Show I MUCH BETTER OUTLOOK Reports From Various Parts of the I United States and Canada Promise Prom-ise Good Business Now York Dec HSpcclul telegrams tele-grams from correspondents oC the Inter nitlonnl Icrcantile agency throughout the United StsilcH and Canada are summarized summar-ized as follows Continued cold weather has favored dealers hi ChrIstmas goods ami retailers generally and the volume of holiday trade at most large centers has equalled or exceeded ex-ceeded that of a year ago Travelers In many staple line are temporarily off the road but report having done a heavy hiislncss In clothing dry goods sundries and shoes holosalcr In the Interior report the customary Interregnum of dullness dull-ness 1 but anticipate excellent orders vhen Milcsmon return to the loud Plttihurf Chicago and Birmingham au thoiltlc alee that a sopping place has been reached in the reaction In Iron and steel Delayed orders many of which were held back to toe how low price 1 would KO will be placed after tho holidays holi-days This many think marks the virtual vir-tual culmination of the Industrial as well as the financial depression Eastern wool buyers have been taking more freely and prices tend upward Modoralc offerings of hides have been roatllly jibtorbcd and purchases ot hem look leather for future delivery with higher prlos for lower grade have been noteworthy Print makers have been refusing re-fusing offers at current quotations They are lirm In tho belief that price1 must advance New I2nglmu cotton mlllu will probably continue running for the next six months 1 but some on short lIme owing to scarcity of cotton Chicago merchants sad Interior Jobbers pre buying cautiously St Louis that an Increased volume of traffic will go to that city mt year and that snow and rain have given needed rillef in the winter wheat region Phllnilclplsia that lie gln enil I trmlc piospccl for 1901 Is I bright dc I splto what a Picsldonllal year may bring UultiJiionj that the outlook is fair that agricultural I interests In the South are prosperous and l Pittsbuig that lmutrlal coke liters arc buying freely again which I stimulate1 the feeling of encouragement following the rcnfllrmtitlon of steel prices by the pools St Paul nnd Minneapolis Jobbers tell of a stead and general luoroanp of wealth throughout the Northwest with a volume of buslncFB for the year fully ofjual to that of li02 Or thi Pncillc coaHt notably no-tably nt San Krancisco wholesale truly has been the best for years past at like periods Tixah railroads arc taxed to handle freight offered At Cleveland the outlook for next year In good In all leading lead-ing lines and at Loulnvlllo dry Nthcr which Interferes with marketing the tobacco to-bacco crop Is I the only drag In other linen the record rxreedn IOOJ At Boston interest anti dividend disbunpmiints next week will run up to bout JilWOOOT Jn the Dominion of Canada general trade both wholesale and retail has been Idle gratifying Stocku ore broken and merchants arc ordering freely In seasonable season-able l linen Holiday irnfttc has been larger larg-er than last year Exports havu been heavy and trade In all lines for the year constitutes a rLconbr Ilter I |