| Show HOLIDAY TRADE IS THREATENED Traffic Congestion C and a l Labor bor Troubles s Annoy Shippers s 4 i I ACTIVITY U IN N MARKET ARKEr I STEADY Y BUYING DESPITE BIG BW SALES AT A BOSTON BOTO BOSTON 4 New York Dee Dec 6 R G Dun Dunc Cos c s Weekly Review Rev W of Trade will to tomorrow tomorrow morrow say Current trade is Id of ample dimensions but traffic congestion COnre grows worse and labor Jabar controversies aid to the embarrassment ment of o shippers If consignments of fancy go de forthe holiday trade are delayed mUCh much longer longel there will be serious loss lees Prices of commodities tend upward Activity and strength are re conspicuous in the markets for tor domestic doI e wool Coates Bros Bras circular makes inake mak the aver average er age of ot grades 1751 1711 cents which is the best puce price recorded since May lay Concessions are not secured by pur purchasers chasers but on the other hand holders hold holders ers era grow more snore confident con dent Despite re recent rent recent cent nt phenomenal sales sale s at Boston there is steady buying and nd do not accumulate although arrivals a are lib fib liberal liberal eral Makers of heavyweight l received good duplicate orders while contracts for spring come for forward ward freely Footwear factories are busy on spring goods s many having contracts c for spring lines Jines Chicago Ch gO a further decline but b Imported i dry ry hides are arp well sustained Staple products uv Jt advancing corn making a most moot mo t sensational gain Extraordinarily high pricey prIce for tor corn tempted many traders to sell lell future contracts in of a sharp sharI reaction but a further violent rise to the highest price for or many years com corn compelled compelled polled covering at a 8 severe loss Ios This grain is 18 not DOt governed by pre precedent precedent precedent the smallest exports for many years failing to produce any ny y effect e Shipments from Atlantic ports for fot the week reached the lowest Jow t point since alnee 1894 Wheat was also sharply advanced to the best beet price of the se largely through sympathy for corn for which it was wag 8 freely substituted sub POOr Foor weather er for tor the new crop o of winter wheat and liberal selling soiling demands were ere also strengthening factors besides exports from all ports of the United States amounting to bushels for tor the week against a year yer ago Business Bu ine failures in the United States for foe the we k number 37 against 1st last week Ie 4 in this week eek last year in ISM 1839 i in 1898 1808 and 22 in 1897 1397 Canadian failures number twentythree against twentysix st week and ansi MV a 3 year 1 ago |
