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Show DUN'S REVIEW. NEW YORK, Mnrch 17. Dun's Review Re-view tomorrow will bay: "Recent improvements In trade aro slow, irregular and conservative, and aro chiefly in ovldenco In Iron and stool, In which there Is a larger demand de-mand for structural material, a more cheerful sentlmont regnrdlng pig Iron and mill conditions In finished matq-rials. matq-rials. "The volumo of transactions 1b Eomo what under that of last year, but is sonerally larger than In the preceding quarter. ' "From present indications, It seems likely that some good sized rail contracts con-tracts will be received from Canadian railroads on account of the sold-up conditions of the mills in that country, inquiries for 25,000 tons from ono system sys-tem alone being noted In domestic markets Structural steel is In greater great-er demand, although transporting companies com-panies are not buying on a particularly particular-ly active scale, while construction work on a new battleship tH1 require between 6,000 and 7,000 tons of hull plates. There Is little, If any, Improvement In the demand for leather, and sole is especially quiet "Hide markets are generally quiet, but prices aro well maintained on all varieties. Packer hides are especially dull." ' |