Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-27
BRADsTREET's REVIEW OF TRADE
Heavy Volume of Business and specu-
Iation with Exceptional weather.
lRK. April 26.-Fradstreet's SAYS:

NEW YORK, April 26.-Fradstreets says;
Despite and indeed partly because OF
marked irregularities in weather conditions
and extreme temperatures, accompanied
by deterioration in the winter wheat crop
of the southwest, general business ana
speculation have been of a very tulI vol
ume for this season of the year. Retail
demand was relieved from the incubus OF
weather by the hot wave when
this week, This has resulted in a fair
record business from wholesalers ana Job-
bers in the east, but the talk or crop lam
age put a check upon demand in the CEN
trail west and southwest, and wholesale
trade reports from these sections are not
so good as earlier looked for, although
showing some Improvement over a year
In the northwest snow and rains checked
retail trade and distribution, but the gem
eral effect has been to rather improve the
ultimate crop and business outlook than
otherwise, although delaying seeding some
The cereals and, to lesser degree, hog
products generally responded promptly TO
the southwestern wheat damage reports,
which, coupled with very heavy decrease
in the visible supplies, particularly in
Manitoba and the northwest, resulted in
reached for cash wheat. Corn, too, almost
broke the season record.
Crop reports to Bradstreets indicate that
beyond doubt the Kansas wheat crop has
been hurt by the drouth and hot winds.
Nothing in excess of three-fourths of a
crop is looked for even by the most san
guine, while 90 per cent of last years
Yield is confidently predicted. In other
sections, however, rains nave benehted the
situation, and even in Kansas the rains,
though received late, are encouraging so
far as the outlook for the coming corn
crop is concerned. The area in this prom
Uses to be very large, as also does that in
oats, but the condition, of the latter crop
is less favorable than hoped for.
Meats are all higher, marketable ami
mails are scarce and receipts are small.
with cereals, but butter and eggs, alleged
TO have been cornered some time ago, have
broken badly, the former to the extent Of
Wheat, including -four, exports for the
week aggregate 3, 750,5S9 bu., against 4,1lS,-
los last week and 4,262, l29 in this week last
year. heat exports from July /, 1901, to
date forty-three weeks) aggregate 2l0,556,-
COZ bu., against 10, 6l6,O64 last season.
400, 533 last week and 1,S44, $50 last year.
July /. 1901, to date, corn exports are 3d.
4OO, iS5 bu.. against 1873, O6l, $40 last season.
Shoes are in fair distribution at the west,
but eastern shipments are falling of.
There is little new in the leather business,
tive. Building material is very active.
Cotton bulls, encouraged by the light
crop movements and nervousness of shorts,
have forced prices higher, the highest
prices for the season being reached when
spots sold at el4c. Raw cotton is now lc
| above last years prices, and early reports
of the proposed decreases in acreage are
being modified. Reports by leading eastern
a very good one for dry goods and the only
complaint now is as to deliveries.
Wool Is very quiet at the east, the le0u-
ing consuming interest, hampcred by the
strikers, abstaining entirely from buying,
hut il was active at the west, where prices
paid for the new clip are above eastern
quotations.
In iron and steel anxiety 20 get supplies
of crude material Is almost as great as
ever. Southern furnaces appear to have
abandoned the idea OF holding down to the
81 rate FOR No. . foundry and liberal sales
are noted by independent concerns at SIS
and better. FOUNDRY pig Is scarce and
high at Chicago, where S2 per ton has
been paid and II Is noted at Fittsburg that
foundry pig is 81 per ton higher than Bes-
semer. instead of being slightly lower, as
I'M normal times. High premiums for
prompt delivery Of Bessemer are still paid
ana so at Pittsburg can be obtained very
easily.
Finished materials are In increased de-
mand and very heavy orders for structural
material are also being placed. Large ship
ments OF Canadian steel billets are re-
ported arranged for, hut the rise in prices
abroad has checked the tendency 10 inn
port European material.
Hardware is as active as ever. The pro-
posed combination uaterializes slowly.
Business failures for the week number
Isl. as against 1893 last week, PA in this
week last year, lS2 in 1900, lS4 In 1899 and PAS
i In ISIS.
For Canada for the week failures were
~, as against l6 last week and p a year
ago.