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Show THE WEEK'S TRADE, It Has H)l Been Remarkable Ellber In Vohm: or Activity. THE V00l, MUlkcr M ltUMa.lt. Wheal Hicluslrd tVilliln a Ndirut Kangr l.ttun Dull hut llrm-allaccllAnpnus llrm-allaccllAnpnus Itrvlrrf. Tha present week baa nit beiu remarkable re-markable fur activity clilirr In ieglll-male ieglll-male or speculative buslnt.., and trausac'louB liav. bp.n of Js volume llian th. week previous. H ocks In New York and London have haJ sharp fluctuatious, but wlta. In a comparallvily narrow range. They were helped early lu lb. w.ak by tbe auoceaa uf Hie Heading reor-gunixation reor-gunixation scheme, and on some of Ihr roads showing Inoruaaed earuln,;. over last year, but later wet. w.akaned by Hi. dissolution of Ih. Morgan bond syndlcat. and Hi. uncertainty of Hie dual outcome of the p ipular loan, Id Is fur wblob ara to cio.a on February 6.I1. Kugllih oonsola, the most sensitive oarumalerto Indicate the feelings ol oi'sialurs, racovsrs I lioru Hi. late decllna by Ih. dlsapwar.iuoe, tar-ly tar-ly In lha week, nf war acares, but wera depressed on Friday by luiuor, of the auapentlon ol Hi. sluklug fund; lint Ih. chances ara thai these tumors are unfounded In taut. The wool market Is showlug more real sltength than at auy tnus for Ih. last lew munlhs. While Iba appreciation In price is not Isrge compared lo the grrat tail It btd Iroul Ihe quolatlouaul tbtee years ago, yel the gelue are op. c mi auled I y audi strength as sbiiiild encourago bold.rs. On luisday Hie wool sales al l.ondou w,-re rep irtcd aa lully up to Dec.iiiuer prices, and Brm bidding of tho.e price.; end ou Friday au advance of tbru.-luurlha ul a cut waa ei.lal.ll.hel lu London over Decenimr pnoea, with fairly large Irauaactlona, which must l. encouraging encourag-ing lo our Utah growers who have eu long beeu comtielled to bear bulbing but gloumy reorta uf Ilia wool ludus-try. ludus-try. Wheal haa fluctuated within a vary baruw rauge, aa have all Iheosreais aolwllii.iaudlug lha large exported! same, Tlie uemand fur uur wheal abroad would seem to warrant better price,, tut the large deliveries lo Ihe uorlhweel are euniewhat discouraging In huldsrs, aud JuJglug from Ibu continued con-tinued large sales Irom Ihe laroiera II would appear lhat lha government ea-tiiuataoftna ea-tiiuataoftna Jaal crop 10 Very wldaol Hie mark and that Inera la something wruug In Ihe metbuds used lu gettlug reiurie. 'lue reoeipta al tbe pruuery point, this weak were about five aud a half million bushels against about two and a bsll million bushels a year eitu, and lha visible stuck Increased H7I, ihh) In tha Uultad Hiat.s aud Canada, where a decrease had been eutlclpaied. The amount allat In Kurope however Ideuiesssd 11, tod, onu luahela which would Indicate lhat uur reeervre later on will have to be drawn on llbeinlly lo feed F.urupe un-l.aa un-l.aa ludlau and Argentine shipments should ba materially greater thau latest estimates made ,lu these oouulfles woull seem to warrant. Cattle lu Ihe eastern merkete have been weak and llrm by turns, aud the markut la barely steady at the cio.e. Larue receipts early lu lha week had a weak.uiug teudency, but later price wore firm in sympathy wilh puik, but the llllle advau.e ealaullahed Wee I jet. Hog pri-ducie ara all firm and a higher range of price, .jtabllahed all along In. Hue, and Hlle III luce uf large accumulations al iiaoktug reutere, aud with the tireaeul luw price, uf gralu shuuld afTord a good uiargluof prollt lo leedere. Hneoparadull and luaotlve, aud with small reciple al Chicago, a decline Is uted which Is dltooureglug to .hip-pere. .hip-pere. Cotton baa been dull but firm, and Maucheelur reiorta lerga orders and alrong demand for cotluu olulh for the iudian trade, though our domestic marketa refiorl euly ulr demand fur manufactured cutlun goods, but the mills ara kepi running fur lb. pras.nl and stunks ar. accumulating. I'ruJuotlon of Iron and steel Is run-nmg run-nmg much ahead nf the demand fur finished guode, aud whilu pig Irou and steel aia higher, the manufactured gooda ara In many lualaucea weaker, aud II looks as though a ohauge must tie antlulpatod lu ed)usl Ibis dillerenca lu tna Immediate Im-mediate future. General buslneas baa not been altogether satisfactory, and while dealing houae relurus show a gain for lha week nf eight and oue-lialf oue-lialf per cent, this gslu la stunt all made lu New Yurk, and la mure ailifiulal lhau real. Tbe failures ar. larger than a year ago, being fitio this week against 879 fur Hie cjHoi ponding week uf last year. Fuur uf these failures fail-ures have bsun for very large sums and wera enlliely unlookod lur by Ihuee wuos. lulurmstluu I, regarded In commercial com-mercial cealera aa being reliable aud rxteuaive. |