Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-04-22 | Page 12 | Trade Reviews of the Week

uu TRADE REVIEWS OF JE WEEK NEW YORK, April 21. Duns' Review Re-view tomorrow will saj "Business continues to move slowly, slow-ly, its volume, though large, being much below pioduclng capacity and displaying a lack of interest. "In the dry goods market there has been no speculative movement and some merchants believe the bottom has been touched on prices. "Gradual improvement is noted in footwear. New England manufacturers manufactur-ers are rocelviug a large volume of orders and a satisfactory fall and win-tor win-tor trade is assured. Hide markets are quiet, with domestic tanners not operating except for such small parcol totals as will suffice for immediate wants "Leather continues slow " Bradstreet's. NEW YORK, April 21. Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: "Trude and Industry are quiet, reports re-ports varying. Easter trade has been hardly up to normal. Jobbing trade reflects this In a rather spotted condition con-dition ut most centers. "In wholesale lines prices show uncertainties un-certainties and conditions tend to restrict re-strict future trade. There is complaint com-plaint as to slow collections. "Commodity prices show a tendency to steady, though Canadian reciprocity reciproc-ity discussions tend to unsottle trade in farm products. "Building is Irregularly active The lumber trade is affected by the quiet at some centers and tariff discussion. Short time is a feature in cotton goods production. "Machinery manufacturing is quiet, except in a few spbeial lines. Export trade is quiet n farm products, but good in manufactures. High prices restrict re-strict trade In paints, but turpentine is lower. . "Business failures in the United States for the week ending April 20. were 233 against 233 last week and 193 In the like week of 1910. "Business failures in Canada for the week number 24, which compares with 28 last week and 10 in the corresponding correspond-ing week of 1910."