Show DECLINE IN BUSINESS duna review publish mn the remarkable rescue of an inquiry regarding the extent of decrease various branches of business during the last half of 1893 sales have been reported by hougee or companies against wa in the hamd months year a decrease of 29 7 per cent in textile manufacturers the de decrease ia is 11 41 per cent over 47 cent in all woolens 43 percent per cent in silk and 87 1 per cent in cotton manufacturers per cent in hosiery and 25 6 in mixed textiles in dry goods the sales only 19 2 per cent stocks previously held hold having been much reduced atad the reported decrease in sales of clothing ia is only per cent in iron and steel stee manufacture the tho decrease ia is 39 8 per cent but in hardware only IS 18 5 per cent in boot and shoe manufacture the decrease i ie s 16 6 per cent but io ID the retail trade only pr per cent the de decrease creame ij fa furniture ie Is per cent in ji eiry 2 18 per coat and in in sales of bals only 18 6 per cent ilisan it is an and ing fact thai that safes oi 01 gro groceries cepes are slightly larger thau last ea h a little less at the east and wept but greater at the south the fact thai that in most branches bran cLea the decrease appears smaller at the south than at the west is one of the curious results of this no novel el investigation buinita la is reported to be entirely paralyzed in india and china owing to the action odthe of the british I 1 government in relation to the silver question quee tion before long we may ex to eee see great britain solicit mg states to go into another ar monetary cn conference ference in order to straighten out the fina financial acial affairs of the world which ha hai e got into ench such a tangle am angeles times J |