Show SPRING TRADE TRABE mm RATHER SLOW Disappointment at Eastern Centers but There Is Hope for the Future New Kew York Feb 5 Bradstreets tomor row will ill say Bay Trade is I quiet t as a Q whole and aud Industrial operations are still below normal In most lines Conservatism C lU In buying is still marked and there is also present the feel ing lug of or disappointment noted at the failure fall fail Si ure 0 of spring Prins trade to open up more rap lair Idly Idl Some measures of trade volume showed slight recessions in January from December but the failure record was an encouraging one and the improvement over oer the same month a year ear ago ABO when business was fas at a low ebb Is general and marked t Collections are little changed and classed as fair fall as a n whole Fear of Revision The disposition In many lines is I still to attribute slowness of or demand In opening up to fear tear of tariff revisions but there there Is le manifest now a disposition to recognize more fully rully the tho play of or natural conditions and restriction of or consumptive cont demands proceeding from reduced earning power of the community First probably In point of activity at present nt are the de demands demands demands mands for tor fertilizers seeds implements and similar goods this being most marked at western centers Business failures in the United States for the week ending Feb F b 4 were against last week m In the same week of 1413 In hi 1007 04 4 In ton lOCoS and m 7 In bi Canadian failures failure for the week num DUm ber which compares with last week and fifty In this week last year Wheat and Flour Exports Experts Wheat including flour lour exports from the United States and Canada for tor the week ending Feb 4 aggregated l bushels against last week and 4 this week last year ear For the thirty two weeks ending Feb 4 this year the exports are 1 bushels against In the same lame period last ant year Corn exports for the th week are bushes bushels bUb o against law last week and 1835 6 bushels bush ls In 1968 1916 For the thirty two weeks ending Feb 4 corn exports are arc 1612 bushels against last year Duns Review R G Dun Cos Weekly Review of ot Trade will say tomorrow Dullness of retail trade is somewhat more pronounced than usual at this sea season season season son an distribution In wholesale lines linea continue bly restricted although there Is urgency In the demand for some varieties of or cotton and woolen goods to tl provide for Immediate requirements and eastern manufacturer manufacturers are very busy Fu ture offerings in most lines are still elated with great caution but confidence In n the future Is stronger Conditions In iron and steel continue continuo dis disappointing appointing Stocks Stock of pig Iron are in increasing Increasing Increasing creasing and prices show a sagging ten tendency tendency tendency dency in consequence Structural ma materials materials materials continue quiet Prices of domestic hides were somewhat easier with the exception ex exception exception of branded stock which continues strong Country hides are lower loer |