Show WEATHER n AND TRADE High Temperature the Only Apparent Drawback LARGE HOLIDAY DEMAND Eradstrccts Says That General Industry In-dustry Is Active and Manufacturers Manufactur-ers and Producers Arc Being Urgently Urg-ently Rushed to Deliver Somo Improvement Im-provement in tho Transportation I Congestion Lower Prices for I Cereals Provisions and Finished Iron and Steel Copper Weaker Now York Nov Eradslrcets io I morrow will say I Warm weather has been and In I sonic sections Is the only apparent drawback to cllslilbutlve trade but lower temperatures and early holiday buying have tended to minimize the de iielency A largo unprecedented holiday holi-day trade Is confidently predicted all portions of the country sending this report re-port While weather dulled retail trade and has affpctod orders from Western Jobbers wholesale trade as a whole Is I In excess of a year ago and considerable Increases am oxpccted to I he finally shown In nclirly every department depart-ment of trade General Industry Is active ac-tive the country over manufacturers and producers being still urgently aushed to deliver on orders booked come time ago Some Improvement Is noted ln the transportation congestion largely bee be-e cause of special efforts to break the I blockade at Plttsburg and further I I i west but the car shortage Is still a matter of worriment to the railroad men and to merchants and dealers I whoso goods are delayed thereby The Influence of last years crop shortages I Is gradually disappearing Lower I prices for cereals provisions and finished I fin-ished iron and steel give hope of Better export trade and the possibility oC cutting cut-ting down some of the unfavorable balance whown early this year o There Is i a rather more cheerful tone In the iron trade partly the result of Improvement In fuel l supplies at the Wet t and partly the result of larger buying at the East I Copper Is I weaker In tone and tends downward on Increased offerings and v cak foreign markets while tin Is I also lower I The strength of raw wool Is unabated I un-abated the latest sales showing a higher I high-er range Foreign wools sold here are now at lower nrlces than new woolens can possibly be exported for The wool clip for 102 shows a slight gain the fifth annual Increase from the depression depres-sion of 1897 and the production is now not far from the record figures of 1693 Wheat Including flour exports for the week ending November 27th aggregate ag-gregate J179C35 bushels against 5277 fi72 t bushels last week and 3117478 In this week last year Wheat exports since July 1st aggregate aggre-gate 111W2000 bushels against 127S1S I I 725 bualiclK last season > and 77700009 I bushels in 1900 BusinesH failures In thq United States for the week ending Thursday November 27th number ISO as against 01 last week and 1S9 In this week last year Canadian failures number as1 against last week and 26 In this week a year ago |