The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-06-22
BRADsTREET'S REVIEW.
On the Whole the Trade Outlook is
 Encouraging.

NEW YORK. June N.-Bradstreets to- morrow will say: The situation is one of further improvement in others. The crop situation, of course. remains the main subject of interest and this, on the whole. Is good one. although too much rain in the South Atlantic States and too little in Texas with the lack of warm weather for corn in the Northwest have been ex- captions. Cotton goods, notably print cloths. bleached goods and a number ot standard products have been advanced this week and an increase in the price of the raw material Is as much due to the better trade advice at home and abroad as to crop damage reports from the South. Hides and leather, long threaten ing an advance, have at last succeeded In this respect and in addition corn and oats, among the cereals, lard among hog products. cheese among dairy products and coffee and tin are all higher on the week, the only important reduction being in wheat, due mainly to liquidation of the July option as much as to good crop ad- vices. European advices favor the idea that the continent of Europe will be a heavy buyer the coming cereal year
 Iron and steel lose nothing in streng th as the turn of the year approaches. Re ports of activity In pig iron at the close of last week are confirmed and Pittsburg advices are of sales of fully 7o000 tons of Bessemer pig and of considerable quanti- ties of other iron. Foundry pig is report ed in better call at some markets. Nomi- nal demand for finished material is quiet as a whole, but mill products likewise show a seasonable shrinkage, and, manu- facturers are still eight weeks behind in their. orders. Chicago reports some good orders for steel rails in the market with so demanded where business has actual ly been consummated an advance of g on the week. Plates, bars and structural material are also frmer at that market. Building hardware is in enormous de- mand the country over and wire and nails are especially scarce. There is even A C. .lEw ts, hA W.ter fWNFn market. Woolen goods trade advices are quite cheerful, and clothing men and dealers are reported quite cof1dent as to the outlook for business. No particular change Is noted In wool prices, but there Is good volume of business doing at the East and at leading interior markets. Shoe shipments continue close to the max imum, again exceeding 100000 cases for the week and for the season they are l32,- 900 cases larger than year ago. Hides are frmer at the West and higher at the East. At Chicago leather Is active and strong in sympathy with hides and stocks of upper leathA are reported light. There is a growing demand for fancy grades Of black feathers. An advance of 1sc on wax calf is reported at Boston, where ex- port business is also better.
 Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 5,029, 1881, against 5,1o9.- . 10S last week, 4645, ,160 in the correspond ing week of 1900 3,746.71S in 1899 and S,799,- 40 in 1898. From July to date, this sea- son, wheat exports are 2tl PA bushels. against 196, 4sO, 1SS last seas Il and 223. .19S.- 476 in 1S9S-99.
 Cdrn exports for the week aggregate D. 3453S4 bushels, against 2,569 254 las. week. 2514593 in this week a year ago, 2,S67, 24S in 1899 and 59O2.321 in 1898. From July 1 to date, this season. corn exports are 1TS,- OS1 ,949 bushels against 19s, ,76S, ,920 last sea- son and 165 299. 152 in 1S9S-99.
 Failures for the week number 1SS. against 1sS last week. 161 in this week a year ago; 199 in 1899, 22O in 1898 and 215 in 1897.
 Failures in Canada for the week num- Der 26. as against 17 last week, 2S a year ago. 22 in 1899 and 19 in 1S96