Show Duns Review New York April 17 R O Q Dun DIn Du n Cos Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say sa Easter trade and generally favorable weather accelerated retail reta distribution of merchandise but there Is no evidence of increased activity in preparation for fu future future ture lure business nor norare are arc manufacturers dis disposed disposed posed to operate more extensively In fact fad some net curtailment of output is noted and AmI more reductions In wages have occurred particularly at textile plants There Is an increased demand for farm farmhands farmhands farmhands hands and an some disputed wage scales have hae been signed but little change can i he discerned in the total number of un unemployed unemployed employed Postponed structural work Is 1 started very ery slowly Only a moderate tonnage ton nagI of pig Iron has been taken during the past week and mer merchant merchant chant furnaces have made concessions in order to get het business but the meeting of ot iron producers has tended to steady the market Some sales for export are recorded re recorded recorded corded although much less foreign bus business Incas iness Inc s has been consummated than titan was at first stated Furnaces In the Pittsburg region produce a little more freely freeh but new orders are not as frequent as dur during durIng during ing the first three months of the year oear In finished steel the lighter lines such as astin astin astin tin plate and wire products still com command command command mand most attention and there is considerable con considerable business pending pen ing in pipe for oil interests on the Pacific coast The markets for textile goods gos are better because more bills are being discounted but jobbers are doing doln a limited business and reports from road men are not gratl gratifying gratifying The chief drawback In the cotton goods situation Is the question of quota quotations Quotations quotations concessions being granted d so read readily readIly readily ily that purchasers are naturally con confined confined confined fined to immediate needs Negotiations for cotton goods that hat were nearing Hearing con consummation consummation consummation summation have been dropped because of the further severe fall in price of raw material There is no encouragement in inthe Inthe inthe the outlook for export trade In the near future As to the woolens the demand for certain er thin tain descriptions of mens wear continues gratifying but duplicate orders or ers fOr fall Call fallt fallo I o o d s s all till 1 t results m 1 t B v a aLU cl awa naiL HUL t I salesmen on the th road Demands are most urgent ur for brown and tan fancy worsteds I In III light weight spring goods Footwear markets at the tho east are quiet I Ithe ithe the jobbing demand from all sections being be being beIng ing Factories at al the west es especially especially f St Louis are arc cutting on a rel relatively larger la fr scale than New England Although there is ls a better demand for nearly all kinds of leather tann is II make concessions and thel the large i buyers buers of hemlock sole secure deliveries at about one cent below the prices cur current current current rent a few weeks ago More business is recorded In belting but sales are still on a basis of 33 35 c cents and some not nol quite I up UI to standard have sold a full cent lower |