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Show New Vor!i Trade. New York, S. Tho World 'has a long article going to s 'ow that in almost al-most every department oi wholesale trade of New York business during September has been more satisfactory than (or five years past. There is great encouragement among merchants, mer-chants, and unusual preparations are murie for controlling business from regions which hitherto bad only limited relations with New York. Competition is keen and profits consequently con-sequently small. The only real exception ex-ception to the ruie appears to be in the hardware and straw goods. The striking feature of tiie revival is the free dema.id (or luxuries. The sales ol jewelry and diamonds lately have ex ceeded the most sanguine anticipations anticipa-tions of the merchants. There is a total absence oi speculation, and the tendency seems to bo to supply legitimate le-gitimate wants. |