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Show oo WEEKLY REVIEW SHOWS INCREASES New York, Aug, 10. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says. The expansion in Iron and steel continues con-tinues with activity especially marked In finished lineB and with additional price advance. Increasing difficulty 16 experienced In obtaining prompt deliveries and in some instances large premiums are being paid. Plate mills are crowded with orders shlle prominent prom-inent rail manufacturers are booked up to next February. Of the three hundred thousand tons of rails for which "i.quiries were In the market contracts for ISO, 000 torn hae been closed, one railroad alone taking S0,-000 S0,-000 tons. Further buying of cars is reported and all equipment companies are busy, while steel foundries are working at a higher rate than in many months. irauing in me ory goons hihiyci- show steady expansion, numerous buyers being present and operating with considerable more freedom. E.J port trade is quiet, but shipments of cotton goods for the fiscal years just closed exceed those of the previous twelve months by 170,000.000 yards, although only 13,000,000 yards of this amount were due to the added trade with China the largest customer. Aggregate business in shoe leathers is in good volume, with pronounced strength still prevailing especially in bottom stocks. Supplies are limited in all tannages of sole and union backs are firm. |