Show I JRiDE REVIEW Condition of the Business of the Country as Shown by BradS Brad-S trCCVS NEW YOUK Oct 29 Special telegrams to Bradstreefs while recording a somewhat improved movement in merchandise at Chicago Chi-cago Burlington and Davenport at Kansas City and New Orleans reflect on the whole a continuance of the late check to general trade While this appears to be of a seasonable sea-sonable character after the recent period of active trading there is nothing in sight at this moment to suggest an immediate improvement im-provement although public confidence in it in the near future is unabated From a number of points word comes that collections collec-tions aremade with less ease which is attributed at-tributed in part to the low prices of staple farm products At most of the cities reporting re-porting better business cooler weather preceded pre-ceded it The practical holiday in many lines at New York on Thursday out into the total volume of transactions and is reflected re-flected in the weeks bank clearings together to-gether with about a third less trading on the Stock Exchange and in the loss of about 125000000 from the total of 758300000 last week The total bank clearings at thirty cities this week is 943974120 aeainst 1090462951 last week 971816 196 in the like week last year Boston and Philadelphia each lost 12000000 this week as compared with last weeks clearings clear-ings Chicago lost 1400000 St Louis 2800000 and Baltimore 1700000 while San Francisco gained 2200000 and New Orleans 0 Orenns western money markets generally continue quite firm with the current of funds still to the west The demand for funds for general commercial and industrial enterprises at most of the large cities continues con-tinues marked The stock market was hesitating and somewhat lower during the week with considerable bear talk and sell inn short This was followed by a reverse bull movement and considerable advances in certain stocks The transactions of the New York Stock Exchange for tho week were 1760153 shares against 2528275 shares last week Bonds were generally strong and advancing The sales on the Stock Exchange for the week aggregated 9352500 against 1 565500 last week Money was much easier the arrival of the largo amount of gold from Europe tending t give less strength and tone Call money was quoted at 46 percent per-cent and time loans at about 6 per cent Exchange continues weak and low with prospects favorable to further gold imports Commercial paper is in poorsupply but the rates are still well sustained sti The distribution of dry goods from the Eastern centres has been noticeably checked though the prices are strongly held The demand for raw wool from manufacturers manufac-turers is not so large asin September though the decreased demand from Eastern knitting mills has caused no weakness The strength recently shown in iron and steel is fully maintained Wheat has been stronger and higher again after the reaction from the advance made early in the week Speculation foreign war rumors and the growing opinion that the importing growng wi vet have to buy largely from the United States are underneath under-neath the most recent advances Rains and frost in many sections of the cotton region this week have not resulted in widespread damage Louisville reports the weather favorable for curing the tobacco crop |