Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-09-23
BUSINESS PICKING
UP EACH WEEK
New York Financial
Review OptomlStlc
on Business Outlook.

That business conditions all over
the United States are Increasingly
good from week to week Is shown
by the optimistic character OF the
general report in the current issue of
Dunn S Review, the leading financial
publication of the United States
In nearly all important industrial
and mercantile lines the trend Is to-
ward a further increase in activity,
and is exceptionally marked in some
directions. Manu-. acturing plants are
being operated to their capacity, the
shortage in the supply of labor be-
ing practically the only deterrent to
additional expansion. The demand for
fall merchandise is encouragingly
brisk, and the general business sentl-
ment is optimistic. In the Central
States the movement of commodities
continue we'll sustained and reflects
prosperous conditions. In the South
the inquiry for staple goods is in
creasingly active, while western COM
mercial centers report substantial
increase in business over last year.
On the Pacific Coast the favorable
crop prospects in that region, to-
gether with the generally high prices
for agricultural products, are indlca-
tive of still further progress. Re-
tail trade drags at some points oW-
ing to labor controversies, but this
condition is regarded as temporary,
and demand for fall merchandise, as
whole, is maintained in Volum"
that reflects an expanding purchas-
ing power on the part of the people
generally. Distribution of fall and
winter goods makes an extremely
favorable comparison with this period
in the best of previous years, and
practically all textile mills are operat-
ing to capacity. Some of them are
booked up as far as they care to go,
and though there has been further
rise in certain fabrics, new business
is being offered which they cannot
accept owing to their inability to-
make deliveries within reasonable
time. Footwear factories are slow
ing down on seasonable lines and are
preparing for their spring run. Few
orders have yet been received for next
seasons goods, but confidence in the
future is reflected by increased buy
ing and firmer prices for all grades
of leather There has be Il no abate-
ment in either the foreign or domes-
tic demand for iron and steel, and
the satisfactory situation in that
market is indicated by the fact that
while production in August by the
leading producer was very large,
there was an increase in untitled or
ders of no less than G6765 tons.
The wholesale and retail distribu-
liOll Ol uIJ SOOuS COIblllNNh "ANAl NA'
abated activity. AS in other lines OF
production, the output is restricted
by manufacturing and transportation
delays that are among the conse-
quences of unusual prosperity. The
demand is now expanding into next
year. The crop shortage does not
seem to find any reflection in the
dry goods trade the higher prices
received for agricultural pro-
ducts offsetdng, for the time being,
at least, any prospects of any con
traction of purchasing powers. Job
bers generally reEort the best Au-
gust and September trade ever known
and retailers are no less satisfied
with the volume and character OF
their business.
RussaO FumOns who is employed