| Show DUNS OPINION S Labor Disturbance the Only Adverse Factor in Business World New York May 17R Gbua Cos Rovlcw of the Trade tomorrow will say Crop reports continue In the main fa voniblc and cssed money market tends to encourage business enterprises which S looked aghast at the collapse of stock Kpccnlatlon Th calmer lono In securities securi-ties Is welcomed in all dliocllonH As against the favorable departments rc foircd to there Is but one adverse factor and the labor disturbances In severil quarters are not conslileieil likely lo be a long drawback ana promise not lo very generally affect the trades Involved Less urgency for early delivery of Iron and steel products Is reported at manufacturing manu-facturing centers Wllh mills assured of activity beyond the middle of the year and jomc1 uncertainty regarding the labor organizations altitude on the wage Kchicu ulc there Is a disposition TO let new engagements en-gagements wait as long as possible Unusual activity Is seen In ncrkultnrnl HUppllcs ind some noteworthy shipments were reported during tlu week while makers of ibis class of machinery purchased pur-chased frcclv of bar Iron Structural shapes arc In mch active domestic demand de-mand ihut little uUtiHlun i41 l given lo S nvillable foreign conliauts Cola production produc-tion Is srlll enormous as Is natural with iron furnaces operating at the greatest weekly capacity over recorded Forwarding of boots and shoes from Boston for the last two weeks rcachtfi the exceptional total of 27S07 cases or tS per cent mote than In tho corresponding weeks oflOvO1 and since January lst shill meats exceed last year by 12147 cases while thin Increase over all previous years was much more Both wheat mid corn continue to Bell at moro than lOc a bushel above the price at tliIn duto last year and the lluclua Uons In speculative options are much wider S Contracts In Mnv corn have been closed al phenomenal prices owing lo clover manipulation at Chicago nexi crop options arc sustained beyond the nrlccH wrtTnntcd by encouraging crop reports More foreign Inquiry for corn increased AtlantIc exports for the week lo 245SCS1 hiiKhulH against only 1211253 in Iho previous week hut the movement Is still far below the figures of a year ago Wheat goes out In greater volume than a year ago but our shipments arc comparatively com-paratively light Failures for the week numbered 177 In the United SlMeji arralnul 177 last year and 19 liv Canada against 20 last year S 5 Bank Clearings Now York tIIiy 17 Tho following able compiled by UradBlrcct showy tho bank clciirlngn at the principal cltle3 for tho < week ended May 16th with tho pcrccnt ain of Increase and decrease JIM compared with the corresponding week lost year 4 Miu1 Dec New York 2C < W1I9GJ 151 0 Boston 16I503S10 400 Chicago i40W251 207 Phlliulclphla d l21ozb79 310 St Louis 002819 505 iT1T1r 120 Pittsburg Baltimore 27a757G I 14 Sun FrnclsCo 24i03S0 92 clnclnuttl on550 as 51 i CItY O15S 314 FZaIISLI = V jVArtlojA IIf New Orleans lM w5 217 Minneapolis 03y2304 30 104SSS 4O Detroit 1580505 382 Cleveland 0Otrt32 i5t Louisvlhlo JLjOUIKVil 63100 8 0 Providence iSvf Mlwaukco 5361073 155 36 1SSOK2 SI Paul Bpffalo t521202 112 Omaha Savnnnth indlunapohis 8110813 52707 100 did 1243376 04 hartford Denver i9709SS 311 JLIfclu I u n Richmond illiillJ Hu 0 2Sl6ISS Memphis iiwrt Mi Washington 3U3320 22T503S 1t1 ji Rochester Peoria i 1718157 oocss 38 0 Haven 7SH New 1Uk207 330 Atlanta rorecstcr i ifeiO 27S SALT LAKE CITY 37500M gO Mass 1401IOi 309 Springficld S 117iSR 2i JSoISt or I i Porcland Me 1309617 255 113 Portland Or 2213812 JoeIh 5l0l0 St I Norfolk Los Angeles 1423001 3IESSl0 381 i2l5t57 Syraquse 102t9 16S I Iolncs Des i0S3 20 Wilmington Del 1118188 102 18i95i 170 Fall River io137 21 Scranton 319S106 113 Rapids Grand Si9622 19 CU Augtista 59238i 222 Jovehi 1205015 21 0 Dayton 2321411 ti Seattle iOS2G uS Tacomi S i191T2i Snokano 23 i44879S Sioux CIty a 01188 65t Now llethord Knoxville 1nn 6S0120 Zt 910150 186 Toielcn 75603 2S Birmingham tS9S3 51 Wichita 2f400 156 Binhiimton ICy 165409 1 cxlngton 216 Jacksonville FIl 2S541 42S1fl 200 Jnltmazoo 70S Akron IT64 211 hattnnooga flocltford Ill t2 = 703 anton 0 43T 220 srbngtlc1d 0 W00f 70 31S N D 261615 Jrartu Sboux Falls S D 205000 2SS9 Frenont Neb 102681 i5 156602 14i Toledo 1avcnport 26515 297 61k000 v03 Cnlve8tofl 01001S 63I 1houston 5S3g3 100 Rock Little Einsvlh1c 820s 384 3Cjji Macon 0 157108 526 YoungstoWn SZfllST 211 Ilelena 1S SprbngiIell ill 412019 COlOlfldO SprlnIzs 1teksonllle ill 187718 56 19130i IStI Bloomington 7S30 wheeling Totals Ti StJ4430sg3s 1015 otsidO Totals 27T New York 330sD5s DOMiNION OF CANADA 2028030 310 Montreal i 203 Toronto i85110 231 Winnipeg 1il3lSl 60 ilalifax 278 Hamilton Quebec th8IZ 260 B St John N 612005 rlcorla l5691 1O Vancouver Totals 10508474 253 |