The San Francisco call., 1905-08-05
WELL
FOR THE FUTURE
Manufacturers Reports Tell
of Increasing Volume Of
Orders of All Kinds
DUN'S TRADE REVIEW
Statistics for July Are En-
couraging, Showing Few
est Failures in Years
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Duns weekly
review Of trade tomorrow Will say:

NEW YORK, Aug. 4-Dun's weekly
review of trade tomorrow will say:
Business continues to expand in wholesome
manner that promises we'll for the future Re
ports from the leading branches of manufae-
lures are unanimous in telling OF increasing
volume Of orders and the percentage of idle
machinery steadily diminished. Better pros
poets for the crops removes the only handicap
that imDeded the revival of trade and favor
able weather for few weeks viii assure IN
preeendented production in the aggregate al
ably behind last year. The month OF July
made most encouraging exhibit in so far as
statistics are available. liabilities OF failures
being smaller than in any month since Aprt,
1901, and railway earnings surpass last year >
by 81 per cert Foreign trade az this this port
Tor the last week shows gains OF Sl.4i0-f0I n
exports and 81 COS 5G4 in imports compared
with the same period OF 1904.
Recent advances in hides are fully main
tained, and in some varieties OF the marked
strength has increased and importers are act
lively bringing in supplies from Europe. II is
aggregated over loo. coo hides.
Failures for this week in the United states
223. against 1872 last week and loo IN the
preceding week and 80 the corresponding week
last year. and in Canada 20. against - -as1
week, % the preceding week and II last YEAR
Bradstreet's tomorrow viii say:
Trade and industry improve as crops ma
ture- Fall business. while not yet IN IuLI
swing shows signs Of expansion, and western
trade opens week earlier than last year
Weather conditions have favored crop growth
and harvesting, fear of rust damage 10 sprlng
wheat has disappeared. corn promises record
Yield and both demand and collections nave
improved as the result OF an early wheat crop
movement in the Southwest Midsummer
quiet. so-caled, Is less than ordinarily Inanl-
fest this year in trade industry and hnancial
operations.
Bank clearings for July break all records
for thesmOnth and railway earnings show pro
gressive gains on the best summers OF pre-
v1Ous years, with an increase oi per cent
over July 1904. the fiscal year showing , per
cent increase in gross and per cent gain IN
net over the preceding year
Best trade reports come from the southwest,
where the winter wheat crop has been
gathered. Collections in thar section. en-
bracing Oklahoma Kansas, Missouri and Ne
braska, have all improved
The City OF Mexico correspondent wires that
excellent crops OF all kinds anticipated IN
the republic. Everything points TO continued
prosperity in that country.
Wheat Including -FOUR exports for the week
ending August are 1.041 SOS bushels against
T2S 314 last week. 139.19S this week last year
and SO4O 629 in 1903
From July l 10 date the exports leorrected)
are 4.373. AS bushels. against 6.S69.5lS last
year.
Business failures in the United states for
the week ending August number lis. against
197 last week and 179 in the like weak Of 19u4
In Canada failures number %. against y
last week and % in this week a year ago.