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Show REVIEW OF THE VEEK. Further Progress In the Direction ti .( creased business, "EVT YORK, Feb. IS. Due's tomorrow will say: , Some further progress fs r.o'M i direction of increased trade, alihour'. ditions are very irregutar and do -apply with equat accuracy to ail r" and all branches of business. Tie owing- to the great demand and highr- for wheat, is more prosperous thar c-j parts of the country. Conditions V I south have been improved by lartr pons of cotton. While the business situation i r controlled by conservatism, prompt " unprecedented world condiiinri 'j; steadily gaining in strength and ac r and the rate of progress, while it blow from week to week, is remark' indeed when measured bv months, -i ures in the United State for tiie r-number r-number 664, compared with the responding week last year. In Canada failures numbered 58, izll 53 last year. Bank clearings for the week (fir ir amounted to Sl'.iS4.55?.4ly, a axlm 14.4 per cent as compared with the sn week last year. |