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Show Bradstreet's Review of Trade. NEW YORK. . A;rll 22. Braantreets today Trade reports are Irregular in character. dt ' trtt.utlon of seasonable uods t rt-tail being leiarded ly cool or rainy weather at tli West. Northwent and South. where truckL fruit products and youns cotton are rejrted !amaged bv frosts. Industries, however, are a.-tive. Jobbing trade at some centers is still B-iod and retail bunlneaa toward the latter nd of the week became more animated. Build-in Build-in I brisk, money U firmer, bank clearings have increase! heavily, prices in g-neral dla-i dla-i lay a downward tendency, weakness In grain " t' securities being1 especial eatures. Railway Rail-way earnings are still on the up grade, and Western . wheat crop is favorable. Timely isins have fallen, though cold weather has delayed the progress to some extent. I Iron and steel continue buoyant. The Je .. rrand for pig and other Iron Is, however, ratht-er ratht-er less pronounced. Inquiries for foreign blli-l.ts blli-l.ts are numerous, their scarcity here being the immediate feature In the market. Amerl fan house are said to lie figuring- on the .nsmictlon of iron and steel works In Japan and fhlna. . J It it unusually quiet for Jobbers, though paints, oils, lumber and building material are active, while agricultural implements are in g.xl request. Here and there Industrial dls-tutbancea dls-tutbancea have cropped up. but so far ths situation In this respect Is very satisfactory. fcke prices have softened considerably dur-l;.g dur-l;.g the week. Anthracite coal is active, but i!ih soft Cual situation is rather unsatisfactory. ivc;t concessions In the districts having l.iaced those sections at disadvantage as - compared with Western regions. Ths wool warket la quiet but firm as regard old supply sup-ply of wooL Foreign grades, however, la gf'od demand. On the Pacific coast the outlook seems with-. with-. cut a flaw. A very heavy export trade with ' Asia is looked for on the coast this yesr. Kuslness failures in the United States for the week ending April 'M number 1S3. against V last w -ek, " 1W In the same week In 1SH1. V-i in Jbl In' and 211 in lul. In 'anada failures tcr the week number SI, sa sgalnst 21 last' week and 11 In this week a j ar ago. J " Wheat. InMudlng flour, exports for the week ending- April 0 sre 1.742.267 bu.. against 1.29i-' 1.29i-' Ml bu. last week, 1.645.423 bu. this week last vear. J fc!i,M2 bu. In 19U3 and S.750.SW bu. in 19V. From July 1 to dste the- exports ara :.1.1V7.H bu.. against 129.71i7 bo.- last year. lia.6T2.023 bu. In 1US and 206.031.241 bu. In 1102. Vnrn exports for the week are 2,322.64 bu., against 2,299,767 bu. last -week. . 626.W0 bu. a ear ago, 1,4MI. bu. In 190 and S76.1SS bu. in 1902,- From July 1 to data the exports of com sre C6.S77.C45 bu., against 48.745.200 bu. In JUM. GX104.708 bu. In 1903 and 23,s06,72 bu. la 19ft2. . - ' |