The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-07
WEEKLY TRADEREvIEW
CROP PROSPECTS ARE REALLY
 BRILLIANT.
Industrial Situation the Only De- pressing Feature of the Situation. and General Unrest Exists
 Among Many Workers.

New York. June 6.-Bradstrcet's tomor- row Will say: Crop prospects taken as a
 whole are really brilliant, railroad earn
 inss are enormous despite the small grain
 tonnage, bank clearings are quite heavy
 notwithstanding the speculative dullness and failures are fewer in number than in
 recent years. The ending of the Boer
 war, 1t Is also thought, will have ten-
 manufactures, though interfering with
 trade in the horse, mule and other ar
 ticles of export
 On the other hand the industrial situa-
 tion. though improved by the ending of
 blast furnaces and teamsters strikes Is
 still depressing one owing to the pros-
 pect of the anthracite coal strike proving
 long and bitter one, threats of strike
 in the Virginia bituminous fields and the
 general unrest noted among workers in
 number of industries. In connection
 with the industrial unrest it Is to be
 observed that many of the demands
 made now and for some time past have
 been based upon higher prices for food.
 lively excellent and in striking contrast
 with year ago. Wheat Is turning ont
 better than expected with harvesting In
 Oklahoma. Fruit crops promise to be
 this is already noted in sugar prices,
 which are firmer. Vegetables and other
 country products shortened year ago
 promise heavy yield; Oats barley ana
 
 and northwest spring wheat advices are optimistic. The eastern shoe trade Is quiet. though reports from the west favor encourage ment. Eastern shipments are nine per cent less than year age Leather is rather quiet though firm. except Tor on grades. and shoe factories arc not &C., | lively employed.
 woolens than of late and overcoatings have been we'll sold ahead. Woolen ma | chinery Is actively employed except where | labor trouble exists while wool is quiet. | but with firm inquiry.
 Iron industries are active except Wnet z l interfered with by strikes. The feature | in the steel trade Is the conservative ac- | tion of producers who have hxeo tne price of steel rails for next year at f-o' | this being partly caused by the carry | ing over large orders, delivery of which | is impossible this year. A large volume | of new business Is also reported III 'nls | line. Steel bars are reported stronger; Agricultural implement men have placed most of their orders in finished produc.s l a year in advance and are bidding freely | for pig iron for next year oehVery e ine nominal price for steel plates VIII not be advanced. Pig iron for immediate de- uver,, is really as scarce as ever. For eign pig iron and steel billets are being more liberallv bought. Coke IS 70 cehts higher. Light and heavy hardware anu kindred lines report unusual activity. Wheat including flour, exports Tor the week agsregate 4600,055 bushels, against ' eoo asS for five days last week. and S.
 s4i.sH in this week last year. Exports from Juiy I. to date, aggregate 2Ss, 02S l3o
 bushels, against ls9. 457 s6S last season Corn exports aggregate S6,254 bushels, ogainst 71 4TS last week and 2. 455, 102 last
 wear July i to date corn exports are 2S-
 sS7. lis bushels, against 166.ils,4S5 last season. l., .,o Business failures for the week in the , United States number 15S as against l6l
 last week: i6s in this week last year 1s4 in 1900; IFS in 1899 and 22i in lsss. For Canada, + for the week, against Il last | week