The San Francisco call., 1905-08-19
TRADE OUTLOOK '
IS ENCOURAGING
Prospect of Good Crops Has
Most Beneficial Influence
on General Business
PAYMENTS ARE PROMPT
Dun's Review Reports Ac-
tivity in Manufacturing
Lines All Over the Land

NEW YORK. Aug. 1S.-Dispatches to
Dun's Review indicate that trade and
INDUSTRY have made favorable progress
under the beneicent influences OF
brighter crop prospects. Boston reports
growing confidence that makes the
general business outlook most encour-
aging. Manufacturers at Philadelphia
are wei employed. as a rule, and coll
Iections are fairly prompt. Trade i'm
proves at Ptttsburg. Outside buyera
are In large attendance at BaIttmore.
placing fall orders freely. Payments
are prornpt Conditions are fayorabIs
at Nashville. Cincinnati reports pros
pecte bright for fall and winter trada.
There is activity in all manufacture
ing lines at Atlanta and collections are
mulch better than usual. The attend
ance Of outside buyers is steadily in
creasing in the ST. Louis market. ,
wholesale business IN leading lines ab
Kansas City is active: retail trade 10
1air and collections improving Manu-
featuring at Indianapolis shows In
creased activity Hnd general improve
ment is noted in the volume of busi-
ness. Trade increases at ChicagoE
wholesale merchandise is in unusual re-
quest for fall and winter consumption
and mercantile collections continue
prompt
INSpOENS from CleartnS-nouSe9 at th9
principal cities for the last week In
dicate larger volume Of business than
In the week preceding and far exceed
the corresponding week IN any previous
year. Total bank exchanges at the
fourteen leading cities were g2,217, ,2SS,-
S16, an Increase OF 2S8 per cent over
the same week in 1904. and a gain
OF 26.1 per cent compared with the
cIeartngS two years ago.
COntmercfal fafInras this -
United States are 21S. against 222 last
week. 2S2 the preceding week and 226
the corresponding week last year. Fall
ures IN Canada number 2S. against 10
last week. 26 the preceding week and
"a last year.
Bradstreet's tomorrow will say:
Fall trade. while not yet under full
headway, is steadily gathering force.
Buyers are more numerous. Good
weather for harvesting and thrashing.
except in portions of the Northwest
continue to reveal very favorable re-
suits in both spring and winter sown
grains. Combined cereal yields will
probably exceed all past years in
both quality and quantity. Collections
on the whole have improved slightly
Currency shipments 10 the country are
increasing, but no particular effect on
money rates as yet.
Features this week on Western mar
kets have been numerous. excursions OF
buyers arriving at Kansas City, ST.
Louis and Chicago.
"On the Pacific Coast business is fair
ly active at all points. Railway opera
tions, swelled ny large crop and indus
trial movement. are of very full vol
une.
Iron and steel trade advices are. IL
anything. rather more encouraging.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ending August II
number 147. against 156 last week. 203
in the like week of 1904. 166 in 1903,
ISL IN 1902 and 1S1 IN 1901.
I'm Canada failures numbered 20. as
against 80 last week and Is in this
week a year ago.
Wheat. including -four. exports for
the week ending August II were 1.06S.-
519 bushels. against S65.002 last week,
1.703.047 this week last year. 8,372,7S9
in 1903 and 5.954.759 in 1902
From July L to date the exports are
6,3O7,I64 bushels against 9,549.S1S last
year. 21.S3S.2Ss in 1903 and s1.3Ss,76I
in 1902"