Show THE REVIEW OF TRADE Holiday Purchases the Largest In Five Years THE BUSINESS IN WOOL LAUGE CONTHAGTS FOE MONTANA MON-TANA AND TERRITORY Pressure For Immediate Delivery I Keeping Many Establishments at Work That Are Usually Taking Ret at This Season Iron D mand Output of Coke New York Dec 2iR G Dun Cos weekly review of trade The weekly reports re-ports show a remarkably large holiday trade at many points the largest for five years Moreover at this season when wholesale business usually shrinks the pressure of demands for immediate delivery de-livery which results from unprecedented distribution to consumers keeps many establishments es-tablishments at work that usually begin their yearly rest spell somewhat earlier Instead of decreasing the demand for products shows an unexpected increase in several important branches Foreign trade continues satisfactory even in comparison com-parison with the record of a year ago when exports exceeded 117000000 in December De-cember Bank failures at Philadelphia due to individual operations cause no disturbance operatons turbance and commercial failures for the month have been less than half last years to the same date OUTGO OF GRAIN The outgoing flood of grain is not checked by Chicago speculation though more corn than wheat has been moving Wheat exports flour included have been 3698321 bushels for the week against 3 5C8605 the previous week and 1546443 a year ago and in four wells 1G < 66S95 bushels against 9039557 last year This years wheat movement for the half year nearly ended hrs been close to the maximum maxi-mum received in 1891 Wheat has varied little closing 3 cents higher for the week alter deliveries of su prising magnitude at Chicago and corn closes nearly a cent higher WOOL CONTRACTS I Wool mills have begun buying domestic wool heavily and especially Montana and I territory as if assured of large business I for the season about to open Contracts of unknown magnitude have been made it is said many at previous prices but II others at a moderate advance Wool is more firm traders having disposed of 33tOOCO pounds territory and 5500000 other domestic at Boston and sales at three cities reached 7S09100 pounds There is a strong demand for iron and I its products bessemer rising to 510 and gre forge to 9 at Pittsburg Owing to i issible changes in freight rates southern south-ern big is offered 2 cents lower CAR BUILDING A Jtrikins feature is the unusual demand de-mand for the season in building cars of whicl 4 000 have been ordered at Chicago by 01 e trunk line and rails there have advaned to J20 in new business with sales he of S000 tons for home use and 2000 forVexico Building ontracts in unusual numbers for the season come up also contracts for three drainage canals at Chicago The I Illinois steel works have eight months business booked with more orders offered The output of Conncllsville coke 153121 tons is the largest for any week this year and contracts to supply a Mahoning furnace at 160 for next year have been made Anthracite coal is 10 cents stronger with colder weather Tin is slightly weaker weak-er owing to large shipments Failures for the week have been 292 In the United States against 297 last year and 33 in Canada against 44 last year |