| Show BUSINESS GOOD LABOR IS SCARCE Delay in Harvesting Crops and Strikes Retard Rebuilding of San Francisco WEEKLY REVIEW OF TRADE SENTIMENT DECIDEDLY MORE MOR OPTIMISTIC M New York Aug 3 R G Dun Cos Coa Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will wil wilsay say Aside from the seasonable dullness in wholesale departments commercial activity activIty activity ity ib Ii 1 well maintained and aud preparations arc are made for early autumn and winter business Scarcity of ot labor is the only serious complaint output of coke being curtailed and there is delay in harvest harvestIng harvesting harvesting Ing crops while strikes retard the re rebuilding rebuilding rebuilding building of San Francisco but on the theother theother theother other hand a slight modification of the 1903 scale has brought back or more bituminous coal miners and the threat threatened threatened threatened ened struggle of paper mills has been averted while advanced wages brought full activity Ip in the textile Indus Industry industry try tn Railway earnings In July Jul were 89 per percent percent percent cent larger than a year ago abo and foreign commerce at this port showed gains of In ImpOrts and In ex exports exports exports ports as compared with the same week last year rear Commercial failures this week in the United States are arc ISO against last week in the preceding week and in the corresponding week last year Fail Fall Failures Failures ures urea In Canada number 16 against 15 last week 22 the preceding week and 26 last year Bradstreets Report Bradstreets tomorrow will say Sentiment in general seems to have be become become become come decidedly more optimistic practical assurances of heavy crop yields the grow growing growing growing ing buoyancy of the iron and steel in industry Industry industry and the relatively heavy volume of orders booked in general lines for fall falland falland falland and winter requirements being the prin principal principal principal cipal stimulant The essential soundness of mercantile trade is testified to by the July Jul and seven months returns of ot fail failures failures failures ures to Bradstreets which point to fewer failures and smaller liabilities than in any but the best of years Railway earnings are very heavy Evi Evl Evidences deuces dences multiply that the momentum al already already already ready Imparted to trade and industry will m receive a further impetus and that the year as a whole will surpass any pre previous previous previous period in the history Business failures in the United States for the week ending Aug 2 number against last week in the same week we k of 1905 in 1904 in 1903 and in 1902 In Canada failures number 28 25 against 24 21 last week and 25 in this week a year ar ago Wheat including flour exports from the United and Canada for the week ending Aug 2 are 02 bushels against last week wC k this week last year in 1904 and 99 in 1901 For the past five weeks of the fiscal year ear the exports are bushels against in 1905 In 1901 and in 1901 Corn exports for the week are bushels against last week 1013 a year ear ago and in 1904 For the fiscal year rear to date the exports are bushels against in 1905 and in 1901 1904 |
