Show IJ I ijl BUSINESS PICKS UP I 1 1 11 Gains Are Shown in All Lines of t Trade i i1 t I I t I New York Nov 27 Special telegraphic I j I tele-graphic advices from correspondents i j I of the International Mercantile agency I 311 1 1 regarding the slate of trade throughout I I I the United States and Canada are I i I I summarized oa follows f j r i Improvement i Is shown in industrial I I I I agricultural and commercial lines I 11 t i I PIttsburg looks for general gains In demand 1 Ii i i I de-mand for Iron and stool from now on r and in the latter after I January IsL In 1 1 i finished forma the situation Is contradictory I t contra-dictory and buyers still hold off al 4 h P ihcuijh negotiations are on foot for billets 1 I p bil-lets bars nnd rails for export Neither I j I cotton nor woolen inllhi have expeil i p I I enced Increase In demand New Eng li i land shoe and leather industries ire i I quite active Unfavorable influences t are felt by reason of the proppoct for a I I reduced Pennsylvania soft coal output l jt next week but the altitude of organized IJ I organ-ized labor at Chicago Fall River and I i I elsewhere in accepting necessary re C ductloiiH of wages is regarded us a favorable fa-vorable indication 1I c Firmerrc will not be hit by prospective I iU r I prospec-tive trade depression owing to good lli 1 crops Southern planters will profit 411 unprccedfntedly through the hltjh price S 1JI F nt cotton An enormous quantity oC it 111 walling tu be marketed l Cot ji ifl1Ij I ton reoiptraie larger than anticipated at sum i > alnUs There Is some dullness In parts of I TcxaN anil export domnud for cereals is slack Chicago roportH Unit holiday buying throughout the Wes promise to exceed all records and tit season ublo comnodlticj urc boln tf ordered freely In unite of high5 prices Phllndcl phla bankers look for ft fairly favorable business for six months to come Farmers Far-mers and merchants in the region tributary trib-utary to St Paul Minneapolis and Duluth have six yours of continuous prosperity New York grocers report a good demand for highclass staples Through the South Jobbers are reported buying with conservatism Trade at Montreal Is Improved owing ow-ing to the rush prior to the close of navigation I Collections arc only fair Holiday trade Is brisk at Toronto and demand for seasonable goods la active particularly furs and woolens The bank statement shows that call loans have been contracted Dank Clearings Now York Nov 27ThO following table compiled by Bradstroct shows th bank clearings at tho principal cities for tin week l ended November 27th with the percentage per-centage or Increase and decrease as compared com-pared with the corresponding > week last year Inc Dec New York f J03G1ESS21 279 Chicago J141132IJ I 32 Boston JDS < S121 HO I Philadelphia OIS5507 110 SI Louis olHOlOi 373 Iittsljurrr ji32 217 I San Francisco 2oosoow G3 Baltimore 17i900 t1 1 7 Cincinnati 35773150 13 Kansas City J7b7it79S 3i Los Angeles 7 93271 St Joseph 3307520 110 Denver 1205907 159 Seattle 3400GS4 t GJ SALE LAKE CITY 4137C9S 519 Portland Or 2971020 2S Spokano Wash 1S190C3 G7 > > Tacoma a8292 6 Helena S7S7tJ r i7 Totals U S16lS4f203 183 Outside N Y 701523352 04 Totals Canada 3222J7n 00 |