The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-11
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
DRADsTREET AND DUN SUM MARIZE THE SITUATION.
Retail Buying for Easter Reported ts De of Excellent Volume-Dur- ing March Prices Showed
 Exceptional Strength.

NEW YORK. April Io.-Bradstreet's tomor- TOW will say; Favorable features this weekare the annual rush Of Easter buying at retail, which is reported of excellent volume. Some improvement in the reassorting demand with jobbers at interior markets resulting therefrom and slight but stiii percspsiele impfovemsn, pr ,,a concessions. Prices during the month of March showed exceptional strength, despite season. grains and fuel, partly counteracted. however. by advances in live stock and meats. Lumber and building materials of all kinds have re- numerous strikes and finished products in iron and steel show strength. but the cruder forms. such as pig iron, have weakened perceptibiy. ostensibly because of the lowering quotations of Southern iron but really because with im- proved transportation and better supplies of coke has come an enlarg' of iron products to the highest point ever known.
 It is, of course too early to measure the de- velopment of Fail trade. Some interior mar tss sSod orders put arse a yarns and the demand for heavy weight wool ems is reported to have been checked by higher the :ta.isticai ~ po.isson H T is very strong Rail road earuings ere quite favorable, gross re- ceipts for March indicating an increase of be- tween Io and per cent wsiie net t.rs rsturnf of increasing gross receipts of 4 per cent Rela- lively tho best trade comes from the leading Western markets. but all centers report satts- factory Spring trade done at wholesale
 The iron situation. already pointed out, is one of marked strength in finished. but or un- n- settled conditions and even weakness in the cruder forms Northern pig iron has weakened in sympathy with the readtustment or Southern pslcss i. ., weef For n ,mmsd,ate delivery s2i 50 is insisted on for pig iron at Pittsburg, put e2o would be accepted If buyers would offer it for the later part of the year. Buyers. however, are not eager and are holding oil. tations. Domestic rail affairs are full of or. ders an indication of this being reports Of an American and Canadian roads inquiring for steel rails abi oad. Structural orders are in large volume. notable instance of this being for requirements for improvements to plants controlled by the leading interest. The strength of old II naterial is notable feature in the iron trade at preesnt Among the other m, metais; ,aa; retains It's old firmness The leather situation Is generaliy one of strength. The Spring rush
 over at the sn, Eastern e ssSs saer tbas last week. are heavily in excess of a year ago. The situation in coffee is an interesting one. After a decline early in the week which brought future deliveries to the lowest prices ever recorded and on which decline an exten- sfve liquidation of the former bull interest to reports that Brazil will adopt radical meas ures. such as burning surplus supplies or low grades in order to tighten the load on the the r,arket. This is regarded, however, as hardly
 possible of fulfiilment After further decline. due to dullness in the refined market and
 of supplies saw sssar f he nas ase
 Wheat (ncluding nour) exports Tor the week ending April g aggregate 2.63s. 2se bushels
 against 3, I3o, 974 last week. 3,842. l25 in this week q year ago and 6.4o5, col in 1901: Wheat exports since July aggregate i75,- 2I2,774 bushels, against POP. 6s7. e36 last sea son and I62, o7l .e92 in 1900.
 Corn exports aggregate 2. 2.654732. against 2.e32. o6s last wsk. l5s. .565 year ago and 2,623, e64 bushels in 1901. For the fiscal year exports are o.so2 o6s bushels. against e4: 623, oo2 last season and l5o. S75. 4Se in 1901 Business failures in the United States foI the week ending April g number i63. agains B4 last week, I62 in the like week of le02 22S in laQI. lSQ In 1900 and 243 In lS99.