Show AS DUN SEES IT Favorable Weather Has Greatly Facilitated Easter Trade I New York March 2SR G Duns Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will nay Favorable weather greatly facilitated facili-tated Easter retail trade tho volume of transactions in all lines of wearing ap parol being of exceptional magnitude Activity I Ac-tivity was by no means restricted to tho specialties however tho General distribution distribu-tion of merchandise exceeding that of previous seasons with prices well maintained main-tained ledlIslinct A distinct ovldenco of the vigor of legitimate trado Is found in the decline of only 214 per cent In bank exchanges at New York notwithstanding tho fact that transactions at the stock exchange were not moro than a third of those In ho corresponding week lost year while at tho other leading cities clearings exhibited exhib-ited a gain of 98 per cent over last year and 311 per cent over IKK Demands for eighthour day after May 1st by tho blast furrtacomon was the most disturbing feature In the iron and aCed industry and this is not causing much alarm as an agreement will probably prob-ably be reached during the intervening month Production la now beyond all previous records and the movement of coke is ample although tho early opening of lake navigation may withdraw some of the transporting facilities which cannot well bo spared Buying has been notably active In bars for implement makers and producers 1 havo eold their entire outputs BO far ahead that now business Is not sought Many plans for Immediate structural I work havo been abandoned owing to the insufficient sup ply of available material On tho other hand there arc reports of reselling con tracts for rails and other supplies by consumers who have secured larger deliv crlcn I than will bo needed The appear ance OL tills speculative lament would bo ominous if quotations were moro execs Blvcly Inflated Aside from tho atlvanco In bar Iron at Plttsburg to J1S03 and foundry Iron at Chicago to J1S50 there are no special price changes Southern furnace products having decided to post pone tho contemplated advance A severe reaction occurred in cotton due entirely to the excessive speculative purchases which made the market ton heavy A slight rccovci In 1 coCo from tho bottom price must bo l attributed to aggressive option buying as tho statis tical position is not Improved Brazil re cclpts exceeding last years high record to date by over a third A temporary reduction In relIned sugar was quIcMy restored as the market for raw grades became vory strong Meats again ad vanccd in tho face or easier grain a help ful influence bin the nrerost Inl ii J der ever placed for tho British army V Weakness appeared in tho cereals early In the week when there was a certain unanimity about encouraging weather ports and Increased acreage Subsequent re 1 y there was a partial recovery owln to lens cheerful news from Kansas Owing rind Oklahoma but the net result for tho vof was a decidedly lower range of prices Wheat exports materially declined from tho satisfactory record of JG5iG2 bushels Inst wnek to only 3055612 bushel his week which compares with 3V3G3 In the same week last year There was decrease In Weatern receipts to 747001 11 bUDhcIH against 1052GOS a year the difference ago but in ereneo arrivals of corn wag lCB3 striking ofTIcliil According to an anolyafi of the returns by a Liverpool authority there will be only 13000600 busheln of wheat in this country at the closeo of the crap year but the ba80cfdth ° Zl J N10 statement 111 based on txporls for the lost four months or hair as much as tho rocordbrcakl ship ments of tho preceding eight months which Is exceedingly Improbable A fur her altenll ° n In tho lleurcs should t Jhollldhc made the total lo allow crop for the underestJmaloot lue Failures for the week iho numbered In the United Staten aGainst 200 2 re Year yea and 22 In Canada against last last Bank Clearings Now York Marclf 2STho following ta ble compiled by BrariBtreot shows tile bank clearings at the principal cities for the week entifcd March with with the nor ccntaea of Increosn and derr av aa com pared With the corresponlng week last ycar Inc Dec Now York l 293 j212 2Ql Chicago 6I105SIO 01 Boston 1Iri7Zi3 106 Philadelphia Ill 3S7IGI 157 lhllidlhl3 SL Lou Ei22Zi12r1 zg9 Plttsburg IlGI51G7 42 Baltimore 21231551 112 San Francisco H3i0 G31 Cincinnati 1lwcJ 63 KanS City 17S15S 236 Clocland l1r3l 8 l1nncapolis JOSlOC32 337 New Orleans 1l600iit2 GG Detroit 8156216 40 Louisville 895253 188 Indianapolis 0115623 516 Providence GG21GOO 22S Omaha 7037163 11L5 Milwaukee GIGI3 GOS J3titTalo ISSJ553 17 SI Paul EiIUG 211 SI Joseph 41S720S 210 I Denver I5S30l 66 Richmond 3911CIA 83 Snnnnah 3li21 z1S SALT LAKE CITY ssiOn 258 Albany 2S2IU 71 Los Angeles 520lGM 71G Memphis u 31Hm7 ZI6 F9rt rorth 2511i7 67 Sattlct 2Sn1H 212 VashlnSlan 33S1621 1 215 Hartford 2902 6 11 Peoria 3501855 55 Toledo 222iG32 50 Portland Or 323036 55 Rochester 4301Z3 321 AUantu 20075SO 30S Des