Show 1 l COLD BOOMS TRADE I I Much Detter Tone in All Lines of Business Activity i New York Nov 27 BradsIrccts tomorrow I i to-morrow will soy Ii Continued cold weather has offered a q I needed stimulus to retail trade In all I I seasonable lines particularly clothing cloth-ing and wearing apparel l This In turn Is reflected In better reorder business I it j with Jobbers at Interior centers who il also note more interest in holiday T1 11 i goods fancy groceries furs and kindred t i < kin-dred lines 1 i I t In wholesale trade features are the t rather stronger tone of cotton goods 1 which are held more firmly by agents I and a little better feeling In woolen t 1 goods Firmness of prices of agricultural S I agricul-tural prodttftf was another element y Thich is to be taken account of The agricultural interests and those interested inter-ested In distributive trade seem at present I pres-ent to be having their innings and apt ap-t pear well situated whereas the manufacturing 0 manu-facturing and industrial branches send I forth nearly all the pessimistic reports p The prosperity of the grain and food L producing populations North and West J l 1 and of the cotton lumber and naval i store inteicsts at the South is in fact I the chief basis for the conservative I confidence in the general business outlook out-look expressed by many observers I There arc some good points even 0 among the Industries Although iron 4t and steel production is limited and I shutdowns are numerous there is a I il rather better tone particularly to crude I r Iron due to the growth of the feeling I I 11 that prices are now grounding on the i bottom Lumber is quiet for domestic i trade but export demand Is active Wheat including flour cxport for l the week ending November 20th aggregate I I aggre-gate 3871767 bushels against 2971277 I last week 417J J GS5 this week last year t 5117475 In 1901 and 2I978SO in 1900 For twentyone weeks of the cereal year I I i they aggregate 08727786 bushels l against 100r7Qll in 1002 123203U31 in 1901 and 7577l43f5 in 1000 Corn exports f J ii I for the week aggregate 1520941 bushels I against 1391023 last week 23517 a year ago U309GS In 1901 and 1801000 in 1900 4 FOI twentyone weeks of the present I cereal year they aggregate 21 iOHf 33 t bushels against 2G4H54 in 11102 17059 I S09 In 1901 and 7IOGS2GS In 1HOO f Business failures in the United I i i iv I I States for the week five days ending r f > 4 I with November 2Gth number 1G7 against 251 last week 1S2 In the liken like-n r week of 102 1S9 In 1301 J 181 J fn 1000 and tt I 177 in i 189J In Cannda fallings for the i 1lj1l week number IS as compared with 1C It i last week and 16 in the like week In H 1002 |