| Show UNPARALLELED UNPARAlLEL EO PROSPERITY PROS TV Evidence of it by Ex Expenditures for Christmas ChrIstma w Ulm E ll 1 Iron 1011 Sot ol IiI til si tk Ih 11 Sn Pi lito it I h ii t C IrI lilt sti Now tew York I o rH iT H 0 nUll Dun Cos Weekly Hol u ot of i tow low will say sayI ay n A AIt If It I f any evidence o was Willi of It IC tho t with tItle this nation tutu hUt beau buon during dining the tho host year yetti tho I Ito iuru tot for to tufts filM gifts Kirts and bu bo ample DistributIons of o t roods goods among the tho lie of ut large largo and nit was tIlts on th lit he scale of ot often tOil ten tho the over oll last luat year yent CUI amount amounting log ing to per 1101 cent while tho ha th profit sharing at tho lie end of ot the tho lie year Yr wilt will reach nn en unprecedented figure It tt IH lit IHnot not noticed that thul southern trade trado shows lOlls less satisfactory gains over oel lust last year titan than at nt other othor sections which IR lit not surprising ns ox the tho lie of or orth the th South has hns averaged from rim 8 to l 0 10 Iti IU Itin IUa n a bale bolo lOBS less than n a year ago 1180 white while the i quantity thus far fat marketed shows nu no commensurate Increase Following closely upon lie tho Inter Interruption by li II Hoods itt H last week transporting and manufacturing facilities facUltIes welo SeIO further handicapped by numerous accidents Tho The Iron furnaces and steel mills were ivere tied up lip and tho the movement of ot coke was hampered This resulted routt tl In III such luch supplies of ot fuel that many stacks were wem banked at nt ata a II time when whon till full activity was especial ly Iy desired Tho rho situation ns as to coke Is morn more critical than at nt a Lilly any previous time this season The output In the Ito region has lia been at nt n a PICO pace tot for 01 a II month or 01 more but stocks accumulate at lit tho the ovens because mo 1110 five tive power nut cars curti cannot bo lIo se so secured secured cured Pig lIlg Iron production Is III no 10 longer at nt the tue high bIght mark recorded when De Do December cember comber opened amid with fancy tancy prices for tor fuel tie It Is natural that Bessemer sheets advance Business In III wholesale dry dl goods has hns been Interrupted by b holiday nod and stock taking among Cot COL ton goods ruled quiet apart from the demand for or converters which was on a Il liberal scale Cotton mills are solo sola ahead for tor or several months ns as n a anti and there thore Is If no urgency to make now contracts especially In view of ot the Iho un ott certain raw material In hit the lie woolen Knolls goods division over overcoat coat loat goods find ready lInd purchasers while prices OIl on some Romo lines just opened ore about C Ii pHI per vent cent cell t higher hl her than limn last Int sea season son aon Wool Is strong and tending up tit ward with a n good gooth demand nut not only from mills and dealers but on sIcula tire account Stocks are tue closing the thu year In much better condition than at nt the lie exceptional consumption Ion Iia hn Ing made large hinge Footwear shops are mo actively engaged and anti are arc shipping much heavily than lion it t year lIr ago a o Leather and hides are aro hilt but comparatively quiet A decidedly high bight price level lois hat been maintained In time the lending staples with options trading of ot good dimen dimensions despite tho lie double holiday at the lie produce exchange Wheat recovered ll most of or the tho recent moderate modern to decline supported by a n fairly steady demand I i I I Notwithstanding the th high level lovel ot of quo ns as compared compo rod with earlier ell rileI years exports for tor tho Ito week from toni nil all orts of ot the tho United States Including lour Hour amounted to tt ii 7 bushels compared ed cd with bushels a n year ago ogo and anil 2417 bushels two years ago 1110 Interior receipts were sero light ant flour mills have broIl been handicapped by bv the th cur car shortage which mild made It difficult It to bring In raw material or III take tako out ou the tho finished product Corn COIn continues about 60 per cent cont contover over oer tho the price n II year yeni ago tenth read ily lly explains Atlantic extorts of ot only 3 bushels against 1 hush Is last In t year Sugar became tho Iho aggressIve cutting of ot by 11 competing refiners Haw hair I 1111 II etl de tk slightly on an account of ot big hiI crop I estimates and other othor outside 8 but the thc fall full In Iii standard anti hated was las disproportionately henry heavy h lIv and lit at the tie bottom point after deducting all relates rebates no profit proUt could bo Ill figured I I en at the he lowest price buyers ivere slow Hlo to III take advantage n evidently nn no moro more favorable tonne torm 1 for or the In III the States 1st m 37 last year and tind un 23 In Canada against n IS it lust year |
