| Show TRADE IN FEBRUARY Shortest Month in the Year Shows Good Results CLOSING WEEK WAS LIVELY Preparations for Heavy Spring Business Busi-ness Is Reported at Many Points Southern Cities Alone Being Backward Back-ward Cereals Opened tho Week With a Decided Reaction Wheat Came in Sight Rather More Freely Free-ly Than a Year Ago Wool Taken Less Freely by tho Mills New York Feb SR G Dun Con Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say Although tho shortest month of tho year WTS further curtailed by two holi days and handicapped by the most severe storms of the winter Industrial and trado results woro most satisfactory The clos ing week brought a general resumption of activity in tho lines that suffered from the weather nnd preparation for an exceptionally ex-ceptionally heavy spring business was reported re-ported at many points Southern cllled alone being backward Insufficient motive power and bad weather combined to restrict the movement move-ment of coke from Connollsvlllo and tho pig Iron production suffers at a tlmo when tho maximum output would not bo excessive Cereals opened tho week with a decided de-cided reaction Wheat came Into sight rather more freely than a year ago and tho Atlantic shipment of flour made a better comparison than In recent preceding pre-ceding weeks but total exports of wheat from time United Suites Hour Included wero 3185052 bushels against 4331219 bushels a year ago Wool has been taken less freely by mills but dealers show no lack of confi denco In tho future of that staple Failures for the week numbered 216 In Ole United States aralnt179 last year7 clad 35 1111 Canada ngaJnst last year WHAT BRADSTREET SAYS Current Demand Is of Full Volume for This Season Now York Feb Bradotrccts tomorrow to-morrow will say Current demand Is of full volume for this s ason of tho year while business on spring account goes forward in largo volume Iron and steel are quieter on the sur face but consumption remains undlmln Ished Tho heavy break in wheat prices at the close of last week contrary to cx peclallons did not bring to light the reported re-ported largo business on export acount Toward tho closo short covering wns forced despite tho heavy primary movement move-ment on reports that tho growing winter wheat crop was suffering having lost Its covering of snow Hog products have been Irregular In sympathy with grain Wheat Including Hour exports for tho week aggregate 31IIO bushels against 3605133 bushels last week and 6233313 bushels In this week last year Wheat exports from July 1 1901 to date aggregate aggre-gate 1S01GGJ33 bushels against 133218078 bushels last season Wool Is steady with supplies held within narrow limits Business failures In tho United States for tho week number 201 as against 223 last week 177 In this week last year and 173 In 1900 Canadian failures for tho week num bar 27 as against 21 last week 2S In this week a year ago and 29 In 1900 I Bank Clearings New York Feb sTho following tn ble compiled hy BradBtrcot shows tho bank clcarlnga at tho principal cities tor the week ended February 27lh with Hip percentage of Increase and decrease ay compared tflth tho corresponding wcdk last year M Inc Dec New York 1272913059 131 Chicago 152IOOOS 230 Boston 315S297IG 111 Philadelphia 71CS1I9S 329 St Louis 52321761 67G I Plttsburg 30529365 C7 Balllmoro 17000241 11C San Francisco 19GCO1GI 35 Cincinnati 19813700 123 Kansas City 1C5153U 110 > 4 Cleveland 11790GSO 117 Minneapolis J 10000953 4G2 New Orleans U9299GO G2 Detroit > SlGG2ol 11 Louisville 7S3273 70 Indlanai > olls 7510903 3G5 nrovldenco 0300200 CC i Omaha GOSl511 3S Mllwaukco C31ICSO 159 Buffalo G031S2 72 St Paul JSMGSo 173 I St Joseph1 I193I2S 122 Denver 3732039 98 Richmond 3OSG09 20 Savannah 2327331 331 SALT LAKE CITY 2723752 203 Albany 2NM092 Los Angeles 1221650 331 1 Memphis 2753018 56 I Fort Worth 1700227 1S1 Seattle 2753S17 319 j Washington 2965570 17 J Hartford r 2302778 150 Peoria 31COC51 ASA Toledo 206SCCO JIS1 131 J Portland Oro 2330909 E22 Rochester 1SOS32G 153 Atlanta 2112G1G 1GG Des Moines 1693057 83 Now Haven 1333270 200 J j Worcester 12C7000 53 Nashvlllo 1103327 137 Springfield Mass 1277703 16 t Norfolk 3215652 08 f Grand Rapids 1087991 10 1 Scranton 32SC13S 9S Portland Mo 1103078 171 JV Sioux City 1373623 1GS SL I Augusta 8SIVJT1 M j5 Syracuse W10S2 10C Dayton 0 1131703 201 4 t Tacoma 911071 31 U f Spokane 1173101 G9S J Topeka 1101221 77 J Dnvc port 9C3500 191 j Wilmington Del S7S293 62 J J Evansvlllo 753525 188 Birmingham 1I33G91 37G Fall River 10SG7GO 789 Macon 770000 3C9 Little Rock RH010 82 Helena I3199 239 Knoxvlllo 7010CS 303 Lowell WS3G 26 Jcron 53GSOO 155 v Wichita C10224 23 r Springfield 111 CCOSOS 105 Loxlnglon HGOCOO 361 1 New Bedford 3C02U G5 Chattanooga J2l3i9 121 I Young ton 107321 GS3 Kalamazoo 1020OT G1i Fargo COGSlS Sl BIngham 265GOO J 621 Rockford 3IS2I8 308 Canton 11150002371 Jacksonville Fla SiOSGS SiG Springfield 0 3l9rXJ 212 Chester u 2S715G 153 Qulncy XW Is1 Bloomington 57S73 225 Sioux Falls 2273911101 Jacksonville 111 115C90 98 Fremont SG9C30 3S 0 Houston 9950J23 S2G Galveston > 7CC9000 112 Columbus 0 5G37EOO 17 Wheeling t G29S22 190 Wlllccabarro 231 Totals U S1952r07G 1L3 = Outside N Y C701539SO 82 CANADA Montreal 19923S35 G50 loronlo 13163055 181 Winnipeg 2172G27 11C Halifax 3C65058 13C Vancouver B C 905071 J37 Hamilton 7OTSOG 1G1 I Si John N B 712216 214 Victoria B C 632392 350 Quebec 107GS97 1 Ottawa 1639333 Totals Canada S CO171lG7 CcTl 7 Not Included In totals because contain ing other items limn clearings UNot Included In total bccauuo of no comparison for Inst year |
