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Show lone In this branch is falrlr optimist- ' Ic. There h considerably more activity In tho pig iron markets. A largo part of this, however, appears to be at the expense of prices. The commercial coal trade Is Q.nl"e. The leading textile industries Is little lit-tle changed. Cotton goods are reported report-ed firm with most woolen goods strong and raw wool prices hardening. Foreign For-eign wools are In Increased Bale and eastern buyers nr reported contracting contract-ing more freelv for western clips. Thcrp Is a better tone In the leather market where prices are firmer. Manufacturers Man-ufacturers are certainly buying more freely, though they report little increase in-crease In orders. Eastern shoe shipments ship-ments are 24 per cent larger than a year ago, but still behind 1907. Building Build-ing ii active the country over. Business failures In the United Statci for the week ending April 22 were 247 aaginst 201 fast week. 234 in the like week of 190S and 157 In 1907. Canadian failures number 3C against 27 last week and 36 in this week in 190$. BRADSTREETS New York, April 23. Biadstrect'j tomorrow will say: Trade conditions are not much changed and irregularity is still tho leading feature In business aud industrial indus-trial lines. Results of spring business are as a whole disappointing. There is. however, more doing in whosesale lines for next fall and winter, and the |