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Show BUSINESS ACTIVITY STILL GREAT. The comment il und financial world of the United Stites Is not disturbed b) the political buttle It views. It with terene eonfl lenee In the result certain lint the people know a gojd thing when the linxc It speculitlon however how-ever waits upon the result, unci will go up or down uccoi ling to the wn) the election goes Confidence Is ever-vvheio ever-vvheio perfect Dun reports tint legitimate business Is not disturbed b) the upproachlng election, new labor controxcrslea arc promptly settled b) Increased wages The Increasing tipply of coal reduces prices an 1 testore activity In manu-ractutlng manu-ractutlng Gross earnings of railroads exceed last eai b) I" per cent ind those of 110O by 13 J per cent The fuel shortage caue unrest only In the production pro-duction of lion und steel lallna) orders continue heav) nnd pressing nnd large premiums are offered for locomotive structural shales for ship building nrc next In urgency of demand Agreement on tlnplatc wages for special otder I expected to secuie ti lot or business lh it non goes out ot the countr) urlous commodities named are in great demnnd with full) sustained prices Wool Is xer) firm at the leading Pastern markets which are shll 1 Ing freely to the mills Tall-ures Tall-ures for the week numbered MJ as ugalrst ."Ot, last week nn 1 S2J the week before Hrudslreet notes aa a significant feature feat-ure the confidence felt In next years business situation Spring orders nrc large (he great rush of fall orders In the West la over but reorders are good lh nigh colder weather would benefit trade materlnll) A feature Is tho cm-lldence cm-lldence with which the hu)ci take hold of holiday oiders ( ollectlons are goo! and the Jobbing tnde In helped bj the lifting of the coal embargo the move ment of nnlhrmlte Is Increnslng and prices have falli n fasler'thin cxiected In the shoe ti.icic? th order lire clouding cloud-ing Ihe Jobber an I the Jobbers aro crowding tho minufuctuicrs The high prices of Iron anl steel cAused h the ncirclly of fuel have caused slock to accumulate lluslness failure number l"! a against IH list week and IT.1 In thl week list )ear II ink clearance ahnn sennt gilns Ihe Increase lu New lork lompnred Willi the cot responding week I iat year. In 4 7 er cent In the ciu,, 0f tie tnuntiy oittalilo of New oik 19 per tout In- lease totals, Imlullng hnlh ! i per cent In. tense Suit Like City shows u deereiine or T 8 pir eetit iictciuiited for no doubt by (he uneaonubl) xvnriu vventher Tuktng (he country ua n whole the activity in huslues I phenomenal, the ctierg) In manurictuie I wonderful the bulk of Illinium Is lienittilou It I a .ondltlon fiom which uny tlnngo I by no mean desired save only " i little more of the same |