Show OF BUSINESS FAILURES WE wn have received from the mercantile Aler cantle cantie agency of it G dun co new york the annual circular of business failures from which it appears appeals that the failures throughout 11 hout the united states in the year 1681 number an increase of 1784 or 20 per cent over those of 1883 the liabilities represented by the failures of last year foot up to OU while those of 1883 were only 1721 and in 1881 they only amounted to though the failures of I 1 ast last var year e exceeded in number those thos e of bf any previous year they did not in the amount of their liabilities in the year 1878 when there were fewer persons ers ons d doing business than now liabo t there e r were 0 fal fai failures lures and the liabilities titles footed up to the enormous sum of last baht year one in every 82 80 of those in business failed while in 1878 one in were firms doing business and aud in iii 18 1878 8 only 74 thus when we take into consi consideration d ealon the vast increase in the number of traders the number of failures is not so remarkable f d we notice from the table that utah is charged with sa W failures last year with amounting to while in the year 1883 there were 51 failures ro ported reported with 0 in liabilities bili ties ic it is presumed that chat the compiler of these statistics has authentic so sources arces from which to obtain ills his information but this statement will hardly be credited by our readers for the idea has prevailed very veny generally that 1883 was a far more prosperous year for business men in th this S locality than issi how however ever it is asserted that figures do not lie I 1 nie the utah failures for the year 1882 are put down at 15 with liabilities amounting to those of isi 1881 at 10 with 18 1 aw in liabilities those of isso 1880 at 9 with in liabilities while the failures of 1878 are ai c haid said to have numbered 17 and the liabilities all an interesting fact in connection with these statistics is noted and anti that is that the purchasing dur cur chasin power of a dollar has been very much enhanced within the past tew lew years throughout the entire country the supply of bread stuffs has increased increased so much faster than the demand that there has been an immense shrinkage in the price which fact of course is against the producer and in favor of the non pro ducer it is clail claimed med ped however that though the farmers farmer 11 profits are apparently so much less in co consequence of the low price of his products the difference is co considerably offset by the reduction in merchandise machinery and such ather other things as he has to purchase it is is held that the difference between the pa present besent business status and that of a ae w years hince since is mainly in tavo favo for the poor man the capital capitalist not realizing neaily nearly so much on his investments whether in the line of manufacturing or rah rab railroading as in the past as all things consider edthe outlook for business is consitt considered ered very favorable |