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Show BUSINESS OUTLOOK ; AS SEEN BY DUN'S NEW YORK. 'March 6. R. G. Dun Co.'s. Weekly Review of Trade today says: Business 'continued to improve, despite the difficulty of low temperature and higher pricei. Weather conditions have been singularly unpropltlous, deep snow ictarding distribution of merchandise and excessive , cold delaying the opening of spring trade and structural work. Yet retailers are making extensive preparations, prepara-tions, .and plans are submitted for numerous nu-merous building operations. Prospects have Improved on the Pacific coast, -where much-needed rain has fallen. Railway earnings for February were 2.2 per cent less than last year, bad weather restricting traffic. It' may be said with some degree of assurance as-surance that the Jron and steel Industry has made further progress in the right direction, and the prospect is brighter than it has been at any time during the winter. ' ' . Domestlo hides are weaker than Is explained ex-plained by the seasonable deterioration In Quaiity. Failures this week in the United States are 236, against 240 last week, 2S7 the pr. ceding week end 229 the corresponding week last vear. Failures In Canada number num-ber 27, against 22 last week, 20 the preceding preced-ing week and 1 last year. - " : ' ' V ' , , 1 . |