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Show proximately a pre-war ha: is ami part of them on the v.ar basis. Kither j the former must recover the position I they have lost, or the latter must j 'ome down to t Ik-, new level, and the present ait tuition is nut pron.isinn tot price recover, o;,. Lradstreet's table of wholesale, j prices on December 1 was down 34.7 per cent from tho top of February. Bradstreet'w figures cy groups, are as follows.: decline Commodity trom peak Textiles (including raw mate- rials 54.2 Breadstuff's 28. Live stock 19.5 Provisions 13.8 Hides and leather .13.2 Metals 3.3(1 Vegetable oils 34.2 Naval stores 49.5 Miscellaneous 50.4 It is interesting to note how general gen-eral are the declines, and that farm products are not the only ones affected. af-fected. As a rule raw materials, fall faster than finished goods, because the element of wages is larger in the latter, and wages decline more slowly slow-ly than any other factor in prices. National City Bank Bulletin. GENERAL Bl'SIXESS SITUATION j The general business situation has! exhibited during the past month the same trend that was manifest in October Oc-tober and November, and will have to run its course until readjustments are accomplished. It cannot stop with the industries in an unbalanced situation, part of them down to ap-k, |