New-York tribune., 1909-07-03
CONDITION OF TRADE.
Bradstreet's says

BradStresTS
Better weather and crop reports, further exp9n-
sion in operations for fall and next winter and q
larger demand retail leading features OF
this weeks reports 70 Bradstreets Ihese Ieports
come most numerOUSly and strongly UOm the
Western agricultural sections, which report further
Improvement in winter wheat and corn and a
maintenance Of spring wheat conditions az q high
60tifnfstic due probably to the partial cessation
OF the heavy rains. which have interrupted trade
past The c0tt0n crop has, however suffered ma
teriaI damage Judging from the numerous 9ll..sa
crop reports received and d further sharp advance
RetaiI trade has been helped by steady hot
weather, holiday preparations and clearance saIes-
but there still not lacking reports from many
cities that the sprins and early summer turnover
summer small hlIing-in-Order character Most con-
hdence and certainly the largest business ylsl2s
is that reported in and being booked for next fal
winter and spring In this respect the sten5lh oI
demand for cotton goods al natf-elins Q-p-a5Iols,
partly due 10 the strength OF raw cotton and lae
satisfactory reports as 20 0[[- - 9o IN - 80 ~ ;t
and wcrsted goods IlanliIslCte @ - ~, - -, - $3.50
delivery very high prices, are oy 1ar tne ncta2e
larger than last year by various percentages. and
some adyices are Of UnpTecedeEtec sales I2. H@AC
ness done BY first hands in dryso0ds is said % %
little below the best. which occurred ia the hfSI
half OF 1901
Dun's Review says:
Statistics OF traffic and exchanges and reports
from the principal Industries and l7r-aI-l7 ce-
tres confirm the recent evidences OF ll1r9ye11enL
in business confidence and activity Bank clear1nss
for June show sains Of Is 9 per cent over -sa anu
IL per cent over 1896 OUTSIDE New York While IN
New York the remarkable percentages or increase
OF SD over 1895 and 1916 over 1903 are recordel-
Railroad earnings for three weeks Of June nave
been 81 per cent greater than IN Er,, lle -a-,-s
of as compared with 1901 being lJ5 per sent ne
EXPANSION OF activity the iron ana steel rade =
maintained. This is the critical time Tor te ptLl-
cipaI crops. but weather COndiIlouS axe a-s+-t-JS
and every day adds 20 the prevailing commence n
harvests. which, II not OF record breaking 2toyoL-
tiOns will al least be adequate for the continuance
OF agricultural prosperity The end or the IsI I--
OF the calendar year and the beginning OF Z lev
fiscal wear give opportunity for comparisons NLlcL
tend the optimism Wfllcn ll--s JS-1--S
the characteristic note OF American business @
tfOls now and those of six and twelve months asO
is most marked in the financial Held ana t-7 t01
ace disolaved there is spreading over the Wnol99
country Statistics OF six months tdlilTes IS'gl
alike the effects Of the passing depression --1 10
progress toward financial rehaoillJAtlo2-
analvzed. they show how great IS the res-sl-ss
mower Of the business structure as SuppoTleu y!
the more modern methods OF credits. acc
and publicity: the six months HaolLiJi5s % i+b
ed firms amounted TO SsS5431S. as conllaIed w-.l
S194 374 SIS in 1895 Foreign commerce @t me Pos
In the LATEST week again recorded a gam CSet -
1-aa- the movement in and out asgregaJng S-4'-
S29 ~ tbIs year and g.. SS1 q year aso-