The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-06
MULTIPLYING SIGNS
OF TRADES ADVANCE
Weekly Reviews Tell Of Rap
idly Increasing Business
Improvement.

Tie weekly trade reviews report a bet
ter general business outlook through
ou, Ia, country. They say that the ac-
tiyl;y is spr.. ling 10 all quarters.
Bun'S says: "Though a full measure
OF recovery = not Yet apparent In every
branch of domestic enterprisc, evidences
o. returning prosperity are multiplying
Throughout tho commercial world. Dt
late the constructive" movement has
swung forward with a rapid! y seldtsn
e.lualled. and In some respects recent
developments are wholly lacking IN prec-
edent.
pronounced expansion in the volume
Of transactions and "A further growth
OF optimistic sentiment featured the
month Just ended. when several new
high records, including those OF o
production and distribution, were estab-
lishcd. During October for the first
time in the history OF the country the
output of pig iron reached 5000, 0uU
tons Xpo"t trade, due largely to the
urgency uc the war demands, was OF
unmatched proportions gold imports
were of unparalleled Size bank clear
ings touched igurcs never before at
eained, while "a number u standard
stocks and bonds advanced to the best
prices Of the year.
"MVreovcr, latest railroad returns
show q remarkable enhancement of the
earning power of the commo carriers.
with some leading systems, notably the
Pennsylvania. reporting maximum rev.
enues, AMI the broadening scale of build
ing operations. 80 noticeable "a Septem-
Der. was fully maintained last month.
"ImporiaH. and gratifying as these
aMd other achievements arc, OF even
greater significance and encouragement
IL the fact that the business bonn Is be-
coming nationwide. instead Of being
confined To a comparatively few lines
directly stimulated by the war.
Will he situation abroad furnished
the motive puwer that started the wheels
OF progress, il is the exceptional strength
of the economic structure, rs represented
in part 10y The bouu..fuI crops and the
sound banking position. that has made
the advance TO new goals possible
BrudStrCctS says TWO features
loom large IN this weeks rcports-the
ever widening activity of rade and the
increased momentum attained IN many
1ldustrie'. Out Of these grow over
tine in factory, mn and shop progress
siNc improvement IN industries, almost
wholly dependent o. domestic wants !.
larger pay rolls sustained, If not in-
creased. demand upon lobbers and
wholesale dealers more confident future
buying, accompanied, however, by
irgci. cal. for goods already ordered {;
aud although mild weather has pre-
vented retail trade IN the cities from
running iit iul! course much OF the
slack IN tnis respect has been taken up
by increased buying in various country
dist
apparently pesslmlsm has been alto
eethcr uuscatcd. activity in the stock
lnarkui CONTINUES, money Is plethoric,
legitimate demand IL being supplied at
easy rates. collections are frecr, railway
traffic. east and northwest. Is of record
proportions, the grain movement from
tie leading producing States has
reached - new high water mark, produce
tlon of pig iron is the largest In the his
tory of IN" country, prices for iron and
steel continue on an ascending scale,
railway buying indicates pressure 10 get
orders booked. bank clearings for Octo-
bsr set up a peak level that will be hard
u surpasS and the Pacific northwest,
long the most backward section OF the
country, seems about 10 join the circle
OF activity, owing to Improvement in
lumber"