Show FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1902 WERE PROSPEROUS NEW YORK Oct 4 Bradstreets Bradstreet's to toda today today to- to da day says sara In In the most uniformly uniform uniform- ly favorable ta returns of or nine months' months commercial and Industrial operations op op- orations the only depressing note Is the growing acuteness of ot the coal situation sit which has passed out of or local I and S State ate cognizance and become of ot national Importance and Interest The returns of failures clearings and the theother theother other thins Items H ms bearing upon the results of or three quarters of the years year's operations at hand point to conditions having ha been lar largely Cly 10 favorable Activity In In stock speculation nn and comparison c on with a period a year ago when lien the d deplorable occurrences at Buffalo had thrown a a damper upon lon general gen- gen il er activity do not entirely explain the Immense Increase shown In widely separated sections and the only remaining conclusion Is that unprecedented unprecedented cc dented fall rail trade the moving of ot larger crops at al higher prices s and Immense cat rat cattle rattle cattle tle receipts and unsurpassed Industrial activity are arc chargeable with the numerous numerous numerous numer numer- ous and heavy gains shown Failure returns return too arc entirely ly favorable the number of embarrassments embarrass embarrass- ments being the smallest with two 1 exceptions exceptions exceptions ex ex- ex- ex of ten years yearn earl and the liabilities liabilities liabilities ties being the lightest with one exception tion In twenty years Telegrams to this week while pointing to some letting up Inthe in inthe inthe the active Jobbing demand at nearly all centers testify to the fall an and winter trade already booked ha having haIng Ing been ex good In most cases In excess ex excess excess ex- ex cess of or pr preceding years rears Personal buyIng buy buy- buying Ing at fit leading Western estern Jobbing centers is 15 not so ro active as aJ some time tune ago Wheat Including flour exports of or the he week ending October 2nd aggregate aggregate gate ate bushels against bushels last week eek 49 bushels this week last year car and bushels In 1900 Wheat exports since July 1st aggregate aggregate rc agg-rc- gate Sate bushels against bushels last season and bushels bushels bush bush- els in 1900 Business failures In the United States for 01 the week ending October 2nd nd number num num- ber her a as against last week In this woke weke last year In 1900 and and In 1593 Canadian failures are ont out noted |