Show CONDITION OF THE TUE BUSINESS WORLD It Is Said to be Generally Genar GeneralI Entirely Satisfactory COLLECTIONS COLL ARE AIm I Earnings i Show 1 ft Jain aisa Ill it iron Irois Irol Orr fur New York March G 0 Dun Cos weekly review of ot trade tomorrow will wi my say The Tue position of or general bUsl bUst hess Is satisfactory being marked this week by b Increased activity of or retail operation throughout the west and In some lomo Atlantic seaboard cities which Is considered tho time forerunner of or a ten Hen emily erly good spring airing trade New Now enter cute I oro aro nl reflected In II the tIre largest de tie demand demand mand for rol many months for tor builders hardware hul ware and general materials mal tun IUd anti contracts for tor prompt delivery of ot ni ni nil goods are arc very ver to place Ilace Collections are arc prompt anti rail railroad railroad road tonnage Is II well maintained Earn Earnings Earnings ings roell of ot all al railroads for tor tho the of March to date show a 1 gain of ot per cent over last year nUl 35 per cent over 1809 1899 The Tire gains extend ex lend to practically The Tue tex tox textile textile time tho tl whole country tile Industry alone alono does doea not Improve Short tle time has been adopted by Fal liver cotton mills and there are ore re reports reo rePorts coton mis ports that some of ot the tho southern souther w eav av ing mills mis are aro about to curtail production tion but this has hI been without special effect elect ton upon demand for tor either print cloths or heavy heay brown cottons Quotations of ot pig Iron lon and finished steel tend tn toward a higher level There IH Is 11 still the tho wholesome element clemen I of ot con conservatism which prevents violent Hue lluc arid and keeps keep the advance at tnt lt a moderato moderate rate but time the tendency of ot the tho market markut Is undeniably toward butter better heter things The most conspicuous strength la is II apparent In Bessemer Dessemer pig hig which now commands 17 at while I I steel 1 billets have sold 1011 for 21 and nna cur car carbon bon boa billets reached 30 Steel bars are arc arcU U 1 per ton higher and structural shapes am are Ira firmly maintained with wih every ex expectation expectation of ot an advance While these UI quotations show moderato moderate ate ato gains much luch higher rates are aro paid for or Immediate delivery delvery and In II small entaIl smal amounts A short time ago ngo It I was waR ex cx expected expected that new mica ore prices would bo he 10 much lower but tho the remarkable strength of ot products will wi tend to out sus sustain IUS lain tain values alues of the raw material Int New Nev Ne high records ore nice ar constantly established for tor coke In the region aiU niti 11 prices are firm Among the tue minor met me ale ala further depression in tin tn wits was the tho feature tea lure The Thc hc of ot cotton colton coming for tor forward ward nt cut the south Indicates that lint plan stocks are arc by no ito means moans exhaust exhausted I ed preparations for tor the new crop promise an un enormous acreage Footwear Is firmly maintained for staple lines although grades gindes ire easier Some In demand docs does not disturb producers ns as al that factories are busy on contracts will require months to till fill Buyers who wi left lee Boston recently are ara now sending In orders freely Especially Is s this no noticed tc In the local market for tor patent an and enamel shoes hIdes nt at Chicago have hare ue declined steadily for tor two months the net fall fail rai I Ithe In Inthe Inthe the average of or ten grades amounting lo to 72 12 per ver cent Leather prices priceR are un unchanged unchanged unchanged changed 7 Despite Despie the weakness In Ia do dome me lines foreign hides hiles ore are tending upward Special reports telegraphed this week Indicate that the winter sinter win wheat crop I Is In good condition and Ind nn aIr ni unusually heavy henT acreage was planted at th the southwest while ravages by Hessian H llan fly lly have ha e been ly Failures for the tho week eck numbered 22 In the lie United States against last las year and 33 In Canada against 27 last las year |