| Show i Additional Financial and Commercial News I REPORT New Ne York Vort April IS Bradstreet Dr will e u say r tl tomorrow to morrow non excellent winter wheat Better weather crop reports report r renewed activity TIte by bb farmers fC resumption mr m lion tion u 01 i operations operation t lu in the flooded ills tr tile u of ot the central we west t and n P. more reassuring outlook In the lower r Mississippi valley a aro the lead lead- lot ln favorable o ta features of the week weeL t Over T n r i this must mut be set let the Increased d prominence ot t tariff particularly f as rei regards record ord II the tho textile Indu In th the tho eastern states ot of the country and the Cite continuance ot of a 0 d degree e of oC trill gooey DC In money mony despite more of ot easIng In log Ing both at homo bomo and abroad On 00 balance the situation presents a fairly favorable p. p positIon sUlon because be he cause the displacement of or cold coM wet weather by bI sunshine unit and warmth has baa made mato for tor more mere active retail trade at most points Jobbing trade for tot Immediate spring and summer months month lit Is fairly active and th the arrival aninI ot of seasonable 1 weather matt maee for enlargement ot of activities In Ina Ina ina a myriad of ot lines linen connected with production and aDd consumption Even Erra In lines sup supposed likely to tob b till bs vitally aCte affected by bl tariff changes the ted reel tn lug H is that It 1 Is bc best t to hue have the tho matter over and antl done with soil ant them in is rather ther less lew than the usual fear tear of or foreign dumping In domestic mitt mar Lets b O of active trado r o In Europe l in The Thi tock stock k market t tO sentiment Is unsettled y by bythe bytho the tho developments In the D situation The Tb offering ot of on IID Issue Jaso of or 4 4 2 per cent nt St. St Paul aul railway bonds bond at below Io IoPU par PU and the tho merely partial par list of or the subscription are aro de deemed merl indicative In In- dl of or the restricted demand for tor lie se- e- e s and the relatively bli high b re return torn the tho public pub pub- lie lic Ie requires at present Business failures for tor tho the wt weak uk k ending April 17 fl were 23 2 which compared with 20 60 60 in Sn the lit like we week 1 k of or ii HI IMS Including flour exports from the United d States and Canada for th the week Weel ending April 17 17 Bc aggregate S. S bu buhei hel against S bushels bushel this w wc week 1 k last Jut year ar LIVE LnE STOCK MARKETS Chicago April 18 n flogs IL Hosts lpt 10 market mar ket strong 10 to 1 16 l cents higher Bulk Bolk Il light Ji i i h hay ry io r rough se piss pitt 6 Cattle Receipts Cattle 1000 market mart t steady B BT 7 2 Texas Iun t tc cr er- er Gj western steers aleon 7 stockers and t feeders 0 cows and h 3 SW esis 3 60 Sheep market t strong tl to shade up laU western 6 CN year year- liD lines hogs 13 6 O 7 lamba native nathl 6 6 west west- cru ern gj CONDITION OF OP THE TREASURY W t n i April IS The Tho The condition of the United States Statu treasury at nt tho the beginning of ot bustness bulD bust busl- nr D ness 5 today was WM ortto balance 0 In banis and treasury Total ToUl of or mod fund IO He yesterday aT 3 Disbursements I 1 Surplus this fiscal year ear Deficit last lut fI fiscal a year S 'S The for tor receipts dl sur- sur plus plu an and l deficit exclude Jel Panama canal nail and public pub pull lie lic debt transactions COTTON RI L New cw Tork 1 April IS Cotton d closed cd barely steady study and from 11 to IW points net nH lower Clo Closing ln bids April 11 1175 1171 May 1174 June Jun II 75 Jul July 1174 Au August ot 1169 1113 September 11 October 1132 December Dc 1135 1136 January 1130 March 1134 1131 Spot closed ed quiet t. Middling uplands upland 12 middling gulf If 1 Sated Sales t l N bales bait SUGAR MARKET New ew rock April 18 flaw Itaw lIu auar ar steady mus- mus condo corado centrifugal molas molas- nc lIe see Refined quiet i lct IO POTATO IOTO TO l T. T Chicago April IS Potatoes ed lie lie- I C cars Michigan 3 4 Minnesota 3 1 1 W 44 WIsconsin sun 43 EVAPORATED TED FRUITS ew fW Tork April It'll 18 18 Evaporated pointed apple appie dull doll choice C Prun Prunes s firm Apricots and peaches t steady Raisins firm DUX'S DIJ'S TRADE REVIEW RE N w York Tork April 18 Duns Thas Duns Dun's will s say In y tomorrow Tillo the tho principal Industries and trades trade ar arstill arstill are still experience ln some Home of It activity a aa asa u as a 11 result remit of ot th the rf recent nt floods In la the tho wp IC west t ant and the tho thou conservatism u tt by the pending tariff r re readjustment readjustment adjustment J t re H Iq apparently ont no lot fundamental d n or permanent nt c change banco n In the situation The reduction rf re In the Bank Bant cf or England rate rato of ot discount to p per r cent the financial Improvement In InGerman German Germany and the easier euler tendency of oC money In our own marl markets are among the tho most moat developments of or the w week l Moreover winter wheat conditions ar n nil that could uld b he bl desired J Hired forr foreshadowing shadow Ing a a. very Tery large yield sod and white while seeding of ot s spring price wheat but bas baa been somewhat t d delayed by the r Tf wet t Well cotton planting f Is p progressing tUll favorably These e factors tact account for tar th thi feeling of ot confidence which generally prevails in mercantile circles In spite o ot the reduction In current consumptive Itself In the demand This Thill reduction reveals statistic of or bank exchanges e tb the volume of oC which this Ihl week decreased Jt 1 per r cent from last year 3 cent higher h than thanIn th though u h the Ib total was WU per IIer In 1911 iOu l Railroad gross ero ro earnings earning declined 33 p per por r cent In the first week ot of April duo due mainly to th the redu reduced d traffic on the tho Southern and other affected by th the fl tl x d Th The steel h el trade has not Dot yet et fully recovered from the effects of ot the flood disaster and tb the Iron la Is moro more pro pro- declining tendency In pI pig pie Copper is f In the thi dry goods trade g r I but t there purchases u s for current t need f ar are large larce is little for Cor future r requirements q Foreign commerce maintains not EI eo 50 lorce proportions pro portions and Ild at th the port of ar New tew York In the thelast last latt week aggregated against 3 33 3 in 1913 II and cad In 10 1911 POULTRY MARKET Chicago April Atril 18 Easier Llie LiTe chickens IS Ii IGi lIve springs 15 |
