Show WEEKLY TRADE ot tho the paralysis of business here the stoppage of communications and mails throughout eastern states and the costly conditions under which the scanty business of the past two days has been transacted make statistical comparisons for tho moment of no value it would not be far from right to reckon an endre weeks business as lost throughout the region most affected by the unprecedented storm under the circumstances it is of no service as an indication of the future to know that exchanges are small railroad traffic light exports below those of the corresponding week last year and local prices rising because of the temporary scarcity of certain articles As yet business at the various exchanges has not been so far resumed that quotations have much value the statement of iron furnaces in blast march 1 is of especial significance the weekly output of anthracite and iron was tons against february and november L clearly the furnaces which were forced to stop bythe by the strikes in the coal regions have not found it expedient to resume since the strikes terminated other furnaces elsewhere have blown out and the report aa to charcoal iron though still in completo shows there has been some shrinkage m that branch also A decrease of 5 per cent m ona month and 25 per cent in tho quantity of iron produced implies change of large importance in many branches of manufacture prices for the best grades of pig are unchanged but of of all other grades continue at NEW march |