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Show )j DON'S REVIEW OF " .. TRADE COSDIIIOSS NEW TORK. April 1. R. O. Dun Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade today says: ! "Trad returns ar IncreaslDfllr aaUsfactory. continued hlfh temperature accelerating: di- '. .tribuUon 1n all leadlnc linea. The cloelnx , days of March brousht greater confidence re- .- ' Kardins th future, and results tat; tbe first V . quarter of 105 - proved even pore -favorable thaa was anticipated when the year., opened. ' '6ana-uine expectations of - manufacturers ... who made extensive preparations are now be- -. rlns realized. Freight cong-estlon has followed tbe heavy shipments of eprlne merchandlae. . ' - , ,T. . and railway earning- in three weeka of March "- 'were t.t per cent larg-er than In . '.. - "Immigration continue to surpaa all rec- ords snd intfrnational jnarkets Improve as j ' ; the conclusion of the war seems imminent, j - Foreign commerce at this port for last week ,-' ' showed a sain of $2,404,617 on Imports and a decreane of JSlt.SCt .In exports, as compared - , '- ih 1904. ' - "t "Mild weather Improves the quality of 'j V tides, especially from the South-went, and the 'tone of the market la decidedly firmer. I V, - "More Inquiries, are received from China, but there is little prospect that desired dellv-' dellv-' ' artee caa be made, as aome lines are under . 'order up to next February. . . "Failures' thia week numbered 244 In the ' - -' . t'nlted States, against 208 last year, and 31 in Canada, compared with 16 a year ago." |