The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-04-23
REVIEW 0 F TRADE
Unreasonable w e a t h e r Is
Still the Complaint.
COLLECTIONS ARE SLOW
Possible Injury to Crops Cause
Conservative Buying.

New York, April Pr. G. Dun & Co s
weekly review of trade tomorrow will
say:
Unreasonable weather is still the chief
| drawback TO Improvement in business,
! complaints being received from every
| section of the country and slow collec-
/ tions are also attributed to this factor.
| Not only is current distribution of mer-
! chandise particularly dry goods, affected
! by the thermometer, but future commit
ments are undertaken most conservative
! ~ on account of the possible injury to
| crops There is much confidence regard
| ing the future, despite the fact that at
many points supplies of merchandise are
| burdensome. Structural work is gradu-
ally resuming normal proportions for
| the season. May l is usually the date
fixed for many labor controversies, but
this year there is little prospect of serious
disturbances At the west railway freight
tonnage has not increased, but passenger
traffic is very neavy and earnings of all
railroads thus far reported in April are
only As per cent smaller than last year.
While no further improvement can be
discerned in the iron and steel industry.
IL Is 10 niiu 10 tNi-
dence of a setback.
Aside from strength and activity in
Texas hides the western market for do
mestic skins is dull and barely steady.
with little prospect of higher values, al
though sale of foreign hide are retrict-
ed by light Importation from Latin
America.
Slightly lower price prevail for the
leading agricultural staples.
Failures this week number 241 in the
United States against 166 last year and
IL in Canada compared with Is year ago.
New York, April 22.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Unreasonable cold weather all over the
country interferes with plant preparation
and growth and interrupts outdoor activ-
ity in many lines, notably building Dis
tributive trade both wholesale and re-
tail, has practically marked time" dur
ing the week. Back of weather and price
conditions there looms up the political
outlook which in most presidential years
had induced a tendency toward conserva-
tism. While fall trade has opened up
measureably we'll in some sections. there
velopments affecting crop and other con-
dtions.
Among the industries iron and steel
note an accumulation of the quest observ-
able last week.
The market for raw wool is rather low
at least, though higher prices than last
year are reported for the new wool clip
at the west.
The poor trade in flour was depress-
ing feature this week. the mills refusing
much business at the lower rates. Some
export business was reported done at the
declinessin wheat and corn.
Wheat, Including flour, shipments for
the week ending April q aggregate 1.e45,-
42S bushels, againset 1.213S55 last week
3SSS,542 this week last year. 3.7505S9 in
1902 and 1882 129 in 1901. From July l,
1903, to date, they aggregate 120,696. 2S7
bushels. against 1851. COS last season,
20S .241 in 1902 and 167 s42 7o6 in 1901.
Corn exports for the week aggregate
62479 bushels. against 5s3339 last week.
1895 year ago, 376,1S6 in 1902, and
500 in 1901. From July J. 1903. to date
they aggregate As. 762. S77 bushels against
5S.1N.sO5 last season. 23,sO5,975 in 1902. and
1868. POI in 1901.