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Show i- DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE, Volume of Business Larfle but on Con-cervatlvc Con-cervatlvc Basis. NEW YORK, Feb. P. R. G. Dun &. Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade will say tomorrow: The. volume of business continues large, although there is little disposition to operate op-erate In long range anticipation of future, fu-ture, requirements. Tho coldest winter of many years, while creating a sustained sus-tained demand for winter merchandise, serves generally to Interfere with the distribution of goods and this causes some Interruption to a liberal trade movement. rig Iron production increased .slisrhlly In .Tnnunry and the leading Interest Is paw operating about 85 per cent of Its blast furnace capacity. Current business Is quiet, however, with lleHsomer quoted nominally at $1 t.OOf?' 1.25, and basic. $12.25 valley. Slcol billets, four by four, remain at $20. and sheet and tin bars at $21 Pittsburg. Recent contracts Include In-clude nn order for ISO cars from the Pennsylvania railroad, while two other systems are in the market for about 6000 cars of various types. Orders for rails aggregate a fair tou-!!&). tou-!!&). Prospective shipbuilding encourages encour-ages eastern plate mlllft to anticipate an active demand for plates and shapes. It ivelnc: estimated that the work In view will require fully 75,000 tons. Leather Is quiet and business falls lo roflflct the conditions shown In raw material, ma-terial, Tanners arc holding prices very strong, 'but buyers arc holding olT and taking only small quantities- |