Show STATE TRADE according to bradstreets there is a general improvement in trade throughout the country crop report west and northwest with reference to the loading cereals continue exceptionally tio nally favorable a fact which in turn tends to stimulate trade amog interior dealers in many localities A moderate improvement is reported from philadelphia based apparently on a slight gain in the inquiry for crude iron business is said to b improving at kansas city to equi expectations at st joseph at memphis and to have expanded in such lines as dry goods groceries and hardware at omaha dulath minneapolis and st paul in tho matter of demand and prices crude rubber hogs cattle and tobacco are all firmer with an upward tendency lumber is in fair request as well on the other hand the sugar and cattou crops are beginning to sh w the effects of prolonged dry weather general trade is quiet at boston and kow york baltimore does not report any increase while pittsburgh continues to feel the effects of the continued depression in iron and labor disturbance tur bance in regions tributary chicago and cleveland report trade only fair while at cincinnati the volume is smaller the distributive movement at st louis is not equal to expectations and has been smaller at san francisco Pran cisco lake navigation is to open but the iron ore trade is flat leather hides hats caps hog products raw wool cotton and raw sugar all tend to shaded quotations with demand noticeably less than a week ago wheat la gc lower a natural reaction from he speculatively stimulated prices of the previous week california is promised a large wheat harvest and is exporting hour to south america coast with great freedom particularly north of chili sales of cotton goods are disappointing on the whole and prices as well prints have declined to rs low a point aa ever reached several eastern cotton mills passed quarterly dividends recently business failers in the united states number against last week and clr b week last year the total january 1 to date is agamet ladt year |