Show BHADSTHEETS OPINION fWeather Conditions Favorable and Pall Trade Has Expanded New Yorlc Aug Bradstreefs tomorrow to-morrow will say The weather conditions con-ditions have been favorable and the country ia a week nearer to realizing file largest harvest In its history Fall trade In the Northern and Western flections has expanded and in the West and Northwest may be said to he in full career with every sail drawing and with the best of outlooks both as regards agricultural yield and prices The need of larger quanlllles of money appreciated and to move the ciops is confidence in the work of handling the crops with a minimum of friction Is widely expressed though a further sea ponahle tightening of the situation Is looked for The physical handling of the crops bj the railroads presents a problem which must also be met and the posslbllty of a car shortage looms tip second only to the second llnanclng of the movment itself The favorable trade features noted this week are the expansion In the fall demand for dry goods hardware groceries gro-ceries shoes and millinery at leading markets north west east and northwest north-west the more optimistic views expressed of the pressed as to the largo slxe southern cotton crop and its effect on future business hue strength of iron and steel caused by the curtailment of production In July as the result oC shortages In fuel supplies due lo the nhoriaires the firmness strike and rar in lumber mill being heavily Fold ahead and Ihe continuance of the Improved Im-proved export demand for cereals particularly par-ticularly wheat wlih the steadiness in prices of actual grain which is in ac is rath tIre request while speculailon er slow The less favorable features noted are the restriction of trade In summer sum-mer goods caused by the cool weather weath-er the continuance of the deadlock at the anthracite coal mines with the growing nervousness as to supplies and cool prices if the strike continues until weather and the unfavorable figures of July export irnde caused by the projection of last years conditions Into a Collections us the lirosont season whole are classed as Seasonable stIll restricted Pig iron production Is HI affectlnt coke ed by scarcity oC earn supplies and the nnlhacile strike Xolhlng like the present activity in hardware is recalled All markets report re-port activity In this line and Chicago notes lariro sales for spring delivery Tin is weaker on lower foreism mar Icets and copper Is nearly a halfcent lower and weal on fall offerings at concessions Wheat IncludIng flour exports for the week ending August Mth aggregate aggre-gate 4301S05 bushels against l2443fii bushels I us i week and JOIOTfil bushels since July Jast year Wheat exports bushels against 1 at aggregate 25 00003 11071098 bushols last season Business failures for the week cnd Ing August Hth immbcj TC1 asagainst 3GH last week and ITS In this week last year Bank Clearings New York Aup 15Tlue following table compiled by liradtrccu 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lJ Des Moines 2lI5011 i7t New Ihnven In791t Inrcesuiu iiitt 12 Nisluvlhl 17lll2 ii 5 SprIngtlthd 1t52 itirio o Norflk l23iIV2 14 Grand Rapids Sciuulttt 512S 1SS Portland Me 1i Sttiux City inig iT Augusta Syuluctui O735l 41 Daltouu 0 115210 255 LtCituuul IIfIitiit 19 Siiotnne 1IS202 500 c Inc Dec Topoka l0737iw 07 Davenport SlO13 lull Vlluuihuugton Del JiJ37320 fiiS ICvansvlllo DasSJiS 1C1 Birmingham RltSll 41 Fall River EM05S 10 Macon 1UWW 20 Mtllu h Rock 725COi a Helena ril2Mi5 2tJi ICnoxvllle fiVnjf5 70 Lowell 473217 SI Akron n787CO 40 Vlohlta 175015 li Springfield Ill 5I31RS 40 TxluugtOu lfCua New Hod ford IRS MI 211 Chattanooga ITSSiT Toungstown llJnfli I 87 Kuliniuroo uidlQS iiS Fargo r7073 107 Olnchnmton 318000 lS Rockford < S1SU50 100 Canton 410000 321 Jacksonville Fin ultiS < 07 springiicid o 78rn ST ClKalor aiSn llS Qulncy 23SCIO Hkunlnton 27100 50 SIOUX Falls J10132 2iS3 lacksonvllle Ill 2l7tS2 100 Fremont iri2f > l 37 Houston 1 1110IS03 505 Galveston IS72000 in4 Columhtiu O S142000 SfiS Wheeling rrrlo 117 Wllkonbnrru lOlrll 231 Decatur 277271 Utica 22C0511 Totals U 3 2W51011CO ait7 Outside X Y 71C53S072 CO CANADA Montreal S 3S7347CO 173 Toronto 1S21G27 tfia Winnipeg 22M223 20S Halifax 1702742 U Vancouver 13 C OV202 cO7 Hamilton I Wli Sn St John N D 701KG llij Victoria B C 332510 2S Quebec 124S > 27 lfi1 Oltawa 172071 Totals Canada S 410W 133 101 Not Included In totals because containing contain-ing other Items than clearings |