The Business Outlook

New Yore, Dec. ft- R G. Dun A Ca, in their weekly review of trade, say: Legitímate trade continúes f:iirly active for the season, thouïhembarrassedin some branches by the fluctuations in speculative markets. Specuiation in prodocte, after a few lays of wild advanoe, has taken a turn downward, as the natural reBult of enorinou"! sales t realize. With rapidly expanding ciirrency, money is generally easier than a week ago, though coinpla.nts of slow collections do not diminish. Agitation of the tariff qnestion already begins to cause revisión of calcnlations for the fature in some departmente. The sharp decline in real estáte speculations and prices at Bome Sou hern and Western pointB tends to check developments there, and snbjects investors to pome financia! strain.