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Show Bradstreet's Review. NEW YORK. July 20. Bradstreefs tomorrow to-morrow will say: "Trade, Industrial and crop reports generally continue highly optimistic. Clearanco sales enliven retail demand, wholesale trade for seasonable goods Is naturally quiet, but excellent grain crop reports stimulate fall orders which aro In advance of a year ago, with rather less than usual evidences ot summer quietness. Reports as to July trade all point to gains oyer a year ago. Building continues very acthe unexpectedly so, lp fact and reports as to iron and steel nro almost unanimous In showing larger current sales and takings than wero looked for favorable reports apparently having dispelled some uncertainty visible visi-ble a little while ago. "Bank clearings returns arc very heavy for a midsummer period, with gains In tho country at largo outstripping Increases In-creases at tho metropolis Agrouably to expectations, the country's foreign trade hroltu nil records In the past-'fls-cal year, tho grand aggregate being Just short of $3,000,000. rccs oi staples feel the influence of favorablo crop reports, but In grain, bad crop reports nnd disorders In Russia rather help wheat prices here. "Business failures in the United States rot- the week ending July 10 number 188 against 1J.1 last week. 1G5 In the like week of lOOn. 100 iu l'JOl. 1S3 In 1903 nnd ITS in 1002. "In Canadn failures for the week number num-ber is. against 10 last week and 22 In this week a yonr ago. "Wheat, including flour, exports from tho United Slates and Canada for the wook ouding July lfi are 1,535,567 bushols against 1,052,273 last week. 705.329 "his -n a3.L ycftr' 1.281.501 in 1001 and G.9,4.d2G in 1901. For Ihe past three ovr,f tt,scal ycar e exports arc O.J3J.GSJ bushels, against 3.059,277 In 1105 3.573.909 t 1901 and 17,212,555 ' SiS. A f.,b"he"'' Bnat 59I.71S last week. I-or tho fiscal year to date the cnort4 1 fz . |
