Show DUNS REVIEW REVIE W 6 prosperity again delayed by failures of the different agents to bet to the front the latest excuses on the subject new york dec 24 R 0 din and company will eay say tomor tomorrow tow in their weekly review ol 01 trade the failure of two important banks banki thee the beconi 1 in size of business in chicago and the oldest at st Panl Paul with some others dependent on them eltea el cl tea res not favorably a month which promised pro to end with only moderate commercial disasters it does nut lessen the effect of these failures that one was caused by enof enormous mono loana loan a in aid ol 01 an electric railway I 1 and other concerns in real estate bince several thousand business men and depositors are for the time embarrassed embar assed as much as the speculators that caused the lethe break down is the reveraa of hopeful at present although althou ah it cornea comes when money market markets are well supplied and when no cerious effect in business is to be apprehended other important events of the ore pre the allure failure of the billet and rail po Is to cod cad air a tr is tor for arre n t nt 11 I 1 and the same A fiat gt steral u ural eral ul vi hands or reduction tion ol 01 wages in the abbo I 1 manufacture tile holiday trade has bus been fair but generally in articles of medium crado the reports ot are not cheering and the aggregate azree ate for december thus far has been 4 5 per cent luea less than last tear year the granger tra oger aad and other western roads bowing showing moet most decrease the fall in steel billets from over 20 to about 10 16 at pittsburg Pil and in steel rails from 23 08 bet for mills to 25 less brokers commissioned com produces eo so great a chance change in other prices and conditions of business that the meetie held here this week for the purpose ot reviving pools and fixing prices influenced opera overs eions the wintry coun iry but no agreement was readied and nd meanwhile contracts have been made covering the wants ot of most mott producers for three months and some jor the whole of the year vear 1897 and it is aid said that such larice large contracts havo have been made bt tit 16 at pittsburg ritts burr and 17 56 at the east bessemer pig has declined to 1115 and grey forge to at pittsburg Pitts burc while bar and other linia finis boi tied products product 44 remain unchanged though bundles ot of cotton ties have been contracted for at 19 per bundle the production ot of coke increases rapidly ovens being in blat blast with wim an output of 9 97 7 U tons toc oc the week scarcely any buei nees lias has been done in the minor mettle metals and 1137 ie is quoted for lake copper I 1 or tin and tor for lead in the eatton mann manufacture facture tin re ia is furt hec den decline line in some etael and takings by northern spin spinner tie are digap eap pin tint lv light print carle lat lato late e and do il not advance haw raw cotton commissions forward jutt as It didin in inez rance when anti eterlee of df injury endl ended in treat ropa craps 8 sale are restricted toy the gen eral convict conviction i on that prices oes noted by cannoa 0 o realized and there considerable disposition to unload speculative aumba pumba at es aboard markeif mark etc moet lost have more wool than they have orders and ethers athers meet as yet vet oe de le mandfort mand for coole salee sake of 0 wool wont arre pounds at the three littee chief markets abinet ae inet IM for the fame tame vear year wheat hae hiss grown a stronger in et of the ditt disturbance of i the Chicago marlet market experts Ex porte have burbela buel bue icle bela sour flour included for five days and forvour against for the be oame weeks last vear from the cacille Iaci tic the increase has hits been laree larre vestern Vee NW tern stern receipts are still immedi amounting to eto bushels in three wees of the montle against year the of butine ev 8 all branches con si dered through ahouee have ban for the percent per cent ilese thau laet year andi ter the month ibus tar far the daily ie is 98 per cent less than laet last vear ear failures Fa Fai ilaree lurea for the oe cave been ten in the united ee laet lost ear and 44 in canada 40 list year |