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Show Bradstreet's Report.-NEW Report.-NEW YORK. March 2, Bradstreet's tomorrow to-morrow will say. Favorable features still largely predominate. Winter wheat crops are as good as ever and the probability proba-bility that a general coal strike may bo avoided lends strongth to Industry of all kinds. It Is apparently regarded as certain cer-tain that nn enormous spring business vlll be done; that building will approximate, approxi-mate, If not surpass last year's huge totals, to-tals, and that crop nnd trade developments develop-ments for the future will take caro of next season's trade. Apropos of talk of the high prices ruling In this country. It Is perhaps worth noting that largo numbers num-bers of domestic buff hides have been sold for export; that some South American wools have been resold to Europe and that the New York raw sugar market is below a parity with Hamburg. Hides are firmer. Foreign buyers have bought freely of salted domestic buff hides and have paid prices declared by American tanners to be too high. Business failures In the United States for tho week ending March 1 numbered ISO, against 1W last week. 20G In the like week of ,I5, 193 In 1&01, 171 In 1003 and 178 in 1W2 In Canada fallurcH number 30 as against 32 last week and 27 In this week a yeur neo. Wheat, Including flour exports from tho United States and Canada for thc week ending March 1. were 2.3(10.176 bushels, against 2,TEi7,06S last w-ck. 007,936 this week last year. 1.643.05 in 1904 and 3.491.4S6 tn IJtfl. From July 1 to date tho sports are 04. 676.572, against 13,417.413 Inst year. 10S,-1&0.6.53 10S,-1&0.6.53 in 1901 and 162.670.134 In 1903. Corn exports for tho week are 3,767.063 Sushels, against 1,103.000 last week. 4,171.-270 4,171.-270 a car ago. 1,690.753 In 1901. and 3.817,-6M 3.817,-6M In HA",. From July 1 to dale tho ex-j ex-j orts of corn arc 84.422.722 bushels, against 40.473,251 In 1905, 3$,940,2S1 In 19-51, and 34,-492,304 34,-492,304 In 1903. |