The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-01
TONE Of GOOD CHEER
PERMEATES TRADE
Unimpaired Confidence I'm the
Future Remains a Hope
full Sign

NEW YORK. March 31.-Bradstreet' S
tomorrow will say: Excellent weather.
favorable grain crop reports. expansion
industry, well maintained spring trade.
particularly at the western retail trade
centers, and unimpaired confidence in the
future are a sextette of cOnspicuously
Satisfa Glory features demanding notice
this week. Special reports TO Bradstreets
from all leading winter and spring wheat
sections point to the winter sown crop
having weathered the cold weather in eX-
cellent condition. Special reports from
los cities in the United States point to
an expenditure for houses offices, factor
les and other edifices of s455. GOO 900 dur
ing the present calendar year. Allow
ances for cities not yet reported would
indicate that the total expenditures for
edificeS for this year would run well up
to $500, 100000. In addition to this mark
ed activity in railroad building and heavy
orders for equipment foreshadow an ex-
penditure of probably $500. 900 900 by the
railroads. this all pointing to an aggre-
gate expenditure for material and labor
of close to $500. 600 900.
West Most Active
Relatively most activity I'm trade is
sun noted at the west. Signs of i'm
proVement are noted at the south. though
mere the cotton situation is still a draw
back and comparisons are with excellent
trade year ago.
Milder weather. allowing prompter ship
ments of soft coal and coke is favorable
feature reflected with free grain and mer-
chandlSe shipments in an enormous car
movement on all railroads.
Labor conditions in the coal industry
are not altogether favorable owing to
the prospects of trouble over the wage
scale in certain districts of Pennsylvania
Coke is easier. but freer shipments are
eagerly taken by iron furnaces. All the
usual lines of distributiye trade. such as
dry goods. clothing. shoes and millinery
feel the stimulus of spring demand while
charging building activity is reflected in
better inquiry for lumber, hardware
paints and oils.
Prospects favor very early opening of
water navigation, particularly on the
great lakes, with an enormous ore trade
downward and heavy coal business up
Is foreshadowed. Prices of commodities
aside from those affected by weather. note
marked frmneSS; particular strength is
shown in iron and steel in all its forms
Failures and Grain Movement
Business failures in the United States
227, against 204 last week and 90 in the
like week in 1904; 144 in 1903 176 in 1902
and lSS in 1901. In Canada failures for
the week ending March 80 number % as
against IS last week and IL in this week
a year ago.
Wheat, including -four, exports for the
week ending March 80 are $685. $50 bu
against 1.044, 595 blu last week. 1.267. 430
blu this week last year; 8 13O,974 i'm 1908
and 4.456,917 in 1902. From July l to
115.999.714 blu last year, 123, 972. 4Se bu in
1903 and 194,320,532 bu in 1902 Corn
exports for the week are 2,430.652 bu,
against 2,976.S36 bu last week, 1.43S 2lz
bu a year ago. 1882. 06S bu in 1903 and
S5o,531 blu in 1902. From July l to. date
the exports of corn were 57,47S.S37 blu,
against 46, 506,268 blu in 1904 APP. 449
blu In 1903 and 22,91O.49S bu in 1902.