Show ETWEE flE8EASONS This the Condition of Affairs in Business World SOME LINES ARE LIVELY I Others are Depressed but the Basic Conditions are iu the Main of a Ta vorablc Nature Reports of Good Railroad Earnings are Received Crop Reports arc of a Favorable Character Pork Products are Lower Low-er of Woolen Goods are Out of Market for Raw Wool New York Juno Bradstreets will say tomorrow Readjustments of price quotations to meet the changed condition condi-tion of supply and demand are still the leading features of the general trade In volume the business doing Is of a betwoenseasons character Improvement I Im-provement In some lines being counterbalanced counter-balanced by i increased dullness In other branches That the basic conditions of I the trade are In tho main of a favorable favora-ble nature howcvci Is proved by the continued good railroad earnings returns re-turns which come to hand The fact i seems to be that the volume of business I busi-ness offered the transportation Interests of the country continues considerably In excess of a year ago Crop reports are relatively most favorable fa-vorable as regards corn nnd oats In the Southwest wheat crop prospects are still maintained at a high average In the Noi thwest wheat has been helped by late rains but owing to their I late arrival It I Is not certain how mucji I benefit was obtained thereby Most prices are lower on the week wheat noting a fractional drop despite unfavorable unfa-vorable Fiench crop advices whence an enormous nductton In yield Is predicted predict-ed and also latlier blue reports Ironi the Northwest early In the week mended mend-ed In some respect by the rains mentioned men-tioned Pork products have sympathized with the downward tendency or values aided thereby by increased receipts of hogsSome Some further liquidation has been noted In cotton and the price has sunk to 9c In textiles the situation Is rather depressed although some Improvement in reorders for cry goods Is noted at leading Jobbing centers Print cloths I havo been marked clown by the Fall Dtivcr commute but this Is merely u tardy recognition of hitherto known facts Manufacturers of woolen goods arc out of the market for raw wool and I the outlook nt present favors the I lightweight light-weight woolcna upon opening at lower values Boots and shoes an dull i I and a I numoer of Eastern factories are short I of orders The handtomouth domestic demand de-mand for Iron and steel continues but tho number uf small orders received Is taken to indicate that consumers are practically baro of stocks and any general gen-eral shutdown for n months time such as Is proposed might lead to u scramble scram-ble for supplies Wheat Including flour shipments for the week aggregate 1533140 bush ela against 3cybJtJb bushels last week 339COC5 bushels in the corresponding week of 18J9 521S08C bushels In ISJS 1 C200S3 bushels in 1397 and o30l > 8G5 InYshels in 1S9G 1 Since July 1st this season the ex portu of wheat aggregate 1S201C 69G bushels against 217005374 bushels last year and 21CH5035 bushels In 1SD7 Business failures tom the week In the United States number 135 as compared with 1C7 last week 129 In this week a year ago iTS In 1S9S 192 in 1S97 and 2JG In 1690 Business failures In the Dominion of Canada for the week number 21 as compared with 17 last week 18 In this week a year ago il in 189S 37 in 1SI > 7 and 29 In 1896 |