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Show THE BUSINESS REPORTS. EverMhlng continues at a high rate of itcllvlt) and enormous In quantity. In the wn) of Industries, business and tnhspnrtation trnnsnetions, lhe only distracting handicap Is the great and tenacious 101I strike, which causes a severe pinch in the fuel suppl) Hut the showing on the average Is grand llradstreet s reports Ihnt us the only depressing note In the mot uniformly fuvoiablc letums of nine months' financial finan-cial commercial and Industrial operations opera-tions An Immense Increase Is shown In wldcl) sepaiated sections, and the unprecedented fall trade, the moving of lirger crops nt higher prices, Immense cattle receipts and unsurpassed Industrial Indus-trial acllvll) arc chargeible wllh the numerous and heavy gains shown Tallures nre Ihe smallest, with two exceptions ex-ceptions In ten )cars, nnd the liabilities liabili-ties the lightest, wllh one exception, In twenty )cars The fall and winter trade has been exceptlonall) good, In most cases exceeding previous )cars Personal bu)lng al leading Western Jobbing centers Is not so active as some time ago, Huslncrs failures were 184. (umpired with 17! last week, and 175 the corresponding week last )car. Dun reports that the distribution of menhindlsc continues In unabated volume, vol-ume, and prospects arc bright for Its continuance Voluntary advances In wages have been announced In a number num-ber of Instances, while the labor situation situa-tion Is more natlsfnctory. Transportation Transporta-tion facilities have Improved, and rail-nay rail-nay earnings for September exceed last cars by ! per cent. Pig Iron furnaces fur-naces are bettei supplied with coke, and there is less Interruption because of ful scarcll). Strictly commercial failures are less satisfactory than Inst )cir, but only one other e,ir during the pist two decades made as fuvorablc a showing, |