Show I I Xl ENDED CONFIDENCE This in Brief Is Situation in Business WoVId BRADSTREET IS AUTHORITY Good Reports as to Collections From All Western and Southern Points Disclose That Trade Relations to Retailers Are Quite Good Cereals Have Given a Further Exhibition of Life Inquiry Rather Than Active Ac-tive Demand Is a Leading Feature in Iron and Steel Trade New York Jan 11 Bradslroets tomorrow to-morrow will say Business is still of I fn in n1fl1L 1 lines but a livening up of interest In several trades has been noted this week Relatively best reports come from the iron and steel lumber leather and drug trades but there has been some enlargement of wholesale distributive dis-tributive trade on spring account in the South and West Spring trade In dry goods is just opening up and it Is noted that a heavy shipping movement on orders is now proceeding at the West Some gain In wool sales is noted at Eastern markets but weather condItIon con-dItIon have not been favorable at the East to business as a whole except as stimulating the retail trade in shoes and rubber goods A special feature is the generally good tenor of reports as to collections from all Western and Southern I South-ern points from which It is inferred that trade relations to retailers must have belle quite good Summed up briefly the situation is one of widespread wide-spread confidence in the generalbusi ness outlook Cereals have given a further exhibition exhibi-tion of life this week partly on light Northwest receipts and advices that < Argentine shipments will not exceed I 35000000 or about half those of a year ago but largely on the unquestionably heavier volume of Wall street money seeking an outlet In the grain market Fluctuations have been wider and it has been essentially a traders market with net changes for the week small Corn Is slightly higher in sympathy with wheat and small reqeipts of contract con-tract Inquiry rather than active demand is a leading feature in iron and steel but quite an increase of activity is noted In Bessemer pg iron billets at Pittsburg and in plates at Chicago No change In billets or plates has been agreed on ns yet Iron production is increasing but has not yet overtaken consumption and slocks arc repotted smaller than a month ago There are only two idle furnaces now In the Chicago Chi-cago district Cotton has weakened on discouraged bull liquidation due to larger receipts while cotton goods have bone quite on the advices of a backward spring trade In the East Wool has been in rather better demand de-mand than of late due to beter buy lag by manufacturers A fair business has been booked in overcoating on next fall account at lower prices but the regular heavyweight season has not yet opened Plain dress goods are be lag ordered quite freely but the fancies are neglected S Jobbing buslnss In shoes Is quieter but It Is quite good at retail Travelers Travel-ers are now going out with fail styles of shoes which ill sell slightly lower than last > ear Wheat Including flour shipments for the week aggregate 59610 5 bushels against 3904301 bushels last week 1 248926 in the corresponding week of 3900 5647071 in 1899 C299517 In 1898 and 3ir4S164 bushels in 1S97 From July 1st to date this season wheat exports are 104026851 bushels aguinst 110752801 last season and 131036048 In 1S9S1S99 Corn exports for the vcck agsrc gated 1897345 bushels against 1470521 last week 3611576 In this week a year ago 3297072 In 1899 4641750 in 1898 and 3757281 In 1897 From July 1st to date this season corn exports arc 103 608035 against 118920757 last season and S99019 > bushels in 1S9S1S99 Business failures In the United States for the week number 322 against 368 last week 29fi in 1900 304 in 1899 322 In 1S98 and 478 In 1897 Canadian failures fail-ures for the week number against 23 last week 28 in this week a year ago 34 in 1899 68 In 1898 and 59 In 1897 |