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Show INCLEMENT WEATHER AFFECTS THE MARKET Strong AVind Compels Dealers to Keep Their Displays Off the Sidewalk. Business was not very strong on thu local produce market Friday, owing to the Inclement weather. The dcalorH were also compelled, through the strong wind which prevailed, to keep their displays of eatables Indoors to a large extent, Instead In-stead of exhibiting them on the stands outdoors, as Is the custom. Nevertheless they offered a fairly good line of garden truck, most of which, however, came from California. Fresh pears put In an appearance on the market Friday, and the dealers offered of-fered the delicacy at 5 and 10 cents a pound. California strawberries were cn-tlrolv cn-tlrolv off the markoU and plums and prunes from tho Golden stato were very ocarcc. Apples, oranges and bananas aro very plentiful and at this season of the year arc selling at Very reasonable prices. Good bananas could be obtained Friday at 25 cents a dozen, and soma dealors offered of-fered a fair variety as low as 20 cents a dozen. Quotations on butter and eggs continue con-tinue unchanged, tho former selling for 35 cents a pound for the creamery variety va-riety and the latter that Is, strictly fresh eggs at 50 cents a dozen. Bradstreet's Keview. NEW YORK, Jun, S'. Bradstreet's tomorrow to-morrow will say; Post-holiday quiet rules as yet In general gen-eral trade, but active preparations aro making for the opring season's trade by Jobbers, while retailers arc announcing resumption sales to clear accumulated stocks of winter goods. Temporarily, trado has been retarded by storms, followed fol-lowed bv zero temperatures extending from tho Canadian line south to Texas and cast to the Alleghcnles. but good effects from tho arrival of the long-expected cold weather aro already noted at tho west. In wholesale Jobbing lines Inventories In-ventories have been finished and preparations prepara-tions for spring are actively under way; In fact, travelers from many cities aro already on the road and report fair results re-sults for the short time they have been out. Collections show little change from previous reports, being still slow at the south, but better at some western points. Generally speaking, the outlook Is one of cheerfulness, tempered by conservatism. conserva-tism. On the who! the Iron and steel markets mar-kets arc quite dull as regards new business. busi-ness. Pig Iron is inactive. Stocks of leather arc also reported well controlled and shipments to consumers are large. Hides are very strong. Business failures In the United States for tho week ending January 7 number 329, against 299 last week. 435 In the like week of 190S, 2S in 1D07, 286 In 1906, and 205 In 1905. Business failures In Canada during the week number 41. which compares with 2S last week and 63 in this week last year. Wheat (Including flour) exports from tho United States and Canada for the week ending January 7 aggregate 3.765.- 036 bushels, against 3,116.601 last week and 6.804.27S In this week last year. For the twenty-eight weeks ending January 7, this year, the exports aro 110.737.060 bushels, against 125.899.940 In the corresponding corre-sponding period last week. Dun's Trade Ecvicw. NEW YORK. Jan. S. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow will say: Credit and confidence arc again established estab-lished on a firmer basis at the opening of the new year than at any tlmo in the past fifteen months. Progress Is steady and naturally slow, but is along very safe and satisfactory lines. Tho statement state-ment of commercial failures Issued this week clearly shows a gradual wearing away of the effects of tho financial pressure press-ure of the early months of last year, and this necessarily Improved underlying conditions. con-ditions. While conservatism still characterizes char-acterizes operations in many markets, the development is along safe lines. Changes in prices this week are not significant, sig-nificant, but generally In tho direction of firmness. Iron and steel mills continue well occupied occu-pied on business previously booked, and new orders aro constantly being placed, I some of them for a considerable quantitv. Some large sales of pig iron are noted this week, and a further demand Is expected ex-pected as the year advances. Additional work Is noted in structural mills, but Increased In-creased orders are expected when spring building begins. Additional open-hearth furnaces have been put in operation. There is evidence of renewed activity in the dry goods trade. The easier tendency In hides Is due to the seasonable deterioration of tho present pres-ent take-off, and not, apparently, lo any inherent weakness In the market. Holders Hold-ers generally are firm. There Is a tendency tend-ency to firmness In the foreign markets. Leather continues dull, but prices of most i descriptions aro firm, In anticipation of a renewal of the demand after tho middle of the month. St. Louis Wool. ST. LOUIS. Jan. S. Wool Unchanged; medium grades, combing and clothing, 185 ft231c; light fine. 161(gi20c: heavy fine, 10 316c; tub-washed 23(3)31 Jc. , Now York Produce. NEW YORK, Jan. S. Butter Steady; creamery extras. 314?'32c; western Imitation Imita-tion creams, firsts. 23g24c. Cheese Firm; unchanged. Eggs Easier; western firsts. 31 JI?32c; western seconds, 30(?)31c. |