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Show DUN SAYS OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER ON WHOLE NEW YORK, May 27. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly rovlcw of trado tomorrow will say: "Retail trade Is stimulated by seasonable weather, and tho Industrial outlook Is brighter on tho whole, although adverse factorH havo appeared. Tho big dry goods auction salo opened with an unoxpectedly largo attondanco nnd good prices wero secured. It Is particularly gratifying to noto that retailers rather than Jobbers have inado most of tho purchases, pur-chases, thuB providing prompt distribution into consuming channels throughout tho country. Manufacturing lines report a slight Improvement at woolen mills and Bhoo factories, and while thero la moro Idlo cotton machinery, it is worthy of noto that the last Fall River statement showed very little reduction in dividends. "Railroad earnings so far reported for May fall 3.3 per cent short of the samo time last year, but foreign commerce at this port for tho last week show gains of 51,637,200 In exports and 5619,515 in Imports. "It is Increasingly difficult to find encouraging en-couraging conditions pertaining to the iron and stcol Industry. "Although packor hides aro actlvo and firm, tanners discriminate In favor of lato saltings, which Is causing somo accumulation accumu-lation of tho less dcslrablo qualities. Imported Im-ported hides aro steady at tno recent decline, de-cline, arrivals being promptly absorbed. "Fallurt-s this week numbered 226 In tho United States, against 206 last year, and 17 In Canada, compared with 7 a year ago." |