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Show Enormous Volume of Traffio in Pro-' Pro-' -Early and Amicable Adjust v aent of Labor Troubles, ;J 4 GO.'S WEEKLY REVIEW. t, - ' , Movements in Wheat, Ootton, Iron, fool Dry 6ooTne Money Mrlet -Tbe Silver Question. ,rff VoiiK, Saturday, May iO.-Dur- j ,,.lS week tho business situation ''. ehin'wd but little; the outward WisuSioM vary somewhat, but, the -na facts are still tho enormous of trallie iu progress, the ox-.uiou ox-.uiou of monetary expansion, and 1 ence of forces at ' present "sen-,f "sen-,f disturbing even in details. There list now so much repetition from ? to week that it seems less worth te f,r once to recite them than to-k to-k f0c the forces which are likely control details hi tho future, iefiiud most potent of present favor-liiiliunMes favor-liiiliunMes is still tho prospect of in-monetary in-monetary use of silver hi somo !, There have even been onie hi-' hi-' rltious that extremists might insist It, passing a bill which tho president. litvuto and markets were to some ted . at times by- this n. But the belief more generally (Vllis that practical " men will ml serious disagreeineut ., about iliods, and this confidence is so wig that the possibility of early re-lion, re-lion, hewiuse the iniiucdiato results any' measure may fall short of antlci-iioiw, antlci-iioiw, is commonly overlooked.' An Heme measure might lead speedily to ic withdrawal of gold from use,, or umls fmin loan markets. Ubor controversies causeless inter jition than has been anticipated, itleinenls uiul arbitration at Chicago, i concessions at many other points, duce confidence of early aud auiic-lo auiic-lo adjustment, so that', any scfious itiirbaiicc of industry may bo uidwt. This has enormous iciicv as a factor favoring pros-iitv, pros-iitv, and it outweighs the t " that capitalists and railway magcrs have not been equally able sdt'li! their disputes. Railway quar-Is quar-Is grow more discouraging, and the, latent iu through rates and the coupon cou-pon of trunk lines that the inter-stalo n lias been systematically violated or ;uhl, have depressed stocks at one iih, notwithstanding continued gains writings later. ; Kcaction iu wheat, of which there re sigus a week ago, became distinct, I was followed by another upward k when state reports indicated that c official return for May would show i improvement in conditiou. It has me to he recognized that injury to inliT wheat may count for fifty million i-liels at least, hut spring seeding has ivevetl an increased acreage and kger yield of that kind would uatur-r uatur-r follow higher prices. Cotton is a iido ft eaker than a week ago; and ac-nuts ac-nuts of injury less impressive. Iron ows no great change, the radical fact that branch being the transfer of it of thu production to southern in-;ad in-;ad of northern fields. The increase iu wool supply this year nnut be large, hut the expectations of ;her prices so generally entertained growpis tend to embarras tho luanu-litre. luanu-litre. Boston sales were large, 3,(545,-J 3,(545,-J poumLs 10 per cent more than last :r, with prices stiff. Movement of nts continues heavy. ; At. 'Chicago W.000 pounds dressed beef against 6.000 hist year, and for the year thus r")0, 000,000, against 18,000,000 pounds i year. Beef cattle have reached the rlifst point for the year, lard receipts ' nieago are nearly double, and hogs stronger at tho west. In general, cratiiois iu prod nets are remarkably 'go, with advancing prices, but mainly I'M of expected loss in production is year. . , ; I 'lie dry goods business continues of 'volume, at Chicago larger than last ', and the shoo trade is also larger, volume of all trade shown bv . ex-nps ex-nps outside New York roinnius wit ten i.r t!0ut. a)0Yti .lst J13s wlndi in turn was the m on record. The reports from u,wr cities indicate fairly maiu-'iM maiu-'iM activity, with money 'markets ' tee stringent, though at Chicago 11 wine other points closer -about -t than before, ou account of set-'"outs set-'"outs .aud -preparation for assess-;'f assess-;'f tor taxation. Here disburse-"'Is disburse-"'Is about May 1st were larger than ' Wore, approaching $30,000,000, "-'"were strong generally toward ''lose, and short sellers of sugar m were forced to cover. The money K,'t is fairly supplied, with pros- ot increasing abundance, e business failures occurring ; "pout the country : during . the 'fen days, as reported to R. & Co., the Mercantile r; "yT telegraph, number. ifm. ' ,Ullitc(l States, 185, (',:,n!a 34, or a total of 209, as ;K Wllh a total of 211 last week, r; a .i;e week previous to the last. ; corresponding week of last year Sui'es were 237, representing 108 ! m the United States, andO in Uummion of Canada. |