New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-13

Dun s Review says
Warmer weather has stimulated increases SEQ
activity in the retail trade in most OF .Ito
large centres of the country. but the puS
ness situation as a whole is otherwise Noty
unsatisfactory so far as the immediate WI
ume OF transactions is concerned. aitnousn
the outlook for the future is By no means
unfavorabe Consumption Is much peiV~
producing capacity. and curtailment Is TUE
order of industry, particularly In the iron
and steel trade in which there has been
further blowing out OF furnaces ana
reduction In the sum or unnleu oIu nnds
Some activity is noted IN tne col.on Sree
market by the appearance on certain al >.
orders and the drygocds trade Is TURNER
benefited by the Increased retail uistr!o ~
ton already noted, but me tex,ne sl.udt 'V -,
as whole like that of iron and steel IL
one of curtament pending more settleu
Conditions upon which safe planning Tor me
future can be based. Domestic macs are
more active and higher ana Learner 70
somewhat better, but the shoe trade IS SOW
Bank clearings this week OUTSIDE OF ~
York showed % per cent loss compact
with 1910 and As per cent improvement ~,
1869; in the city the losses were % am
during April decreased 2.3 per cent. WINE
there are these evidences OF immedlate
trade interruption, the business s'tuatGn
improves every day in its fundamentals
Among the favorable features which prom
Use well for the future are the 1ncreasliISIS
bright prospects for the wheat crop. WILL
are confirmed by the government My
IL.
of the money market continue ausplclous'
and the entrance this week or trust com
panies into the New York Clearing House
Is an event of great significance, as increas-
ing the power OF financial resistance against
the effects Of any sudden changes IN the
situation The better demand for BOMBS
keeps up The export business Is most sat
sfactory, being In marked contrast to tle
recession in domestic trade. During the
latest week foreign commerce az New YORK
aggregated s34272. 0l3. against So5s2,So a
year ago and s25.3sl.231 in 1909 Exports
were 81. 49l us better than in 1910 and S'Z95'-
AS better than in 1909.
Bradstreets says.
Better weather with high in fact. mid
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has helped retail
trade which has shown Improvement at
most large centres. This fact. coupled NTH
more favorable crop conditions. has maze
for a rather more cheerful tone in JOB
bling and wholesale lines, but as yet retail
pie In fact, reduction sales are in evil
dence rather earlier than usual, and the
net gain I'm jobbing sales is slight, though
continuance of present Wea ther and crop
conditions seems bound TO be reflected in
renewed call for seasonable goods. collec-
tons are not much changed from earlier
reports. ranging from slow TO fair From
the leading industries there is little new or
interesting. Iron and steel are rather
and other lines using iron and steel are
buying cOnservativey. Coal and coke are
not very active and railway traffic is light
for the season. Structural material seems
TO be in fair 70 good demand at many cen
tres. but building returns show that in
dustrv is falling steadily behind last year
AZ most leading centres and as whole.