Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-13
BRADsTREET's REVIEW OF TRADE.
Cotton Leads BuIlish Staples and Wool
Goes Down Hill.

NEW YORK, April 12.-Bradstreet's says:
While cross currents in trade and in
dustry make II difficult to characterize the
appearances would indicate that the check
given distributive trade by rs~actionary
weather, crop uncertainties and additional
friction in Industrial circles, Is OF a tran
STORY character.
Bank clearings. all things considered, are
of large volume. Railroad earnings re-
ported to Bradstreet's point to continued
Increases over the same period a year ago,
and especial activity Is noted In leading
steel, lumber, cotton goods, coal mining,
machinery making and a host of lesser in
dustries.
Jobbing distribution at the central west
and at leading eastern centers note a fair
quieting down, but In the spring wheat sec
Southwestern trade reports continue Of a
cheerful nature. At Industrial centers in
is active, and while the backward weather
conditions are credited with limiting de-
mand in agricultural sections the strength
OF cotton prices leads to a more hopeful
Despite the lowering in the general av-
e %estbe OF Of T fSst fa All ana q re the early 81 the %ip STy
indicated by the government report. win
ter wheat crop prospects are still. for a
about equal in fact to. the indicated final
out-turn last year. A large acreage is in
prSs1ea In oa Well 1hu AS h1 to er t5e Se corn co cro Ie
little doubt exists that a large area viii
be planted.
Cotton has continued TO lead the staples
in the matter of bullish feeling. Cotton
goods have strengthened in tone, partly
In the rise On the raw product and partly
creased wages for 5000 employees involve
higher prices for the finished product.
spread OF the strike of weavers to other
mills OF the Leading interest. Outside man
GfaStuT S91on are re- SAID ths , to be prOatIng 6y. the
l~iveries. Aside from the changes noted
staple prices manifest continued ~steadiness.
Coffee is slightly weaker, owing to the
pressure OF the enormous visible supply,
the worlds stocks being nearly 1900, 900
bags, or so per cent larger than a year
Raw sugar has weakened on the antici-
patton of legislation in the matter of Cuba
again. The same is also true OF silver
Among the industries. iron and steel are
semer pig iron have moved up on the an
nouncement that very large sales for de-
inSSssar a%s 1aTTsfh ois Ss'oec' tons iSs h nave A bseh
closed. Foundry and forge iron are also
nrmer. Finished products note few changes
in price, but no diminution of activity of
demands. Rails, no orders will be accepted
for delivery during the balance OF the year.
fused. The building trades, and there
fore lumber. hardware and the multitude
of other lines dependent thereon, report
No special activity is noted In boots and
thoes. The general appearance OF the
leather trade Is one Of quiet.
Cereal prices moved within narrow limits
early, pending the publication OF the gov
eminent report, some strength being i'm
parted by reports OF better export demand
and cold weather interfering with the
growing crop. but this strength disap-
peared later, and the report itself, though
claimed TO be a surprise. exercised little
effect. the net changes for the week being
slight.
Hog products strengthened slightly on
the small run OF hogs and on Increased
demand by packers.
Wheat. Including -four, exports for the
week aggregate 3.S42,O12 bushels. against
L446.s17 last week and G%o6, col in this week
last year. Wheat exports July /, 1901. 10
date, forty-one weeks. aggregate 200. 6s1 ,g7O
bushels. against 16l. ~. 7OS last season.
Corn exports aggregate 15S,5 SIS bushels,
against S30,5S1 last week and 2.653, S84 last
year. July 1. 1901, TO date, corn exports are
34,62S. 266 bushels. against las. $780, 62 bushels
last season.
Business failures in the United States for
the week number l52, against 16 last week,
225 IN this week last year, 1b2 in 1900. 243
in 1893 and as in 1888. Failures in Canada
for the week number twenty-six. as against
eighteen last week, twenty-five In this week
a year ago and thirty-dve in 1906.