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Show BRADSTREET'S REPORT, Trade Lacks Snaps Slow but Steady Expansion Ex-pansion Noted, NlfiW YORK, Feb. P. Bradstrcct's tomorrow to-morrow will say: Although trade lacks snan and is devoid de-void of uniformity, the undercurrents are In the direction of slow but steady expansion. The week brought' forth a further slight Increase in jobbing and manufacturing lines. . Trade In the leading lead-ing eastern and western drv floods markets mar-kets 'iias Improved. Cotton goods are firmer all around, Jobbers are dolnc more and are making heavier purchases, but the retail dealer as a general rule appears ap-pears to have assumed the role' of a consistent con-sistent conservative. Cold weather wesl and northwest has hampered salesmen In getting about, and. as a general proposition, road Ardors are hardly on a par with lliose. or last year. On. the other hand, the low temperature tem-perature has helper! retail trade Iji henvr wearing apparel, and the prolonged cold spU has aided in emptying shelves of winter goods. Soring dlsplavs are now under way. but It s loo early to expect much results. Business failures for the week cndlnc T'Obruary 5 In the United States were 323. against 412 last week. . Business failures for (he week In Canada Can-ada number 26. which compares with St last week. What. Including flour, exports from the I nlted States and Canada for the work ending February 5 aggregate 3.516. 45S bushels, against 3.157.46P last week.- Corn exports for the. week uro 1.452.0 IS bushels, bush-els, against 1. 064,060 last week. |