New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27
CONDITION OF TRADE
Bradstreft's says:

Reports as TO the more imno..
continue favorable. and trada DAM GRO
slowly. but In very irregular wa, 'hproV
toms OF betterment suggested hv. sym
Of affairs last week have no; the trel
eventuated in the sustained. r .nowoeyl
provement that was hoped for bsns
evidences OF disappointment vishi.e 81
TAN traae' III cohsonance with cn,.-
seasoDable weather, has expand.sS Vntiso
turnover is still below anticipatie. oK
various parts OF the country harnss an
are features In some sections sam "
Central West for instance. yher. .
retail dealers have been lIgh, s"ea
weather has caused inroads 10 he
supplies, ana IN consequence reords.ss
out In somewhat heavier volume W.
ing to fiji in Is Of the small-lot
purchases for future delivery. saw ~, W
lines. are marked by conserya,,..
spirit IL particularly evidenced b,n
merchants, and Is apparently born ey1;>
sire for more certainty regardino ~ az
situation, which they well reeoe cue
liable TO be subjected to rnanv snu
Then. too, the much lower nric.s assrs
farm products raise doubt as m r. 9
purchasing power ~ the cOuntrv =, ts't
Wholesale trade. considered as II'sVf,
mains quiet. Cotton goods ara e,,vt
there is more doing in leather. win
tigher. while wool is quite active ~
West Industrial operations are bos
on the light side. particularly in i -
steel and textile lines. "M
"Dun's Review" says:
Improvement in business sen,lyr..
holds. but IT Is more NANTES, In ~.
than In the West. and in the a..
market than In the PRINCIPAL i,d'
There is. however 70 be noted sa.'r
pansion in the demand for cotton ~.
retail trade In particular showing rns.S
tlvity. and the hope u expressed ,s.,'
limit Of curtailment OF production bss
reached. Larger sales are noted In w.
trade and leather and hides are me-
tive. In iron and steel decided
made in the price Of steel bars. ana
are further concessions in the price, -
iron. This has had an unsettled ers,w.
only in the iron and steel trade bui IA -
extent in business generally Cros -
poets continue TO improve and ~,
constitutes the strongest basis FOR -. !.
ure in a gradual expansion Of inAry.
activity as the year advances Mes,-
the banks keep plling up additions, !.
resources. and their capacity for crs5s
pansion is greater than IN mang w,
while the admission Of trust companx
the New York Clearing House strsnr.
the financial situation 10 and extent ~
scarcely appreciated. but which makss.
ono OF the most important banking -
opments I'm years While railroad sa-.
during two weeks Of May decreased MI
cent as compared with last year =.
clearings this week make substantial ~
the increases being l.9 per cent oy., y
and 81 per cent over 1919 outside q, ~
York. and 800 and AS per cent. resos,.,
". in New York. In all ~ the lead,r,
dustries the growth Of export trade ~
striking and favorable feature OF N.
uation: and, again in New York dysQ
the latest week. the exports exceeded
imports, though that Is chiefly an t-,r
city: exports were sl5.3705ll. or XIII
excess Of the imports; in the corresp1rk1
w wern "a 2s3 AK G5I and So9iiap rssn.S.
The business situation. therefore, -
whole. presents number Of elemep,
Improvement. and while the increase
actual transactions is very slow. al
some places not discernible In any arr
ciable degree, an advance has undoutI
been made