Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-27
BRADsTREETs REVIEW OF TRADE
weather Conditions Interfere with
Retail Diatribution.

weather Conditions Interfere with
Retail Distribution.
NEW YORK. April 26-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Weather conditions this week. as for
nearly month past, have been a bar 10
retail trade activity and 10 seasonable crop
development throughout a wide area. IN
yobblng and wholesale trade lines fllinR-in
orders are in smaller volume than expeefed
but business as a whole is good for a be-
tWeen-seasons period.
In manufacturing lines the story IL one
Of hlled order books and OF backward de-
nyeries. In cotton goods and finished iron
sno steel products PRODUCTION is still
qulred into total volume fully equal to,
and IN most lines in excess of. a year ago.
tendency Is SP TO Gain In %PtS sHa tss
weather. Deliveries OF farm products are
larger and the wheat movement Tor the
ago. but the large deliveries in the north
west are claimed 70 be from interior ele-
Ing given to this mi" view ' By he bad I TosS.
In that section. There Is a disposition also
70 regard the backward crop condition az
present as not being serious.
Domestic wool is quiet, while stocks are
light and selections are becoming poorer
Sales made are for immediate require
sssees. chiefly Michigan ana A oSio' srs
more active than other grades. but many
too low. Foreign woods are also quiet and
the small sales made are mainly hne merino
and high oss-bred8
! Nevada, Utah and\ Wyoming. In Texas
growers want 20 to q cents, but bids are
at to - cents New California woods
/ years prices Hale the Utah crop Is under
/ contract; nevertheless wool Is aceumula-
The market for leather Is Of a between
seasons character. A few large manufac-
tgrers have covered their requirements, but
have not feeeded 10 any extent. Shoe
/ manufacturers are receiving many mail
orders and some supplementary trade from
statesmen. Fan buying is not yet general
put business Is expected to begin In earnest
about May l.
strength. Strikes are notably few for May
I period, and while railroad retrenchment
makes Tor a larger supply OF unskilled las
Dor. the skilled branches are very well
n a way the pig iron markets are quiet.
pig iron have been made In the PittsburE
trade & d5Il. Demand Tor fOuhdry iron
though inquiries for a large tonnage are
numerous enough, but buyers and sellers
seem tsF apart .rt Is to prices, Orders foEs
plates command high premiums for prompt
delivery Bar iron Il lower.
as compared with last years prices. coke
book contracts Tor distant dates Al the
Failures IN business IN the United states
for the week ended April Is number ISL
h n iSs SEQ In N is Sas , lss y, Mex
1855. Canadian failures for the week are
ltWentY-three, as against eighteen last
week and twenty-two IN this week a year
ago
Wheat including hour, exports from the
United states and Canada for the week
ending April 81 aggregated l53o,2t bushels
against alo1 4G last week, Lts9.G4 this week
last year Le60.ne IN 1876 and a.750.bS bush
I ela in ise. For the last forty-three week,
OF the fiscal year the exports are Ia Sos IS
bushels against III. tOl 40l IN 1884 So as 1l
IN l9o4-5 and III, 6la.SH bushels In ie0l-2
Corn exports for the week are l6li, Oi
bushels against SIS. ga last week i,l28 81
year ago and l.SSa.166 bushels m 1905 FOL
the fiscal year 70 date the exporfa are 81.