The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-17

nave leisure to talk about what is I'm
permost IN their minds. The prevail
ing view is that partisanship will warm
up lnat both sides will contribute gem
~ lousy 70 campaign funds and that
the situation will become inteneeI,r
Impressive before the end. Mr. Roosa,
Velt mas some exceedingly warm friends
among the large CAPITALISTS and II is
taken Tor granted that Judge Parlxer's
SPONSORS VIII provide his war chest
WIN plenty of ammunition. For ths
4 n Time IN eight years the National
~ dtlc Committee will have
SLoush 20 go round and will not he
ilS,siiIp Tor the where-with-all to do
pusiIless, where they NAV be an ad
vantage to be gained by iudieious for
the good of the cause"
crop conditions divide Wall street's
dttehtlon with politics. The latest
government report was favorable in
almost every particular, although NOT
t!onllIlg quite up to the optimistic es-
inmates of some of the private cron
experts. The Chicago con1n,is eiop
houses, which lead the government
bureau from two to three weeks in
crop forecasts. advise their clients of
pfllllant crop prospects in ali fine
Northern states. with some modifica.-
tlon With respect to Kansas. 1t would
not be surprising if the yield of corn
should approximate 5000, 900, 900 bushels,
LIZ ne season is only week or ten days
pehlnq' with very large increase in
acreage. Last year at this time the
crop was from four to six weeks late
YET the production was 1900 600 Oo0 or
.hereabouts. The quality was inferior
out the quantity was there. All in
an the crop killers ARE having a bad
line line TINS summer, although their es-
tInates seemingly have an effect by
reason of the fact that there is on the
Chicago Board of Trade a big buII
Clique, which is employing its vast
lnanlpulative energies to hold prices
uhtll the chance arrives to unload
Cotton estimates are impressive. al
though in their anxiety to maintain
prices senders of news from the cotton
oelt occupy for the most part a very
conservative position.
everything points to bumper crops
all along the line. Even wheat is 90
ing to be an immense yield. Winter
wheat is concededly slightly below the
average, but the largely increased
spring wheat area promises to more
than offset the deficiency in the other
variety. The owners of railroads look
forward to satisfactory business from
this time onward. Their information
which is of the very best, leads them to
DNitCNC Illdl IuGTCHduLS throughout the
Middle West and trans Mississippi
country will materially increase their
purchases and that the buying power
behind them will warrant them in
looking ahead for a return of good
times. Trade reports almost univer-
sally show improvement, and in every
department of the manufacturing in
dustry advices indicate improvement in
business. There is slight ground to
look for another great boom in the i'm
mediate future, but everywhere foun-
dations are hardening and a spirit of
hopefulness and courage has taken the
place of fear and dependency.
Investors are loosening up. They are
getting into the securities market
again and buying more literally every
day. Spectators, quick to see the
turn of the tide, are increasing their
marginal commitments. Banks are for
the first time in two years giving en-
enlargement to their speculative Gus
toners and are making it easier than
heretofore for them to secure accom-
modations Bond houses and banks re-
port steadily increasing demand for
stocks and bonds of the better class
and a. growing disposition on the part
of clients to leave to their fiscal
ter of investments. This betokens re-
turning public confidence in the gen.
eral situation.
Railroads which have been going
through most uncomfortable