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Show Dunn and Go's Trade Review- E. 6. Dunn and Co., in the weekly re view of trade, says: The Presidential election has interrupted inter-rupted business to some extent in all parts of the country during the past week, but by no means as much as usual, and at nearly all points the volume vol-ume of trade is fairly maintained, and the unprecedented activity of industrials indus-trials has only been interrupted by the election holiday. The money markets bare not been disturbed, though working work-ing closer at several poiuU, and for foreign necessities, and the scarcity of commercial bills has caused some decline in foreign exchange. Trade at Boston has been fairly active ac-tive with woolen mills folly employed and the consumption large. The wool market bad anticipated an advance in price which did not occur, though sales amounted to $4,000,000 pounds. Cottons were firm and the mills are all busy. The boot and shoe trade is more quiet; leather steady. At Philadelphia most trades have been dull, but iron is firmer. Manufacturers of tobacco are pressed to their full copacity. At Baltimore business is good with collections better than was expected. At Pittsburg the production of iron increases, but also the demand, and the general tone is slightly better than before, be-fore, wi:h larga orders for wrooght pig. Glass, especially plate, is in large demand. de-mand. Trade at Cleveland is good, the demand for manufactured iron exceeding exceed-ing the capacity of the mills and in many cases they are working closer Business at Detroit is very favorable and at Cincinnati foundries are running run-ning full time. At Indianapolis the trade In dregs Is excellent. Receipts of products at Chicago were curtailed, but ! wholesale trade was large and the de mand for money is heavy, tbe West drawing largely npon the Chicago supply. Less than the usual Interrup -tlon occurred at St. Louis. The railroads are crowded, offerings of grain being unusually large. Colder weather improves im-proves trade and collections at Milwaukee; Mil-waukee; seme improvement is seen at St. Paul and trade at Minneapolis Is materially better than last year. At Omaha business is satisfactory, at Kansas City healthy and at Denver business and collections fair. Prospects Pros-pects are more encouraging at Louisville, Louis-ville, at Nashville trade Is fair and at Little Rock depressed by the small receipts re-ceipts of cotton. At Memphis the election elec-tion interfered to some extent, and at New Orleans business is at a standstill, though cotton advanced in price and the demand for cotton and sugar is good. The Government crop report Indicates smaller yield than was expected of wheat only 500,000,000 bushels, of corn only 1.600,000 bushels and a decidedly small yield of cotton. Wheat is stronger than a week ago, with no great change in corn and oats but moderate trading in either. Cotton has risen over c, with ealea of 485,000 bales on Thursday alone, exceeding by 00,000 bales the largest previous record for any one day. The output of pig iron November lt was 171,082 tons weekly, an increase of 13.C55 tons during tbe month of October Deliveries of rails for the year are email, probably not over 1,250,000 tens; bars are more active, owing to car building, but plates are quiet and new orders for structural work are scarce. Copper is in moderate demand at lo.c, tin hardening at ZOJie, aud lead weak at 3.90. It has been the dullest era known for anihracite coal, and the Reading finds its terminals crowded, though only working three dajs in the week. The bituminous trade has been LCtive and increasing. Business in dry gocds has been dull. Wool was very active. Many shoe factories fac-tories will require their fall capacity till Christmas to fill their orders. In spite of storms (he movement of live stock to Chicago is larger than a rear ago. Stocks declined with some selling on Wednesday, but were strong with covering of shorts oa Thursday, and the market continuej in the hands of the trader?. Indications from Snrop9 are less favorable to imports of gold. lhe business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 210; for the corresponding corres-ponding week of last year the figures were 291. |