Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-04-27
Trend Of Reports in Gener :
al Is Satisfactory.
Activity in The Larger Markets
Is Less Marked,
But Some OF the Less Important
Ceniers Report Improvement.

New York. April 26.-Bradstreet's
State of Trade, tomorrow will say:
Trade reports are irregular in tenor
with here and there streaks of disap-
pointment but, on the whole, the
trend is in satisfactory direction.
While activity at the larger markets
has given way to some degree of
quiet especially in lines heretofore
very active. dry goods for instance,
the contrary seems To be true of the
less important centers, most of which
report further Improvement in dis
tribution Higher temperatures have
come TO pass. farm work and seeding
has been aided some progress in cot
ton planting has been made in the
South, the spring wheat regions re-
pert satisfactory soil conditions, VIM
ter wheat reports are more favorable,
there is less talk of extensive winter
killing, timely rains have revived the
plant in parts of the Southwest. out
door operations have heen given an
impetus, industrial disturbances are
waning, iron and steel are active at
higher and more profitable prices, and
finally, retail trade has recently i'm
proved. Collections show little change,
being about fair for the country as a
whole. and still slow in the South.
The bun movements in the cereals
and cotton We're continued this week
but there was evidence of the advance
bringing out realizing in wheat and
cotton. which failed to hold the new
high levels reached early in the week.
though still marking gains over the
,,~taa fop n
Provisions were quite firm. and lard
and cotton oil moved up slightly.
Sugar prices are about X cent lower
on better Cuban crop reports
After rise in new high levels in
mid week on poor crop reports and
spots selling at IL cents, a gain of 20
points. while futures were up 20 to 25
points, better weather and crop re-
ports brought an easing which re-
diced the gain to about 5nS points
TO Friday
Bank ciearings for the week ending
with April % aggregated SO. .193, 3,5SS.000
an increase of 1876 per cent. over the
like week in 1911.
Business failures for the week end
ing April 25 were 24s, against 2f0 in
the like week of 1911, 1S9 in 1910. PCS
in 1909, and 2S2 in 1908.
Wheat, including flour exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending April 25, as reported by
telegraph to Bradstreets, aggregate
$3,169,514 bushels against 1.6S5,666 this
week last year. For the 43 weeks end
ing April %, exports are 133,2s041o
bushels against ss.779,77S in the cor
responding period last year. Corn ex-
ports for the week are 76,472 bushels
against 133.567 in 1911. For the 4s
weeks ending April 25. corn exports
are 32,375.433 bushels against 43,7S6.1S0
last year.
In Canada: Favorable weather con-
6itions have benefited trade in Cam
ada, made for increased activity in
building and aided farm work. Re-
orders are larger, and such lines as
dry goods. paints. oils. hardware and
lumber have felt the favorable inilu-
enees. Collections on the whole are
fair Montreal reports that good
weather and the prospects of naviga-
ton operating in a few days have
helped all lines of trade.
Business failures for the week end
ing with Thursday number %. which
compares With 26 in the like week of
1911.