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Show TRADE REVIEW OF Wl REEK NEW YORK. Oct. 21. IL G. Dun & ' Co.'a Weekly Review of Trade tomor row will vay; The actual volume of trode is well maintained, and th hopeful business fenllment which has been In evidence evi-dence for the last two weeks continues con-tinues Retail trad Is small, affected affect-ed by tho unseasonable weather, but reports from most of the leading cit-Icn cit-Icn are rjulte t-atlsfadory and reflect a cheerful view as to the outlook. Tho advance In brown goods, tickings tick-ings and plaids Is tho feature In the j dry goods market. Pleached cottons 1 have sold freely to Jobberd and man- ufacturors, but fine and fancy cottons cot-tons did not participate In the activity activ-ity to any great extent. The demand has fallen off since cot-ton cot-ton doclinod. Dross goods rule quiet, but men's wear agent report a good j fancy business. Orders for r-hoes : again F.hovv .omo lucreaso this week, but trade continues conslderablv below be-low the normal for this time of the tar. Iomestlc hide markets continue to weaken. Trade Is on a moderate scale and buyers are holding off, mostly ! because of large receipts of cattle In ' the west and tho consequent Increase In the "laughter. Bradtteerts. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. rtrudstreet'i tomorrow will say: Irregular weather conditions figure largely In th- trade reports this week and aro held mainly responsible for the rather smaller than expected value of sales reported as a whole. Whole-I -alo and Jobbing business displayed the same c aul Ion and rv.nservatlve I noted earlier, the buying was u hand- to-mouth character, though reports from h ading market ro of a volume . j of trade equal or fupenor to lost year. 1 In lending wholesale lines, the ac-J ac-J tlve having movement of tho In.,t few . weeks Hf-ems to have suhi-ldcd. Shoe 1 manufacturers reiort orders affected j by unieuonable warm weather, but there U reported a slkhtly better feeling In some linos of worsted goeds, and raw wocil Is firm. In tho south the cotton movement Is freer and tbU with cooler weather has made for a fl ght Improvement In no'ithern trade nnd collections. Ruslno5 failure n the Vnlt"d I Statin for tho week ending OcL 20 I wero 1?7, against 233 last week and 211 In the llko week of 10"D. Hunlness fttllur in Canada for tho week numbered 34. -hlch compares with 34 last wo-k and 30 !n the sam week laM year. |