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Show TRADE DEPRESSION HITSflllDS Amsterdam Cutting Indus try Hit by Demand Drop An Amsterdam diamond trad, paper Is authority for lha slat, mast that, is the week to January 22 laat. T: persons per-sons out of the 10.400 employed there In the diamond ruttlnf Indunlry are oiil of employment. In addition, possibly 400 mure brokers snd the like are alno seriously affected. The rauaa Is tha cassation In the 'consuming;" riemsnd particularly In tha llnlled Rtates. Tha business tle-preenlon tle-preenlon here haa praollcally closed) a market which normally lakes say 70 par cent of the Antwerp snd Amater-damproducllrm. Amater-damproducllrm. -which mesne praett-cally praett-cally the world's production of cot atones. . . . . Una Hers here corroborate this state-merit, state-merit, the largest Klfth. svenue dealers declaring that their biialnena la el-Iremely el-Iremely dull. In aome of the, a establishments, estab-lishments, mlddav finds la their salesrooms sales-rooms more hired gunmen and deteo-tlvca deteo-tlvca than cuatomera. Prices generally hsve not been reduced. re-duced. Ilealera declare that .the demand de-mand for dlemonde la not affected by price fluctuation,, and that when the pul. He will not buy. It Is for reasons which would not ba affected by a price reduction. Customers either wsnt diamonds, regardless of price, or will not have them st srvy price. At the originating end of the Indus- trv. tho African workings havs been curtailing and ceeelng operations b-cauoe b-cauoe of the Imposellilllty ef moving stones through the cuttere snd Into dealers' and the publics hsnda Ths lie Heere eyed irate has a practical monopoly on African diamond production, produc-tion, eacept eo-called "river etones washed out In watercouraee, and In turn selle the uncut dismnnde to a London syndlcste which controls their flow Into the msrkels of the world. Cerbonsrto diamonds discolored etonee which ara uned for cutting pur-poses pur-poses in various Industries are sold directly tlirough Ionlon snd do not reach the Amsterdam and Antwerp deelers. Dismond buyers In the United Unit-ed S'ates say this trade has suffered similarly from ths commercial de-prcseion. de-prcseion. PW YORK DAIRY. NEW T"RK. March t. Butter Rteadr Creamery, higher lhan eitrea, HSl4c; creamery ealras, UStyHc; oreamery flrata 4i ltsa Eaaler. Freah gathered oitrss, 14l,jTe; freah sethered firata, 43 44c. cheeee Pirm. State whole milk flats, held apeclala 2l2lc; stale whol, milk flata freah apeclala 24c. ra.a.d poultry Firm. Weetern ehlek-ena. ehlek-ena. bo.ee. 24llc; fowla. 2l3lc; old co.-ke 2l24c. tutkeya, lllrltc. Live poultry Klrm. Broilers. I444et ehl. keia. In 34c; fowla 14c; rooatara 2tc; turkeya. 44c. NF.W YORK MONEY. NKW TollK. March 1. Prima mereas-tlle mereas-tlle paper 1S7S per cant. . Ka.lienge Klrm. Sterling Demand, 1 MS; csbUa pVaoca Demaad. 7 t:e: eablea. t.24c. Belgian franc a Demaad. 1.44c; eablea. ' Ouildere Demand. 14 24c: eablea 14.44e. Lire Demand. 1.44c: eablea. l.Ilc. Marka D maad. I 44c; cables, 1.44c. Ilreeoe Ilemand. 7.14c. Argentine Oeiuand, 34 71c. Mrasillan Iiemand. ll.CSc. Montreal 12 14 14 per cent discount. Time loana Steady. 4 days. 4 daya and I months, 4S1 Per cent. Call money Steady lligb, tc: low. 1c: ruling rate. 7c: oloaing bid, 4c; offered at 7c; laat loan. "a. NEW YORK ai'dAB. - NEW YOUK. March t Raw sugar ateady aad anrhene-d early teday st 4Se far Cubaa coat and freight, equal to I 7Te for centrifugal There were aela of 4044 baga of Porto Ricaa, prompt ahipmeet, to a local refiner, . , . The refined situation waa anrhsnged with prlcea at 1.74c for fiae gresalaled. - Musar fulurea were Sail and aa ao liana-actioaa liana-actioaa cccarred during lha foreaaoa. prlcea were nominal. huia.- futures aloead nulet : aalea 414 tona April. I 4:r; May, 1.17c; July. 14a;- September. Sep-tember. 1.17c CHIt AOO DA1RT. CHICAOO. Msrrh T Batter higher; oreamery aatraa 4ac : slandarda 4IS KSKB higher: reoeipta 14. 4 "0 eaaea; flrata llS31Sc; orcl nary firele. 2Sleloo, at .mark, nee Included. 11 il Sc. Live poullry bigbar; lowia, 21c; springs, |