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Show DUN'S REVIEW OF WEEK'S TRABE NEW YORK. July 1. II. G. Dun's weekly review of trade tomorrow will bay : Conflicting crop news and severe declines In security prices have dominated dom-inated the sltuatiou during the laxt week. The record of the half jvar just ended is summed up in tho word "readjustment." With the opening of the second half of the year the future iu iron and steel remains somewhat obsrure, although al-though an appreciably change for the bettor Is expected with the advent ot fall. Recent curtailment of output out-put by pig iron furnaces failed to reduce re-duce tho accumulated stacks, but thero are now some signs of a more active demand for pig Iron in certain districts. Sales during June arc placed In excess, In some instances, of the record of any previous month this year, although prices suffered at the expense of orders. Buying by the railroads Ik imt heavy, yet fairly good orders are con-Blautly con-Blautly received und cancellations have not appeared. Bu.-lness In structural struc-tural shapes and plates is not brisk, although sufficient to provide mills with work at a fairly satisfactory Tate. Curtailments of production In nearly near-ly all textile lines Is noteworthy because be-cause of the desire to closo a week of ten da.va during the holiday periods. In addition to the lack of demand the Inability of mills to continue production pro-duction profitably beeuuse of high costa of raw materials and low prices for goods forces a very uuusual situation. situ-ation. The boot and .hoo trade continues slow and featureless. New England manufacturers anticipate antic-ipate some revival this month and the Jobbers throughout the country will operate freely about the middle of July. The leather trade Is dull and prices weak, und especially on poor tanned stock, with which the market is heavily supplied. Hlde6 show a somewhat ltrnier ton on account of Improved quality of present receipts, with the exception of packer hides, which arc still weak, |