Show RAILWAY AY TRAFFIC I STILL CONGESTED Delayed Deliveries Still SerY Seriously Ser Ser- Y Hamp Hampering All Lines of Business LABOR SITUATION STRONG Sa Says n i That Current Year nr Is' Is ph phenomenal norn ul Record of or 1905 s New Nett York Nov ln In In Its w weekly review of or trade trado tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- row will m say faY Trade has hUR boon been active cUve af as r rarely l before before be be- fore Cor this season eason despite le widespread holiday observances warm weather In parts of oC the tho South Fouth and bad had roads In tho time Northwest L The rca l really serl serious h cause of complaint a a. reflection In Itself It- It It Itself self of or superabundant ant prosperity Is tho the practically wide country lion ton In railway traffic which affects grant grall movement ment collections and r retail trad In th the Northwest t delayed de delivery delivery de- de 11 livery n of oC badly needed n l d' d c coal al supplies in the entire West Vest Int Interferes with the movement oT or cotton to market mark t I In the tho South and hampers manufacturing operations op op- a in the tho iron and Slot C l. l textile lumber and 1 other trades Railway men appear r awake to the to the the situation il aH n andare and andare are working energetically but hut the near approach of oC the he winter v se season Mn renders the dubious Something like e a n. mp c campaign r fot- fot r early holiday shopping has haR be hen been n inaugurated ed cd al nl many cities clUes and this branch of oC trade is expanding at retail even while the and jobbers are mak making ing sales and anti shipments shipment to me meet t the expected demand Spot sales ales in general Jobbing lines fines are rather lighter as Is natural under tinder the circumstances but this branch of or trade as well as first hands are hu busily h engaged on bu business lne for spring Very Ven favorable agricultural al returns return in most cases es are bringing good pr profits OtH to the th t farmer but that section of or the community seems determined determined de de- a as C for I instance in grain and cotton to get full 1 JI prices for its products Warm arm weather wather checks southern distribution c to lo some fOme some extent but hut favors favors- Continued growth of or cotton in some sections section Labor Situation Strong Stron Industry t still lill iii shows hows decided d activity activity vity Ir iron n an and steel loading and foreign foreign foreign for for- eign iron I Is coming in freely Creely and being ordered largely for future delivery PrIces Priced of m 1 L prodUcts prodUcts' hold all nil tho the strength heretofore not noted d and in addition ad nd- to iron and steel l and Dond cotton colton raw wool has hns a n firmer lone tone on good buying Ing and higher foreign markets Interior markets are reported buying more freely of oC commercial paper r but collections In J some me sections drag dag and ami money mOrley a as a n I is ht still HUll or very firm with little casing cosing looked for or until the first Ort of the yeas yea ea The labor situation iw n a vor very vary f trong one features being additional n In i by tex x mUlA mills Iron and I ors fA ll 1 15 s fi K g ging Now New fW York York I N Nov nv v 36 nIn Hun A ro oi of tho rho weeks week's trade trado tomorrow will say S SV V inlo Va was was- Interrupted by the tho Thanksgiving inG I holiday y but conditions warr wah more than fiver before aday a alay lay day to lri grateful recognition In all departments o of a agricultural rl Lh the tho current current cur cur- trial and mercantile m activity rent year is IH surpassing I. I ing even c lh phenomenal phenomenal phe phe- record of oC 1 lOCi Of which In turn eclipsed ett all nil preceding years arA Prosperity Pros Pros- In n this country I IK h based on es especially es- es sound conditions conditions' And nd success t. t contributes an Important ele- ele le In the enlargement of if our foreign commerce rc from loading lending cities Indicate that trade trado will he f maintained during lh the J Week elt and further Irai Ira Jm- r i Is If noted in mercantile col col- lection Holiday c conditions continue to lo occupy a position II nr of prominence hut but distribution dl of oC staples for delivery erY far into next year tho the volume of oC for for- v ard hll business being exceptional forI for lion I 00 and lOf steel products anI and a I. I sharp ad- ad vanco in the price of raw cotton testifies testifies b spinners fies ON to tho the consumption by Many Ian other r tc textile plants have havo followed follow ed cd II the tho example exam rite of oC Fall Fail saver mills Advancing wages to the highest level ever evel attained in that Indu industry try while the full Cull t nt for fOI the thit third d quarter distribution of hows the thc lar largest e t donds In recent years Operations coatings nt at the tho maximum maximum maxi maxi- t- t I mum In pig iron furnaces yet ct deliveries dell eries erles arc are so sn unsatisfactory that imports Imports Im Im- d. d Confidence Con- Con ports are arC constantly arranged is well maintained by purchases D abroad for delivery next year and demands demands de ile- mands front from th Stat States s 's have advanced a for foreign ign quotations q I Commercial failures this week Inthe In Inthe the United State tat t are 19 l 64 64 ln last l wee week I 2 36 G the pr preceding week and andI I 0 03 the corresponding n week last IM year ear Failures in Canada Cana la number 10 19 19 I 3 32 last laft week 34 tho the preceding we week l. l anti and 32 33 last Jast year Of OJ failures s this week in the tho th United States 70 ill were wert in nt the East 55 56 South ou West Vest cst and andI I 10 16 I G in Ill l the he p states and f 53 3 report II liabilities i stif n of or of more mot Liabilities Inabilities reported ll for or November ell to date are aref I JO f compared d ulft St iH I u Sear Nil a ago o i |