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Show TRADE REVIEWS OF IHE WEEK t NEW YORK, June 16 Dun s Weekly Week-ly Ro low tomorrow will say For tho first timo In many weeks there are signs of recoverj' from tho deprossfon In the Iron and steel trade, and whilo pig iron continues dull, there aro increased orders for finished fin-ished steel, notably In tho structural and wire divisions The railroad demand de-mand also Is better, which promises won for the future A leading trunk line has authorized tho purchase of sixtj' locomothes In drj goods there Is more improvement improve-ment In sentiment than In activity and the Increased confidence Is based on strength Imparted to the situation bj the low stocks and on tho effect of bright crop prospects. Tho actual demand Is much below the normal point, but gives cidence of some expansion. The strong statistical position of stocks in first hands and tho notable curtailment in production which still prevails In drj'goods lines confirms tho feeling of confidence In the fu turc, although present business Is quiet Supplementary fall ordors for footwear foot-wear in the hands of shoo manufacturers manu-facturers are of air volume, but new business is developing There i6 a steady trade In both sole and upper leather, which In tho aggregate Improves Im-proves from week lo week. Undoubt-edlj Undoubt-edlj moro 'buBlness would be consummated consum-mated if tanuers would make concession con-cession from tho advanced prices asked, as a number of buyers aro holding off nt tho full Increase demanded de-manded The hldo market continues to Bhow further sharp advances on most varieties. Brad6treet NEW YORK, June 16 BrndRtreofs tomorrow will say. Trade and Industrj' appear to bo sialic and the only chango Is found in a slight fading of coreal crop prospects pro-spects In the wosL Retail trado has been favored by good weather in moBt sectlonH aud stimulated by reduction sales, but distribution dis-tribution Is fatlll hardly up to expectations. expecta-tions. Jobbing trado Is of a between seasons character, with fllllng-'n orders or-ders tho main business Business failures In tho United States for tlio wcok ending Juno lo woro 212 againBt 232 lost wook and 178 In tho lute week of 1910 and 213 In 1900 i Business failures In Canada 27, compared com-pared with 23 last week and 27 tho like week of 1910 oo |