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Show TRADE REIMS OF M WEEK .NEW YORK, April 2S. Bradstreet's tomorrow will say Tho features of the week havo been a slight stimulation of retail trado by warm, bright weather north, west and east, good progress In tho plrtut-ing plrtut-ing and growth of leading ceroals and satisfactory developments us regards the outlook for leading fruits. The greater activity in retail trado in turn is reflected In a littlo better business by jobbers, but on the othor hand, unseasonably wet and cool weather has checked farming operations opera-tions in th9 south and also made for quiet in trade. The net result, the country over, has probably ben a to tal of trade little different from that of the preceding week and bank clearings clear-ings are not nlaterially different from those of last week. The building trado is inactive and material market fecis the effects. Paints aro dull. Business failures in the " United States for the week ending April 27, were 210, against 233 last week. Business failures In Canada for the week number 26, which compares with '2-1 for last week and 21 in the like week of 1910. Dun's Review. NEW YORK, April 2S. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow tomor-row will say: While domestic trade moved sluggishly, slug-gishly, export trado continues to expand, ex-pand, and tho increase In the amount of manufactured articles sold abroad 13 gratifying. Commercial activity abroad is most noticeable nnd Is a promise of improvement this side of the Atlantic as soon as present uncertainties uncer-tainties pass. Another contrast is to bo seen in the fundamental conditions such as an abundance of money and comparative bareness of stocks on the shelves on tho one hand and tho curtailment cur-tailment of production, the inactivity In distribution and tho virtual stagnating stag-nating In speculation on the other Sales of copper this week havo been the heaviest of the year, estimates placing the volume of business closed I above 75,000,000 pounds. Exceptionally low prices on wool and yarns make for most tempting offers. Conditions in footgear aro improved improv-ed and business shows a fair volume. Jobbers still display considerable Independence In-dependence and orders generally are. confined to qualities sufficiont to meet current demands. Shoe leathers aro low. Upper stock Is quiet, though California Cal-ifornia skins arc selling better. Continued Con-tinued dullness reigns in the hide market. oo |