Show TRADE IDE REPORTS ABOUT THE SAME Show Little Change from Last Week but Greater Confidence Confidence Confidence dence for the Future THE HOLIDAY BUSINESS LESS and Linos Aro ro Quiet QuI Op Are re Curtailed New York Dee Die nn 11 11 0 a Dun DUh Cos Coe Weekly of Trad Tt d tomor telnet tomorrow row mw nt will sayi MI Commercial r reports imrU Indicate little alteration the past Pt w week ek but greater confidence In a marked Improvement len Jan I 1 Holiday trade monopolies attention In some sections exceeding eu that of or last yc year r although aggregate salea Ie do 10 not compare favorably with 1906 to date Jobbing and wholesale lines littee 1111 are an seasonably quiet while man manufacturing o iterations ol are aro curtailed pending l the resumption of It normal de dl demands 0 mands mandl The supply ot of labor has IHU h not Increased id idIn In ratIo to the closed plants however owing to Immigration about double that thiat of last year ear Some feet Ions report a 1 better hotter senti sentiment ment In III the Iron and steel steal industry al at although although though new lIew business la is limited and amid lit tip tle II recovery mry Is tl expected until next nest year ar arl l orders rt for tor rolling stock sleek were W placed this Ihl uk eek fk HIM nn more mort business ot or this Ihl nature is Iq under negotiation while the th report of f reports exports of ut prod Irod products Uric ua of ot iron end tc steel t 1 show dhow a it total value of l In III 10 months of or 1 Iti 1907 07 or 01 over III IC per er cent of or the tho of ot all merchandise sent rent nt abroad A hotter better inquiry In the l IIII leather mar market ket promised a revival of ot bu tit itt alter er n Jan 1 J Prices are n steady fur tor stand standrd net Ird rd sole iol 1101 although some odd lots lot hat hR has been disposed of ot t at further cones conces concessions conc alone Belting leather Is I dull and weak Ie s of ement multiply In II th Ih the hide market mat business In tn all kinds of domestic packer lad nd country hid this wk week blinK bins MIn larger than at ut t taa cay any aa time for tor two months month Prices Price are steadier In to some coins case sesa advances of ot a 1 full tull cent being belne recorded Foreign hides hI share hr the tb better hotter quota quotations VOlA Ilona at th the Antwerp auction sale eale ex cc exceeding el expectations |