Prices in Germany. PRINCIPAL ARTICLES AT PRINCIPAL CITIES OF PRODUCTION, 1891 TO 1895. The number of patents issued in the United Kingdom between 1881 and 1897 shows the following extraordinary rate of increase: Grape brandy exclusively to 1888, inclusive; apple, peach, and grape brandies to June 3, 1896; apple, peach, grape, pear, pineapple, orange, apricot, berry, and prune brandies since that date. MERCANTILE FAILURES IN THE UNITED STATES. The following statement of mercantile failures is from "Bradstreet's annual report. It is proper to explain that only those business embarrassments are included as failures in which total fiabilities are in excess of actual assets, except in the case of banks, the suspension of payment by which during business hours is regarded as a failure: 1898. 1897. Actual Assets- 1894. 1893. 1892. N. Y. City. Man. and Bronx only. 1896. $15,453.833 $14,525,210 $10,874,826 $9,020,244 $7,826,381 $23,867,874 $6,057,759 30.912,829 23,502,550 37,954,346 25,752,819 26,421,055 74,119,915 12,710,210 24,780,822 10,929,161 7,183,749 20,748,226 22.347.560 14.181.409 11,623,102 Totals United States.. $72.964,176 N. Y. C., Man. & Bronx only. 17,069,872 Canada and Newfoundland. 4,194,927 5,605,899 3,603,425 932,665 $85,680,946 $148,297,256 $88,115,530 $79,755,067 $262,417,532 $54,774,106 7,420,961 13,950,680 7.535,725 9,719,620 35,439,412 3,580,550 5,224,897 6,793,257 6,299,177 11,947,253 7,388,692 4,848,095 -General Liabilities 1895. Eastern States.. Middle States. Southern States. Western States. Northwestern States. 1898. 1897. 1896. 1894. 1892. $33,331,178 $30,592,691 $24,855,138 $19,914,153 $18,790,018 $45,465,110 $16,278,733 60,054,713 46,808,468 74,335,718 51,239,432 51,493,787 124,381,173 29.836,707 11.708.221 33.499.357 36,312,587 24.811.939 21,285,698 38.478,231 18,167,705 23,635,681 15,661,660 74.602,873 32.727.634 30,138,654 109,485,547 26.048,290 5,561,475 19.976.293 25,931,329 19,216,225 15,201,215 62,375,448 10,013,973 5,896,500 18,268,459 6,858,457 1893. Pacific States.. Territories.. 8.586.482 8,709,632 9.211.208 10,608,257 949,347 1.041.422 2.305,066 1.721,854 2,077,805 3,973,850 1,391,383 Totals United States. $141,137,115 $156,166,373 $247,052,343 $158.842,445 $149,595,434 $402.427,818 $108,595,248 N. Y. City, Manhattan and Bronx only.. 31.021.980 13.776,136 30.126.087 18.100.379 20.388.813 58.599.328 10,593,254 Canada & Newfoundland 9,825,554 13,219,379 16.369,576 15,793,559 23.985,283 15,690,404 11,603,210 To Dun's Agency we are indebted for the valuable classification of failures among manufacturers and traders in detail: FAILURES BY BRANCHES OF BUSINESS-FOUR YEARS. THE COMMERCIAL YEAR BOOK. 229,938 $13,123 165,203 256,156 156,896 NOTE.-Iron, woolens, and cottons include all the branches of those manufactures; machinery includes implements and tools; lumber includes saw, planing, sash, and door mills, carpenters and coopers; clothing includes millinery and furnishings: hats include furs and gloves; chemicals include drugs, fertilizers, paints, and oils: printing and books include engraving and maps; milling includes baking: leather and shoes include makers of harness, saddlery, trunks, and rubber goods; liquors include tobacco, wines, brewers, and beer; glass includes earthenware, pottery, brick, lime, and cement; groceries include meats and fish; hotels include restaurants; dry goods include carpets and curtains; furniture includes crockery: hardware includes stoves and tools, and jewelry includes clocks and all except incorporated railway companies. Under banking are included mortgage, loan, and all similar fiduciary concerns. watches. Brokers include all real estate, note, insurance, or produce dealers whose main business is not the handling of actual products, and transporters include |