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Show t ter prices of cotten and very good col lections. ' The iron industry is doing well. Notwithstanding Not-withstanding the resumption of work by I many establishments which were idle a long time on account of strikes, the con sumption of pig iron apparently exceeds ithe production, and the demand gives a deeide-Hy stiffer tone to the market. The iron is still disappointing and rails .very dnll, but the demand for structural i lion keeps the works busy, and plates are 'Surprisingly active. Pehaps the textile industries were never more prosperous : than they are now, for while priees are I remarkably low, the demand for goods is large ond urgent, and the works are crowded with orders. Rubber goods " works are busy. It It not a satifactory ! symptom that the speculation in cotton is enormous, sales at this city amount-I amount-I log to 1,329,600 bales last weik, with an 'advance of c in .rice. Tet exports of .cotton are not large, and of all domestic .products the value exported last week was only $5,483,542, against $9,768,906 -for the same week last year. Considering Consider-ing the great increase in imports of ! merchandise, the stage of foreign trade is hardly encouraging, The business 'failures occnrlng throughout the ; country daring the past seven days aumber 220, as compared with the total pot 208 last week, For the corresponding correspond-ing week of last year the figures were 270. s ,.. Dunn and Co's Trad Review- R. 6. Dunn and Co., In the weekly re view of trade, says: The first week in October shows more actively in spite of the near approach of the Presidential election. Business is distinctly better at the South on account of the improvement in the price of cotton, cot-ton, moie active in the West, with improved im-proved crop prospects, and only slightly retarded at the East. The ezpeoted reaction from the extreme ex-treme low price of cotton helps business at the South. In general speculation has disturbed legitimate trade much less generally during the past qnarter than is usual at this season, although the transactions In cotton have been exceed-ingly exceed-ingly heavy. Trade at Boston is somewhat narrower as the election approaches; cotton goods are deoldedly firm and wool la steady in price with holders confident, At Philadelphia Phila-delphia trade In tobacco is good and steady in chemicals. Business is brighter in Baltimore. At Pittsburg manufactured iron Is quite active and in large demand at well supported prices, while business in glass is fair, but a strike of coal miners embarassed the monongahela trade. At Clncinatl trade in groceries is good, while other trade is active and money growing somewhat some-what stiff. At Indianapolis there Is a boom In manufacturing, and railroadB find it exceedingly difficult to handle all the tonnage offered; At Detroit manufacturing manu-facturing is decidedly active, Ch'eago reports a large trade In merchandise and I good collections, with bank clearing 14 per cent larger than a year ago, and a decided increase in real estate and lumber transactions. Receipts ot cattle, hogs and sheep are slightly larger than a year ago, but receipts re-ceipts of flour, barley, cheese, hides and dressed beef are double last year's de" crease being noted only in ribs, lard, wool and rye. At, St. Paul trade is! mrterially greater, and at Minneapolis very good and the output of flour 209,000 barreis, against i94,000 last year. Bust" ntss at St. Louis is more active than usual and collections prompt. At Kansas Kan-sas Ciiy trade is steady; cattle receipts heavy and collections fairly satisfactory' At Omaha business is good and at Denver bufinees is improving. Nearly all Southern cities report better trade, though Little Rock crop prospects are not encouraging. Basirress at Louisville I- improviug, with large Fates of tobacco. At Nashville trade is fair, and at Memphis Mem-phis improving, and decided improvement improve-ment is noted at New Orleans with bet- |