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Here and there a few dealers have reduced their prices; business will naturally go to these, and those who are unwilling to follow their example will have their stock thrown on their hands and will be compelled later on to sell at a ruinous sacrifice: for this reason they will have great difficulty in paying their debis to the wholesale houses and it re to be seen how many will be able to fulfil their obligations in this respect. The simultaneous arrival of several ships caused the figures for imports to be larger than in the previous weeks, without, however, reaching the amounts for the preceding quarter. On the other hand the increase in the import of agricultural machines and articles for use during the coming harvest, was most marked.