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Show ' METALS STEAD! II NEVSMflM MARKET Light Advance of Tin Is Quoted in London Iron Is Unsteady. SILVER. T -f New York 6,c San Frunclsco COPPER. -f New York exchange ....lS.OOfrls.Sc LEAD, -f- New York exchango ...... Jo.35M5 -f NEW YORK, March O.-Thero was an udvanco of 2s Cd to 10a In the London tin market, with epot showing the extreme Sal". a"d closing at 168 lGs, while futures fu-tures closed lfo 17s Cd Locally the mar-Ket mar-Ket was steady and closed at ?37.'J037 50 t-ouper was 6c lower in the foreign market with prices nuoled at 83 16s and futures at so IBs, Locally no change waB reported. Lake la quoted at 18.6?d lS.ioc; electrolytic at 18.23(yiS.B0c and casting cast-ing at lS.0OJj'lS.25c. .4.Lc2,d was unchanged nt 16 18s Dd In the English market and ?3.S5(hG,45 locally. Spelter was 2 Cd higher at 25 In London. Lon-don. Locally tho market continued dull with spot quoted at G.12l&ftG,20, Iron was lower abroad, closing at 47s id for standard foundry and 4S -ld for Cleveland warrants, The local market was quiet but somowhat uncertain In tone, owing to the coal strike. No. 1 foundry Northern Is quoted at JlS.25Qi 19.35; No. 2 foundry Northern at S17 75W 1S.65; No. 1 foundry Southern at $1S.2S 1S.76 nnd No, 2 foundry Southern at $17.50 18.25. Weekly Trade Review. NEW YORK, March SO. R. G. Dun & Co.'a weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: "Trade reports arc still somowhat Irregular, Ir-regular, owing to widely differing weather conditions and uneasiness regarding tho labor situation, Outdoor work Is rapidly Increasing nnd preparations are being made for a record-breaking year in building build-ing and agriculture Less than the usual interruption to freight movement has occurred oc-curred this winter, railway earnings mnklnp unprecedented exhibits, and roads reporting for March thus far show an average gain of .1 per cent over the previous pre-vious year. Foreign commerce 'his port for the last week exhibits -In of $2,432,351 In exports and a of $2.1S:;,SS7 In Imports as compared v. the same week last year. "A better feeling Is reported In tho markets mar-kets for domestic hides. "Failures this week number 191 In the United States, against 244 last yenr, and seventeen In Canada, compared with thirty-nine a year ago " Bradstreet's Review. NEW YORK, March 30, Bradstreet's tomorrow will say. Cross currents were visible In the business bus-iness situation Beneath tho surface happenings of tho week, however, are to be discerned the steady udvanco of spring trade, tho continuance of the Immonso activity In building, with collateral heavy dealings In all kinds of lumber and material, ma-terial, and the underlying confidence In a heavy year's turn over In all lines. Wheat, including Hour, exports from the United States and Cnnada for the week ending March 29 are 1,642.632 bushols against 2,2K,012 last week, 933,603 this week last year, 1,257,430 In 1904 and 3,130,-947 3,130,-947 In 1903. From July 1 to date the exports ex-ports are 102,&$,65G bushels ugalnst 47,-C32,3 47,-C32,3 last year, 115,669,714 In 1904 and 173,-970,639 173,-970,639 In 1903, Corn exports for the week are 2.C43.479 bushels against 3.173.82C last week, 2.430.G52 a year ago, 1.43S,212 In 1901 and 2,S32,03S In 1903. TTrom July 1 to dale the exports of corn are 91,960.754 bushels against 57.47S.S5G In 1905, 45,500,208 In 1904 and 47.271.C50 In 1903, Bank clearings for tho week ending with March 29. J2,6S0,3S2,31S, aro 7 per cent under last week and S por cent below last year. Exchange outside New York City totals $933,292,740, a decrcaao of 6 per cent from last week. Business failures In tho United Stntcs for the week ending March 29 number 13 against 170 last week. 227 In tho like week of 1905. 212 In 1901, 120 in 1903 and 170 in 1902. For the week In Canada eighteen as ngalnst twenty-nine last week nnd twenty-nine in this week a year ato. Bank Clearings. NEW YORK. March 30. Tho following table, compiled by BrsulHtrect'p. Miowa tho bank oloar-Ings oloar-Ings at the principal cities for tho week ended March 9, with the percentage of Increase and decrease, oji compared with the corresponding week last year: line, Dec. New York tl,eiG.459,G02 .... 12 9 Chlcnso 1SS.769.297 7.8 .... Bwton 14.455,763 2 9 .... Philadelphia 144.357.407 22.4 .... Pt Louis 51.817.073 5.9 .... Pittsburg 49.969,862 15 S .... San Francisco 35,701,305 19.1 .... Baltimore 23. SOI, 633 20.5 .... Kansas City 'I'llE rH "" Los Anirelen f5 S Omaha S H "" j-,nvor E.OS4.2SS 10.6 .... suior M.n .o .... Portland, Or 4.21U3J2 18.3 .... Kc.K.B..:::::: S1!:S :::: knrh::::..::::::: 3 LI Total, U. B !2,r.79,67S.3C3 . 6.4 OutFldo Now York 0'?'HSJ A ' Totals, Canada CLCt.l,6S5 12 9 New York Money. NEW YORK. March 30 Prlmo mercantile mercan-tile paper. &fl5! per cont; sterling exchange ex-change steady at 54.y;.25tffl.S5 20 for demand de-mand nnd at $4.S2.40tf4.S2.45 for sixty- day bPostcd rates, J4.S34.S34 and $4.SC(-.S7. Commercial bills, $4.S24.2'. Mexican dollars. 50c. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds Irregular. Money on call firm at 6ft S per cent; ruling rul-ing rale. 61 SJO per cont; closing bid. 4 per cent; offered. 0 per cent. Time loans firmer: slxny and ninety days, &ST5V4 per ppnt- six months, fi nir cent. |