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Show WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW, Unusual Conditions Place Reitrtetlen Upon the Regular Business. NEW TORK. Feb. 1. Bradstreet's morrow will say: Business in an industrial, as well a commercial sense. Is hobbled, either idealise id-ealise of scarcity of goods, enforced weti-lv weti-lv shutdowns, adverse weather condition paucity of fuel, insufficient production c freight congestion, and after seven wffc of cold, etorrny weather little header has been made In working out of Week ades. Besides, what might be terrf regular business is subservient to wl work, and, while those thus engaged at-optimistic at-optimistic enough, producers of less Is peralively needed products are somewij unsettled" by the thought that port civilian business may have to under? further restrictions. Nevertheless, the is a strong disposition to speed up? war work when ajid as conditions b come propitious. nd in a general Kti there is sufficient buying of dome?', staple lines to make up a goodly asP gate. Unfortunately, the stream ot 0: ders is considerably restricted by the te: that mnnuacturens, particularly ' textiles, find it necessary to cut doffn 1 number of orders accepted. In short, fe Question is not one of getting busing but of making even fairly prompt Q' liveries, and buyers who now brlnstot' principal markets a strong desire to ? staple textiles at advancing prices a-having a-having the fact forced upon them ft tho mills are chary about booking b' nes for delivery in accordance with i wishes of purchasers. There is also rr.o: or less evidence of the ultimate conson exercising conservatism and at the jar-time jar-time there is enough actual reduction L civilian demand for men's goods to v&jr for Irregularity. But against these ma 'f festations arc the conceded shortaE"-; staples, the fear of still higher prlrrix the patent prosperity of the worSp1 classes and agricultural communis Consequently, while retail trade to measures up to normal, many flran purveyors, recognizing the difficulty 0. placing stock, are not keen about coo-ductule: coo-ductule: clearance sales. Weekly bank clearings, $5,H4,?;J.W. |