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Show 1 111 pro vein cut 1 u Trude and Commerce. New York, 10. The wholesale trade of thts city is slowly expanding, and though the volume is not up to thft exnectations of the more sanEuine it is quite as large as could reasonably 1 be expected, considering the maniiold weather and financial discouragnienta we have had to encounter. The water courses of the northern portion of the country are reopeniug for navigation navi-gation nearly a month later than usual. The discreditable tactics of the gold cliqae have been abandoned and exchanges have settled down to their normal condition, all of which inspires a feeling and cheerfulness in business circles in marked contrast to the recent gleoni. Confidence is expressed among mercantile men in a season of lair commercial success, and one which promises to be prolonged pro-longed to a lengthened period of prosperity. These hopes are largely based on a belter system of business and economy inaugurated since the panic and an unusually small mercantile mer-cantile indebtedness, together with the great wealth of latent and mature resources. High hopes are also entertained en-tertained that the centennial of next year will impart a wonderful impulse to ligitimate trade and industriej ol the nation. |