The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-09

EmDfOluefieS and faces are looking up Lumber business is improving a trille Wholesale groceries are in- active Electric and railway supplies are spotty but not much below nor maL Fertilizers are quiet Volume of stock and merchandise is in keep ing with the volume of business. Not much stock carried on the shelf.
 'Boston-Srong feeling of opti mism and business generally regard ed as improved.
 delphia-,Present and imme- diate outlook business conditions ace encouraging and showing gradual i'm lproyement
 Pittsburgh Present conditions l show increased activity.
 Richmond General business con ditions are slightly improved.
 Present and immediate outlook regarded as improved.
 New Orleans General situation regarded as improved.
 Dallas Business marking time: basic conditions are good
 Chicago Present conditions dull: immediate outlook hopeful in tone business showing slight improvement
 St Louis -Business conditions stand at highest point since May, 1914.
 Kansas City Present and immedi- ate outlook good for material improve ment
 san Francisco Business people are in better spirits Present and i'm mediate outlook better and steadily improving
 "Of the seven New England dis tricts reporting none shows a decline in husiness conditions, while three districts show improvement. Maine Is the only portion reporting real de- pression, while other reliable inter ests report that the situation is i'm proving. In Rhode Island the jewelry business only is badly depressed, all other business indicating gains, A stagnant condition exists in central Massachusetts. The lines which show the greatest activity are those with orders for war supplies, which include shoes, wooens, coarse cot tons, arms, ammunition and metals Textiles, lumber, steel and iron show l improvement The machine ant shoddy business is very good anC there is fairly good business ii plated ware and copper utensils Packers are in good condition.
 The general business conditions | throughout the middle Atlantic states show improvement, only two districts | Heading, Pa, and Maryland being excepted The general and immediate | outlook is reported as good and | healthy in tone. No business is de clining Manufacturing generally is increasing and the production of ar ticles for the use of foreign armies is active in this section also. There is some slight depression in few manu. facturing lines, also to some extent in the retail business.
 The south as a whole reports a decided improvement in business. The present outlook and the basic conditions are good. Confidence has | been restored
 ] "The effect of the past depression has been the retrenchment of all classes. The retail and whole ale trade has greatly improved Many farm districts report the best eondi- tion in years. The lumber business | has shown reyiyng activity.
 Many sections in the north central states report conditions as normal ] and many show a definite improve ment in business conditions: while those states which were benefited by large harvest and high prices during the last season have been unusually prosperous. The outlook for the pres. ent season is equally bright; the crop conditions being excellent.
 "A large portion of this section re- ports no depression, while some of those sections previously reporting depression are now benefiting. The supplying of war orders continues and some factories are working 24 hours a day and conditions generally are better than they have been since May, 1914. The lines that show the greatest activity are stock, harness, machines, tools, iron and steel busi- ness, machinery, rubber. automobiles. wholesale mercantile trade, building stones, packing, grain, knitting and shoe mills, cement, drugs, hardware. clothing, boots and shoes and enamel. The greatest depression is in coal, vehicles, dry goods, home furnish. ings, mining, railroad construction and equipment material, stove foun- dries, lumber, glass, general merchan, disc retail lines, real estate and breweries.
 Improvement is very noticeable throughout the western states. many of the districts reporting a remark able improvement in business condi. tions since January l. Mining and building have become active and the agricultural outlook is excellent. Bank deposits are showing satisfactory