Moines 192Slfitj 205 New Haven Jcs697G 315 Worcester 1574731 67 NushlIle 182075 333 Mass 125552 32 Springfield 135193i HI2 Grand Rapids 1102351 jG Scranton 13553 113 u Portland Me I06359i3 1 Sioux City 167273 324 Auullu lISlHG 429 Syracuse 95031 112 Dayton 0 i1027ii 172 m n 11 < 313 7 B Spokane 1498720 751 Topeka 1437563 170 Davenport SI3J7 Wilmington Dol 973GSO 108 Evansvlllo 803202 31 Birmingham 930655 70 Fall River S9L731 435 603000 206 Macon LitHo Rock gCISWI 53G 204 Helena 469603 P Knoxvlllo 701C03 175 Lowell 103512 Akron 546CCO 87 Wichita 661664 31 Springfield III 01 539210 97 5CO1GS 291 Lexington New Bedford 403903 163 Chattanooga 492003 213 Youngstown 620311 424 Kalamazoo 4915GG 548 352331 110 Fargo Binghamton 341103 Rockford 427109 147 423600 610 Canton Jacksonville Fin 35SE05 3L3 Springfield 0 503917 149 Chester 332518 64 Quincy 11G9K1 347COO 65 G Bloomington Sioux Falls 32543S 12 Jacksonville Ill 179518 346 Fromont 1GCS50 152 Houston i 12035031 632 81 Galveston 6919000 Columbus 0 6259600 24G Wheeling4 603101 32 Wllktsbarrc SC259S Decatur Ill 211211 1 Totals U S206371S1C6 105 Outside New York 77032J707 121 CANADA Montreal 18925227 103 15261507 398 Toronto Winnipeg 600902 552 Halifax 1W2117 179 Vancouver B C 7C07S9 48 Hamilton JS2GO 009 St John N B 511670 134 Victoria B C 521657 270 Quebec 11017SS Ottawa 1703022 Totals Canada 4L137965 225 Not Included In totals because containing contain-ing other Items than clearings Not Included In totals because of no comparison for last year LIVE STOCK CHICAGO Chicago Match 23 Cattle Receipts 2500 steady to strong good to prim steers nominal J650f700 poor to mdl um 4250610 stockers and feeders 52COJ G25 cows Sl25GocO heifers 5250J7515 cnnners fij2tO bull 1 2O7ii10 calves 5IY GOO Toxaa fed steers KV5GOO Hogs Receipts 2100 C IOo higher closing clos-ing easy mixed and butchers S645fG 90 good to choice heavy SWOJjG92 rough heavy 5G35fiGC5 light 25ft6G5 bulk of sales lMjfJ75 Sheep Receipts 4000 steady good to choice wethers 5OOJio40 fair to cholco mixed S425Jf450 Western sheep and yearlings J525fl575 native lambs IGOp GCO Western lambs 25tGG5 ST JOSEPH St Joseph March 2 > Cattle Receipts COO steady nalhcs JSWKiPSO cows and heifers IEOIJGOO veals 40 360 stockers stock-ers and feeders JS SQSK Hogs Receipts iSO 15c higher light and light mixed 55SOg675 medium and heavy C63 < SG90 pigs 54SG5T5oO Sheen Receipts 350 10IIOc lower Western lambs l 5585 665 Western sheep fl25S5S5 KANSAS crrr Kansas City March CaltloRc celpts 20001 including S 00 Texans strong native steers 5254i676 Texas and Indian steers 5lSOjrfGCO Texas cows 3 VfonO native cows and heifers J3OJJG65 stockers stock-ers and feeders 325309 bulls 3tX > 3625 Calve S4505TGOO Hogs Reccipls COOO market < Oe higher high-er bulk of sales J 35fiGS5 heavy 5C S0ti > G95 packers row G5 medium SC60J GEO light 5253675 yorkers 60SG75 pipe JCCOf040 ShcepRecelpts 1500 market stead7 muttons 5307i575 Iambs roI01l 5 rang wethers < 53564O i ewes UOW5 OMAHA Omaha March SCallic Receipts 1SOO market aotlvo and siix native steers 4SO5G75 cows and heifers 3roij > 6S5 Western steers 4005575 Texas steers S3 > 75fJ525 canners 1507f275 stockers and feeders 527BIS5 calves 4 00Q700 bulls stags etc W175 1 IIOSRccelpts 6800 market 3lOc high or heavy 1 60575 mixed 641166O light 6OG365O pigs OOj55 bulk or sales S650y663 Sh Receipts 2000 market steady fed millions 5500iiGOO Westerns SIOOifl90 ewes WOS510 common and stockcrs 5375ffl7u lambs 507IG75 DENVER Denver March 2S Gallic Receipts COO Firm Beef steers VJJ575 I cows 3XVtJ175 stockers and feeders freight paid to river JSOOSSM bulls stags etc GOSICO Hogs Receipts COO Higher Light packers G10gG15 mixed and heavy G15 CG5 pRecepts SOIO Steady Good fat muttons 3 < X > Qi50 lambs 5l60Jj6EO Quotations of Stocks J New York March 28Tho revised con JUtutJon or the New York Stock cx change which was posted n week ago has now been before the members the reQuired re-Quired length or time and as no opposition opposi-tion has developed to the changes pro posed It IJ understood that tho constitution constitu-tion Is effective from this lIn leThe le-The most important change In lie constitution con-stitution Is that In regard to quolatlons of thoso stocks or CL par value of over no whIch hav Q herloforc been quoted In dollars These stocks will hereafter be quoted In percntnGs Stocks of the par value or 10 or less will be quoted In clol hats as heretofore With the e copLl nor n-or Anaconda few stocks will be affected otitsido or miscellaneous mining shares seldom quoted San Francisco Mining Stocks San Francisco March 211he official closing quomtlons for mining stocks lo lay Vero as follows AHa 01 l Tusllco O Alpha Con 02 Mexican IS Antics 11 Occidental Con OS Belcher O Ophlr II 13 B Ocrll1an Bullion 2 Potml H Caledonia G Savage 0 Chal Con U eg lJlcher 07 Chollnr 12 Sierra Nov 25 Confidence GlSiiv C Hill 55 C C Va 125 Union Con 26 Crown PoInt 01 Utah Con 0 Exchequer 01 Yellow Jacket 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