Show BRADSTREETS OPINION General Trade Situatiqn Shows Improvement Im-provement Now York Juno Bradolrocts tomorrow tomor-row will say Despite some Irregularity duo to special conditions the general trmlo situation shows aji Improvement owing to better wenther and crop conditions con-ditions In most sections of the country n the Ennt tIme first real week of warm weather has been reluclerl In an Improved Im-proved retail demand for seasonable fabrics fab-rics and wearing apparel this In turn In clueing more activity In Jobbing linen oC dry goods shoes and other products The samo Is true of iho Northwest viler needed rains havo quloiou npprc hennmiiH an to the spring whcnt outlook A mcfiHiiniblP Improvement In crop conditions at lie South hns yet to bo re flected In most Southern trade advices Pnclllc coast crop nnd Undo ndvlccB nro also hotter hut ibo reprints of Impaired wheat nail corn onip coiidlUonii In tho SoulhwHt find tho qnletor irmlit thor whoro activity ilfl8 been heretofore great relieves the general trade leport of the of v reproach monotony Reports of dry went her In lie West anti of damage In Missouri and JCanaas were BUpportlnp features lo the success ful advancing of wheat prlccB early In the wook but long liquidation and reports re-ports of rains In the Northwest later on caused n loss 01 farly advance the re suit being a fractional lowering of quotations quo-tations on the week Rather more export Interest Is reported re-ported In cereals at the decline Thero In rather a butter tono In textiles duo partly to an Improved distribution In summer dry goods and aleo to better reorders re-orders for woolen goods for fall deliver A fair trade IH doing In new woolens induced in-duced by necessary buying of manufacturers manufac-turers but no additional advance In noted as to prices highgrade wools being be-ing best held while medium and conrso grades still favor buyers Iron and steel are quiet In nil lines ns regards new business but pig Iron IB 23 cents a ton weaker Consumption however proceeds at an iindlmliiishcd rate Tim Iron ore supply is In very strong hands and the movement owing to tile late opening of navigation in behind be-hind thnt of a year ago This coupled with the reported fixing of Bessemer pig quotations for tIm ensuing half of the year ut 10 a fraction below present nominal nom-inal rates leads to tim belief that buyers who expect much lower prices will bo disappointed A demonstration of the real power for steadying the market possessed by lie large IntoreMtH and those who are reported Involved with It In a apcclcs of community of Interests Is now looked for Pile Western hardware trade Is In very good shape Somo of tho backwardness In demand for agricultural Implement makers supplies Is charged lo a desireto nwalt the proposed consolidation In that lino Better weather has helped the distribution distri-bution of shoes and Eastern shipments for tho week are 20000 cases ahead of Inst year nnd 00000 canes ahead of the Benson Stocks of upper leather at tho Vest are reported curtailed by current strong Inquiry Export business Is also better than of late and shipments aio ahead of last year The Indiisirlnl sltun tlon shows lltllo change but the failure of the expected settlement of the machinists ma-chinists strike to materialize Is reflected In reports of local dulling of demand for new kinds of Ironnnd abed In such centers cen-ters as Chicago Cincinnati and other mnrkolH Wheat includmp flour shipments for the week aggregate GGIICll bushels against 1230 il bushels in the corresponding corre-sponding week of 1000 3158017 bushels in 1S99 and 4730PS2 bushels In 1S9S From July 1st to date this season wheat exports ex-ports are 200832271 bushels against 187 J50927 bushels last season and 21p0172S2 buohcla In JS9S09 Failures In the United States for the week number 103 against 141 Intst week 184 In this week a year ngo 178 In 1599 221 In 1SS and 25G In 1S97 Failures In Canada In Mny numbered 103 Bank Clearings New York Juno 7Tue following table compiled by Brndstrecl shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended Juno oth with the percentage of Increase and decrease as compared with corresponding week last year Inc Dec New York lS2oOS9702 SS9 Boston 151627730 274 Chicago 17C20311S 221 Philadelphia 135051117 345 SL Louis 5127M3 205 PIttsburg 47113105 3S2 Baltimore 2541SC91 2S San Frnnclsco 220 3690 47 Cincinnati 23117550 230 Kansas City 3990SS53 231 New Orleans 9RS34S6 217 Minneapolis 11171393 G6 Detroit 3229420f 370 Cleveland 15707125 229 Louisville 116I97S3 360 Provldcnc0 G37S400 43 Milwaukee 7153073 239 St Paul 4f S5C92 10G Buffalo G929712 234 Omaha 7019205 17 Indianapolis 94G9C00 4o 4 Columbus 0 8143000 460 Savannah 2057180 59 Denver 309SSOS 2G Hartford 2MOS05 151 Richmond 4159931 27 Memphis 2230787 11 Washington1226157 25 Peoria 2357170 113 Rochester 4232C29 400 New Haven i640U3 4G i Worcester 1556264 232 Atlanta l7405fS lo2 SALT LAKE CITY 3509038 732 Springfield Mass 1720GI 263 Fort Worth a 3702765 S4 Portland Me 1215011 M8 Portland Or 2o6354G 358 St Joseph C36033S 112 Los Angeles 3100210 192 Norfolk 1315203 38 Syracuse l2ol iM 23 Des iUolncs 173D2GG 112 Nashville 14S2CCO 1S7 Wllmlnglon Del IOIOOG 90 Fall River p1 S47G19 20 Scranton < 1379S74 208 Grand Rapids 1337840 91 Augusta Ga 755135 235 Lowell 712215 304 Dayton 0 1205201 132 Seattle 3129011 257 Tacomn 1032879 203 Spokane 1311100 GS Sioux City 3131273 72 New Bedford 405333 5G Knoxvlllc Tcnn 6611GG 31 Topcka SM3S7 201 Birmingham S297S7 Wichita 561171 Blnglmmton TCS7CO 123 Lexington Ky rSSO6 267 Jacksonville Fla 2S03SO 103 Kalamazoo 432810 2S Akron 662700 163 Wllkesbarro 90754 Chattanooga 484427 34 Roekford Ill 310017 G23 Canton 0 3G1SOO 131 Springfield 0 310711 IGo Fargo N D 410323 84 Sioux Falls S D 22O0 299 Fremont Neb 21749 861 Davenport 1112463 111 Toledo 2222236 101 Gnlveston n051000 75 Houston S275lll S9S Chester Pa 5S7100 YoungltoWil 0 40362 22S Spriiigflehd Ill O53i9 200 Tleieni 7G6S6 325 flloornhllgtolt 25072 60 Little Rock o 170747 S7 Macoh 557000 l2 EvansvIlle 00716 180 Jacksonville Ihl IIS802 LI Colorado 3pnlngi 7h0182 Wheeling V Va rs5 io qoi5 U S266600112 Totals outside N T SlO03160 237 OF CANADA Montreal 18510633 272 Toronto 13601102 217 inlllleg 1160601 iS4 180 1lalifax Hamilton 8132I6 17 St John N B 853112 08 yancoilver 13 C SS97 103 VictorIa B C 806710 230 Totals 172 |