| Show WEEKLY REVIEW W OF TRADE A pause in business is usual at the end of the year but this year w weather and much pres pressure sute f r amney m ney at the east make the dalness border on depression while pro prospers spec s forthe for the fu lure ire generally regarded with great pi eat confidence the present state of trade is is not quite sati satisfactory and in sonic borne quarters the delay of collections pause cause fear of commercial this is more particularly noticeable noti cable in the clothing and f furnishing urnis hing trades at phida l phia and in many lir lie es cs of business bus iners at t cleveland detroit r and milwaukee sales ales of dry goods are also alo al o fal ing off at chicago though payments payment 3 are reported good and the clothing trade there is dull and tile the shoo shoe trade quiet but at western er n poin boins s with scarcely arcely so an exception tile the open wather and bad condition of countey roads are noticed as causes of unusually plow flow collections in oher respects the ne reports of trade are generally batisa actor v the holiday oliday li business has been largo large at nearly every ever y point reporting though affected hy by the weather at detroit lic troit the movement of grain at chicago continues equal to that of last year to late date with an all indrea of 50 per cent in beef products ro re eilts of butter nearly doub ed cd and a slight in arease in lard but some decline in ill cheese wool no and hide at philadelphia Phila dephia while there is unusual inactivity in dry goods except holiday articles and tile the woul and cotton business is dull and coal much depressed the grocery trade reports a prosperous year but very light sales at present the paper trade is alpo afo light and collections there slow at boston all wholesale trade ha lias been quiet b but ut some rot retails ails report the h holi boli I 1 lav av sa es ahead of last ye year ar wool is inactive but steady and hides leat leather lier and boots and shoes moving fairly at uncharged pries eg the lie weak points 4 f tile the situation are ihbe th se trades which are most affee affected tod IY by two successive mild winters tile the anthracite th tb coal is t in III tile the once of demand akmand and the situation 14 almost without precedent mole moie than half of the reiding keiding col coil co il l mines have closed the wing miners out of work amditis uial it is stated that nun rs are working on three qu arters time r the rhe bituminous coal trade ia i more active bu lacki lacking ng cars no delmato relief in alie woolen goods business can be expected until prolonged cold has c caused a well sustained demp demand tid and the clothing in business in all pai pait t A of tle the coun couii ry must feces neily depend t a great extent upon the we wather ather to a grenter gi enter or less efte t many other kinds of I 1 u iness are to atrain ain by of the dej demand haild incident to tha ilia ge eason and in all quarters tle dt daay lay of collections is felt on the other hand ban the iron 1 business af 3 i continues to pros pr osier or though sales of pig are not very I 1 rge re prices lire are very brin at and 1950 i ii i quoted bere I 1 or no I 1 gilem sea of tons ste sted 1 rails aro I rp ported with tho t ho pi price ice steady sien lit at 35 east orid nud U at chicago bar iron is firm at 2 cs nud coain cot in future is is in in a all 11 branches of the iron and s eel business u lj diminished A largo large demaud demand fir fi r copper has enabled the syndicate S 0 lo 10 o lake to 14 with of lbs ibs but leua is iq quiet at and tin lus has been davies ol 01 at t landon on by speculative real leal afi g boiu ing quoted at 21 acts h b re in speculative marketa there lias has been little cladge cl auge 0 except i in it corn which illic 11 has dropped 21 2 1 cip cie with salas aalfs of 11 lu iu lion lia n bushels bushel wheat fales ero iut 1 ut 9 mill 0 i bushe bushea bu arla and tile the price af pf ice une unchanged but oas are aie near nearly lyl 1 ct lower pot pok k products bially lucban c ed quart quarts s pr ev of a cont lower with trading coffee a qua qu r or er higher bi gher with gales of only ba bugs bas s and cot 7 ton steady with small sales though the exports again exceed those of the corresponding week la last sac year and tile receipts receipt Ef are nearly the same the belief in avery avery large yield grows stronger but also faith in a large hi ago increase in foreign consumption tight money continues here bore and at Ph philadel iladell hiu bin and relaxation is ia not to be cl ejected now until after the ja uary disbursements C nf 8 tb these dae me file d gilreat togi to veat leist lempo temporary iary euse etise the november exports according to official reports jast completed exceeded iri por 1 by the unprecedented sum of and at new york iu in december the X po ports arts show a decrease ot 51 percent while imports io increase crease 22 per conf cent but e on en at this ibis late the excess of ex ports for the he whole c cc mitry would bo over the T Y leasing is so conducted as to sustain the 11 0 lov lev markt maratt its as far as practicable tind and hits bus been pail pai I 1 out it in elc s i of s this week bit the movement oi of cash from the treasure Trea suri avd aud the banki bank to tho west wf bt and south since Is makes the present stringency ly by ii means surprising the business bus inosa failures g throughout the country during abe last seven days as ar I 1 le ported by K R G duna C tile the mercantile agency today to day F iday by belej raph numb er er for the uni e el I 1 st t s 49 and for oni quada ada 39 31 or a ao euial tal of failures fai luies as compared with a total of of lat la at week and the he t week eek previous to the last for the corri corris s bonding tig week of last year the figures figure i were representing la insures in in the united states and 23 in canada |
