for
the week, 1885, 54 bushels, against 5.961.-
V9o last week; 1861, 900 in the correspond
ing week of 1900; 1885, in 1899, and 372s,-
Vo4 IN 1858. From July to date this sea
son wheat exports are 107, 1862, sos bushels.
against 113,S13,So last season and 1So
234,719 in 1S9S-99. Gnu 1919
corn exports for the week aggregate
9'ISd' ooO bushels against 1897 435 last week.
S,l99, lO2 .bushelsyin this weekaa wear 400.
1,92S Isl In 1889, and s,4S6,713 in 1858. From
july to date this season corn. exports
are loS,792,5S4 bushels, against 1872, 120 OS9
last season, and 92,o20,190 in 1S9S-99
business failures during the week num-
o o@r ISV' against 322 last week; 255 in 1900:
20 IN lSS9; 3O9 in, $685. and 429 in 1907
Canadian failures for the week number
o. as against SO last week, IS In this
week year ago, so in 1899, as in 1898 and