The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-19
AVERAGE CROPS
ARE IN PROSPECT
Rain, Storms and Frosts
Affect Tradei in Some
Sections.
Good Fall and Winter Bust
ness Is Now Deemed
Certain.

NEW YORK, Sept 1S-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Conditions still display irregularity, but
except where crop and weather develop
ments have been distinctly unfavorable
the tendency is still to take a favorable
view of the general outlook for fall and
winter trade. Heavy rains and killing
frosts in the Northwest and in portions
of the West with drouth, followed by
cool weather and destructive wind and
rain storms along the Atlantic coast have
tended TO retard expansion in fall trade
in wide sections Of the country. All sec
lions. however, have not been anected
alike. The Northwest returns relatively
the poorest reports to the current
distributive trade, while the Southwes,
and Pacific Coast and some sections Oh
the South give excellent reports OF bust
ness already booked or in prospect
The outlook for average crops Is stlll a
good one Nothing in the nature OF &C"
tual shortages as occurred in lSol Is m
dictated, and while trade opinion proO-
ably inclines to the view that the boom
is over in several industries, none inc
less the belief is maintained that Good
average fall and winter business Is III
prospect.
Wheat, including flour, exports for the
week ending with September II aggregate
1.9O9.OS3 bushels, against S,O45,O4O last
week, 5, 1898 this week last year, S,S4O'0'4
in 1901 and 1856, S57 in 1900.
Business failures in the United states
for the week ending with September Il
number 10 against 165 last week, 1S2 in
the like week of 1902, 15S In 1911, 1S] IN
1900 and lat in 1899.
In Canada failures for the week num-
Der 10. against u last week and Is In TINS
week year ago.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade tomorrow will say:
Business has made moderate progress
during the past week, despite unusual
opposition from the elements When all
other industries are to a considerable de-
gree dependent upon agricultural cond1-
tons reports of serious injury to crops
nv cold and wet weather are not calcu-
lated to stimulate confidence. Subsequent
corrections indicated that the amount OF
damage had been exaggerated, as usual
and prospects frightened.
The car shortage is beginning to be felt
especially in the Pittsburg district where
sufficient labor cannot be secured tor
handling freight. Manufacturing plants
are we'll occupied as a rule, even the tex
tile mills reporting less idle machinery,
and at Chicago there is notable pressure
for implements and hardware. Lumber
is in better demand as structural &C
tivitv revives. Payments are seasonably
prompt. except where the late crops de-
Law settlements and the outlook for fall
and winter business contains much that
is encouraging. Railway earnings thus
far reported for September show an aver
age gain of 1896 over last year. In the
iron and steel industry quotations have
been declining for some months. and a
large tonnage of business is held back in
he a tinn that still better terms
NAV be offered. UneasineSs over the Ia
Dor situation aggravates the difficulty
although the latest developments in the
building trades are most encouraging in
this respect.
Failures this week were 219 in the Unit
ed States. against 1879 last year, and 10
in Canada, compared with % a year ago.