Show WHAT DUN SAYS Better Weather Iniparts More Aggressive Ag-gressive Tone to Business New York Dec 21R G Dun Cos Weekly Tievlew of Trade tomor row Will gay Better weather comB lions on the Atlantic seaboard and pronounced v activity in distribution of nil staple lines of merchandise at I Southern cities have Imparted n slight ly more SSrcssIve tono to mil018 genera bus Inesi i 1IstinctIe holiday business vhich at this period of the season nicins retail distribution has shown further linprovcniont sad no complaint lit chard from any ciuarttr while the jeuiMry tmde Is much more active than rpr several years past S Unchanged conditions In the leading manufacturing Industries during the last week before the holidays mean much At this time in ordinary years furnaces close down in large numbers and dullness is general at mills and shops where iron and steel are han died Instead of reductions of working force or concessions In price this year however reports from the principal lloslndlcale the existence of contracts that will take months to fill and new sales arc made at the former level de spite much talk of cheaper ore next year Fuel declined about 25 cents a ton recently but this Is as far as the cost of raw material has been reduced Tt Is seldom possible to secure prompt delivery of partiallly manufactured forms or linlflhed products and each week brings more orders from abroad while the November statement of their exports shows another decrease com pared with last year In these products Tin again diopped sharply taking the price about 10 cents below the top and almost to the level prevailing a year ago Other Industries exhibit the same Indifference to precedent Instead of the holiday quiet In the wool market the last weeks figures of sales at the three chief Eastern mar kets amount to 7238000 pounds against GiSnSfK pounds In the preceding week and 5 67244 pounds two weeks ago while a year ago the aggregate has fallen to 7312500 pounds from an ave rage of over 1000000 pounds In the two previous weeks Prices are steady but show no recovery from the recent de cline and manufacturers innchase amity raw material to fill orders Another decline appeared In hides at Chicago taking the average back to tho levul prevailing two months ago Leather was also easier the finished product was well sustained by ship i ments from Boston of OOSOS cases I which is by far the largest movement In recent weeks New orders are fewer In number but shops have contracts for months ahead I ocal Jobbers have I 1 accomplished much more than was expected I ex-pected Wheat Is quiet receipts aggregating 1802770 bushois ngalnst 3306289 last 1 year while Atlantic exports wore 2 701412 bushels flour included against onjy IGUGIGI bushels in the same week of ISSii Liquidation in coffee caused a heavy volume of option transactions and largely Increased estimates of the next Brazil crop took No 7 Rio down to the lowest price of the year which Is 3 cents below the top point The present I i figure is still more than a cent above last years weakest spot and receipts are 250000 bags larger I Failures for the week were 293 in the United States against 220 last year and IS in Canada against 20 lastyear Bank Clearings New York Dec 21 The following ta ble complied by BradHtroets shows tho bunk clearings at all principal cities for the week ended December 21st with time percentage of1 Increaseand decrease as compared with the corresponding week last yourS Inc Dec S cow York I7DS309M 6 Zioston 111910201 70 Uhirngo S 1134KiOCS G3 Philadelphia 112633914 2G St Louis 41000813 172 PJlUburg 33925271 129 Baltimore 24S155SJ San Francisco 22014186 1G1 Cincinnati 170SIS50 41 J Kansas City 20121620 417 Nov Orleans 17GGS iG2 218 Minneapolis iriOlS270 as S Detroit J niitsor o 39 Cleveland 122C4921 cs Louisville 9S052GI 100 Providence 7177900 1GS Milwaukee S J7mo 100 St Paul flS5G07 Buffalo S 0155713 S4 Omaha 0316357 83 Indianapolis S 712SSI1 151 Columbus O 6O472Oo 03 Savannah 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