The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-23
GREAT EXPORTS BRING
RECORD FLOW OF GOLD
Weekly Trade Reviews Tell of
Most Favorable Trade
Conditions.

The weekly trade reviews report thai
business conditions throughout the coun
IT.. are more favorable than for somt
time past, exports having risen to Mn'
r~recendeted figures and the general trade
Doing on a more active scale than fol
some time.
Duns says: Even the change &c
milder weather did not materially lasser
retail demands. and ther6Sare eth many
more points of gain than Of loss In
the general situation This fact is made
clear In reports from the principal cen.
tres, as well as by the various Statistical
gauges that measure business movements
and volumes.
Bank cicarinys outside Of New York
largely surpass those Of recent wears.
gross railroad earnings are steadily rls-
ing. the upward trend Of commodity
prices lie unchecked and the Increase in
commercial borrowing gives additional
proof Of trade expansion.
Evidence of widening activity is ap-
parent IN nearly every important, depart-
nrent and IN localities where no sign
~ u was manifest y short time ago.
PROGRESS 10 more rapid. as A, should
be-, in the Industrial thar In the trading
h'Id, and Is most pronounced NJ cities
where tn" manufacture Of war supplies
~ now the leading occupation. As "A
rejection ~ the enormous foreign re-
"uirenents merchandise shipments are
reaching unprecedented totals and the
excess 90 exports over imports Is mount
ing so fast that gold is flowing herr at
an unparalleled rate.
The boom in iron and steel goes on
apaoe conditions in leather nre more
satisfactory than N any time i'm over
2 year. with most tanneri5s running
I" capacity. ard the textile mills are
busy. PROSPECTS, being bright for the
maintenance of operations on the pres.
ent scale during the winter and early
epr!ng months. With the productive
force steadily charging the distribution
OF wages affords an increasing fund for
purchases that will ultimately henea,
All branches Of business In all parts Of
the country.
'Alfe1dN the effects ~ full emrlov-
ment of labor are visible in the broad
ening con.umrtiye demands for clo,h-
ms. f~oodstufs and other necessities,
ana MS is true not onv Of the East.
MT also OF III" WeS, and South. Con-
ditions In the Latter section ara notably
improved, hisher cotton prices more than
c"'nhehsating for the reduced crop. while
the unusually successful a%gricultural
season in the Yves; Is a factor OF far
r'achirs importance"
brrdSfrcotS says Save for a nroh.
ABLY temporary setback to retail dis
trIhutinn caused by a spell Of warm
weather progress IN trade and Industry
continues OF conspicuous proportions.
WIN even greater gains APPARENTLY in
store.
In the larger lines cumulative eynar-
sion ts the chief characteristics retail
merchants show n stronger propensity 10
to buy ahead tha steel trade goes on
mixing ground prices on some finished
products have been advanced. partly to
keep buying within certain bounds the
o n predicted scarcity Of railway cars
is "A" actual fact "A paucity of labor ex-
ISIS; pay rolls are charging weekly
bank clearings are ~ unparall led pro-
portions demand for money. the sup
ply Of which is ple'horic al easy rates.
j. increasing exports of wheat and -four
reduced 20 Nhea: fnr the current week cs-
tabl.sh 4 new high record export trad
unprecedented meri'prioIs
new Enterprises are being launched more
readily real estate. long dormirt. IL r
farmers IN the South. having
had their -rcb"d.Ncs iispclicd by good
prices Tor cotton and is products. are
OF old debts, and except IN the
producing sections II the North
west toutside Of tn mining ~resions).
growth is evidenced"