The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-12
Bradstreet's Review.


 New York April 11.-Bradsfreet to- morrow will say: fi4
 While cross currents in trade ana lh- dustry make 1t difficult to charaeterize the general trade situation the country over, appearances would indicate that the check given dlstributiVe trade by reactionary weather. crop uncertainties and additional friction in industrial cir clcs is of transitory charaeter.T Bank clearings. all things considered, are ol large volume. Railroad earnings report to Bradstreets point to continued ln- creases over the same period a year ago and especial activity is noted Tn leading manufacturing lines principally iron and steel and lumber cotton goods coal mining machinery Nmaking and host of lesser industries. Jobbing dis tribution at the Central West and at leading Eastern centers notes a further quieting down. but in the spring wheat sections reports are of undiminished ac- tivity. Southwestern trade reports con- tinue pf d cheer>u nature. Al industrial centers in-the South. iron. coal and coke production is active and while the back ward weather conditions are credited
 with limiting demand in agricultural sec
 tions, the strength of cotton prices leads to more hopeful feeling there, not en-
 tirely warranting the predictions of reduced acreage in that staple crop.
 Despite the lowering of the general av- craze of wheat q result uf the dry
 weather of last faH and the early winter,
 indicated by the government report. win
 ter wheat crop prospects are sur TOT
 crop in excess of ms 0n,ooO bushels and
 about equal in fact to the indicated final
 outturn last year. large acreage is
 indicated fin oats and that crop seems
 to be progressing well. As to the corn. crop, little doubt exists that large area will be planted.
 Cotton has continued to lead the sta ples in the matter of bblAsh feeling.
 Cotton goods have strengthened In tone,
 party on the rise in the raw product and
 ft,~ on ha izl of the increased wages for 11,UN employees involve higher prices for the finished products. Wool has tended to weaken. owing to the spread of the strike of
 wcavers to other mills of the leading interest. Outside manufacturers are said to be profitng by the interruption of the leading companies deliveries.
 Aside from the changes noted staple prices manifest steadiness. Coffee Is | slightly weaker owing to tho pressure of | the enormous visible supply, the world
 stock being nearly i00,doo bags. or 3o l per cent. larger than a ear ago. Raw ! sugar has weakened on the anticipation ] of legislation on the matter pi Cubt and record low prices have been touched l again. The same is also true or silver 1 prices.
 Among the indG5trirs. iron and stcol | arc still emeXplars of at-i\ ,t55 Prices of Bessemer pig iron have moved upward ! this week on. the ammo Inrrmcnt thli | very large sales for delivery hetW'"u u | Oetlhcr 1902 and April Iyi. aGSreGal- | Ing 22. 2.tFI0' tons hare be'N closed. F24h- 1 dry and forge iron are gIs" .hthef pr- l spite a firthFr increase in output avail | able stocks >have been lurih'r rcUtlCtd' | rscticAilv nli the merchant Furnaces ar" | booked with orders for the balpnce or th" l v,.ar. whiIr jn finished products n" prom | iscs wOuld b. mad" for deliveries lusid"
 nf thrcr or four mnl'ihs' Finished pro i duets not,. Tcw changes .a price. but up ldimnutiJH during th uaidnce oi ih' 1 year Large orders for spikes have been | renewed Large sales o'. iron ore are shortly looked for at Cleveland. The ' tuildiug trades and therefore lumber, 1 hard,.ir. and the multitude of other lines dependent thereon, report undmin- l ished activity.
 1 cereal prices moved within marrow
 limits early. pcnd9E the publication ui i thr gnVrrnm, ut report, some rtrenglh n i heinz imnarted by the reports 1t better | export demand and cold weather inter | feriug with. the gathering of thc crop. [ Rut this strength disappeared later and
 the report itself. though claiming to be f a surprise. exercise little effect, the net i chHn.ts rur the week being slight. | II ls products strengthened slightly ua | ilc small rush of hogs and also ou iu- creased demands by packers.
 | Business failures In the Cnltcd States 1 for the week number lS2 as against TIC | last week 925 iu this week last year. lll | In lGNa 243 m 1899 and 2i5 In iSH. Cana ! dian failures for the week nHmbcr 26 as agaiNt lN last week