The Washington times., 1916-04-02
Spirit of CautiouSneSs
I Is Feature on Marts
Mexican Situation and Continued Trouble With Ber-
B. lin Not Only Factors That Cause Conservatism
M on Markets of the Nation-Financial News
~ and Gossip.

buying scantily In the last Ave years
In addition there are foreign inquiries
In this market for several hundred
thonsand tons o. cins as :, and ,S sSe
will be hastened by the rush Of domes-
Other metal markets are exceptionally
active. Estimates of purchases OF cop
per for the week by domestic and for
eign consumers ranged between 10000
600 and 2O0,O0O.000 pounds. The prices
paid range between q and 2Ih NSntS
There arc other orders pending wEN,h.
II placed. give promise of making this
movement the greatest in the history OF
There was likewise during the week
an unprecedented demand for lead.
Japan has taken . large quantity for
use m the manufa cture OF munitions for
Russia. On Thursday the price was ad-
vanced y q cent per, pound.
January exports Of automobiles
amounted to MIH. .n1, against t3.&s.ceo
In January, 1915. an increase OF % per
cent. The seven months exports ended
with January were $4,000 .in in 1919,
s16, Te7 ,5H in 1915, ana sls. .sH In 1914.
Total number OF automobiles exported
were $3.50 In January. 1915, and Abs In
January. 1915. In January. 1915. t,beo
cial cars. For the seven months ended
in January. 1915. some e.767 cars we're
exported. including 27.37s passenger cars
, and 12,SA commercial cars.
France imported N.Ss,115 worth Of
United States automobiles and Omitted
Kingdom u,7isSs6 in January. 1916. or
together S per cent OF all United States
exports For the seven months ended
with January, United Kingdom took sls,-
6i4667. Russia In Europe tl2,s2+.o47. and
france 1888. 2s5. or, the three combined,
70 per cent of our total exports Of au-
tomobiles.
The total value Of exports Of autorno-
piles, parts. and tires was 310Nrl7e6 In
January. 1915. against 3As27 80 IN jan
uary. 1915. an increase OF 107 per cent.
One of the most reliable Indicate
OF the return OF prosperity to the United
states is found in the growing demand
for precious stones
January imports into the United States
N precious stones Of all classes totaled
o,sis, against S1,0s6, ,917 in january.
1910 an increase of Iy per cent. Total
imports OF precious stones for the seven
months mo- ended January was s2o.t7s.oS5 in
l9lS. $,N,1G in 1915. and 81, ,IeI. .is3 in
1918. Consequently. imports of precious
stones are now running at nearly three
times the rate OF last year and sub
stantialiy on parity with 1914
The importation Of uncut diamonds
Tor January amounted TO 391Ss23 as
against sas9,S2l IN January. 1915. and for
the seven months ended with January
totaled S5,4ts.55s as compared with 81 ,07s,
COL worth for the corresponding period
| or the previous year. The increase IN
pearl imports Was even more marked
In January sse0.6s1 worth OF pearls were
brought in as against So. +43 In the same
month OF 1915. For the seven month,
the importation of pearls amounted Ia
N.tA,oI" as compared with 3seo.7s for
1916.
| Real estate. In the opinion Of experts
| faces general revival which NAV re-
store It to its former and to an in.
creased value and make IL again Q
premier investment. II Is too often
lost sight Of that the first impulse OF
| the public II toward land purchase ol
house ownership. This is legacy from
immemorial times. Under settled econ.
omic conditions. this feeling becomes
a factor OF enormous influence in tn,
sphere OF investent.
This revival, II is expected, will bC
seen first In country realty. The Ell.
burban districts are already proftins
from renewed purchasing OF land hS
both millionaire and more moderat,
| landseekers. More and more the lur,
of the land when II IL country lant
attracts the city man. Country club
md golf create communities srount
them. war-made millions and quiet In
Vestment In securities bought by tn,
average man at the low prices OF 1871
are making possible vast suburban de-
velopment.