The San Francisco call., 1904-10-08
OUTLOOK TAKES
ON ROSY HUE
Dun Reports Indications Of
an Increasing Prosperity
in the Business World
CONFIDENCE N FUTURES
Bradstreet's Weekly Review
Also Shows the Favorable
Features of the Situation

NEW YORK Oct 7.-R- G. Dun's
weekly review of trade will say TO-
morrow With the crops almost BE-
yOnd danger. prices Of securities a. the
highest point since Nay. 1903. and idle
machinery resuming in factories and
Fills that have been closed for
months, the business outlook grows
steadily brighter. By far the best
feature Of the situation = the conf
dence manifested BY At increased dis
position 20 provide for future require
rsents- This Il by no means general.
but Il Is noticed az pig iron furnaces.
WoOlen mills and among dealers al
widely separated points, particularly
those located IN The agricultural sec
tICns.
Mercantile collections are also more
prompt and railway earnings for the
month Of September we're 3-s per cent
larger than IN the same month last
year, while foreign commerce az this
point for the last week shows an in
crease OF s1,59I,298 in imports and
sz10.74s in exports as compared with
year ago. Dispatches from the lead
ing cities are almost unanimous in tell
Ing OF improved conditions.
Hides have shown unusual activity
al Z generally higher level OF prices
Failures in the United States num-
Der ZzZ against 2z5 last week. 225 the
preceding week and z35 IL the corre-
spending week last year. Failures IN
Canada number 25 against Is last
week. 80 in the preceding week and
Il last year.
Bradstreet's tomorrow will say:
Popular estimates OF leading crop
yields continue 10 enlarge. Corn has
passed out OF danger OF serious frost
damage In the West and distribution.
both at wholesale and retail. expands
az cooler weather approaches. Addi-
tIonal favorable features are the con-
tinuance Of the good tone IN pig iron,
freer buying by railways Of material
and rolling stock, and heavy general
crop movements helping collections
North and South.
While the buying Of dry goods,
hardware, groceries. shoes and clothing
continues Of good volume, particularly
in the West, conservative Influences find
reflection in small but frequent orders.
calculated 20 meet necessities. The
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railways earnings show an expanding
tendency, the gain for September
promising TO be s per cent over 1903.
There are some flaws in the situa-
tion which stamp this as an off year
when compared with previous periods
OF great prosperity. Relatively most
activity IN current distribution, wheth-
er Of dry goods. shoes. clothing. Ium-
Der, hardware or building material.
exists in the West and Northwest
Cooler weather is needed in the South
70 stimulate activity. Hides are strong
/ l. held.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending October
8 number 1876. against 179 last week.
/ 197 in the like week in 1903, 10 in
| 1902, 1873 in 1901 and 20 in 1900. In
I Canada failures for the week number
/ 1s, as against 21 last week and 19 in
/ this week year ago.
/ Wheat, including -four, exports for
/ the week ending October aggregate
/ 1,091,825 against 1929 last week.
/ 2,37s.722 this week last year. 5,645.77e
/ in 1902, and 4.179,98s in 1901 From
July to date the exports aggregate
/ 1s,54s,711 bushels, against 42,61s, ,0S4
i last year. 71.536,492 in 1902 and S5,-
j 042752 in 1901