Show IS GENERALLY 4 Week Shows Increased Activity in Retail Operations S COLLECTIONS EVERYTHING POINTS POnTS TO A GOOD GOODSPRING GOODSPRING SPRING BUSINESS New York March 22 B G Dun review of trade tomorrow wl say Tho Pho of f general business IB is satis satisfactory satisfactory factory being marked tf is week by Increased In irk creased activity of retail operation throughout the west and in some somo Atlantic cities which is forerunner of a generally t od spring trade New enterprises are rC reflected in inthe Inthe the largest demand demanti tor months for builders hardware and general materials and for prompt delivery of all are very to place hire are prompt and rail railroad road J as ls is well maintained Warnings of oadS for the month of March Marcha a 0 gain of per cent over last i per cent over 1802 Tb gains to practically the whole country b textile industry alone does not irr Short time has be been n Fall River mills and ami thare thure ar i ports forts that some of the south southern uti err ern wea mills are about to curtail T n hut but this has been without special upon demand for either or heavy brown cottons Quotations of pig Iron and finished steel ward a higher level There Js IS still the some element of conservatism which prevents violent fluctuations and the advance at a moderate rate but the tho tendency of the market is s un undeniably deniably toward better things The most conspicuous strength Is apparent in Bee Bes Bessemer semer pig which now commands 17 at Pittsburgh Pittsburg while steel have sold old for 24 and nigh high carbon billets reached TO bars are 1 pert pen ton higher an and J structural shapes are firmly maintained with every expectation of an advance While these quotations snow mo moderate pains gaina much higher rates are paid for immediate delivery and in small amounts A short time ago it was expected that thai now ore prices would fee a much lower but the remarkable strength orf of products will tend to sustain of the raw material Now high records are constantly established established for coke In the Connellsville region and prices are firm Among th the minor metals further depression in itt tin was the feature The amount of cotton coming forward at the tho south Indicates that plantation stocks are by no means exhausted and preparations for the new crop promise an enormous acreage Footwear is firmly maintained for staple lines although grades are easier Some decrease in demand does not disturb producers as factories are busy on contracts that will require months to fill Buyers who left deft Boston recently axe are arenow now sending in orders freely Especially is this noticed in the local market for patent and enamel shoes Rides at Chicago have declined steadily for two months the net faN faH In the aver average average age of ten grades amounting to 72 per percent cent ent Leather prices are unchanged De Do Despite spite the weakness In domestic lines foreign hInes hies are tending upward Special reports telegraphed this week In ip Indicate dicato that th winter wheat crop is In good condition and an unusually heavy acreage was planted at ab inc southwest while ravages by Hessian fly have hav been exaggerated Failures for the tho week numbered 2 4 In Inthe inthe the United States against 33 last year yea r rand and in Canada against last year |