The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-03
SLOWING DOWN
IN SOME LINES

s9rrial p!sr.tch u the Entcisencer,
LFN'F.L.\ND. O.. Aug. 2.--RusineSs
district M. have ban affected In some
extent ny the number If questions anu
issues relating 10 business that remain
unsettled. In number Of Industries
there is som" slowing down. especially
in domestic trade.
notwithstanding rains max" tho
crop report for this district less favor
abl" than last month. Ten days OF
faNorab Bile weather ar" very much needed
just ut this time, rs a large percentage
hf the hay is still in the fields. and ~"
wheat harvest. TWO weeks late, viii be
on next week. Corn has suffered from
too much rain. resulting in lack Of Guilt
walton. The situation is such, however.
that improved weather conditions VIII
yet make this 4 very good year for the
farmer
lnduStrics-Thr business in steel and
niher metal products is in full swing.
and there is little doubt that all that can
no manufactured in this country will be-
required for some time to come. Orders.
however. arc not coming in as they
were There is It noticeable. tendency m
The part of dealers to buy rs little as
possible. There Is also temporary
Slarkcnlng III business activity in num-
her of 9th n manufacturing lines in this
district This cessation. however, is
only plling up the need If material for
III" future. ana is partially due 10 the
need OF slowing up following the tense
operating period of the early summer,
and also In enable mills To make nrrcS-
sary repairs and In prepare for the en-
tcnSive program Of the near future.
Automobile and rubber businesses are
only fair. Garment manufacturers re-
port that, while current business might
he better. buying for fall goods is en-
trely satisfactory. Gluss and pottery
trades have ample business.
The SniphullInS industry Is very &C.
tive. Marin" arrniirrtS 'Npcrt 10 dc:
without alteration for lake or ocean
service. Interchangeable.
,TrhnSrortai ion has improved CUnSid-
cr9bly. and there is much easier ".ir
situation. with the exception ri ShortaE"
for movement at coat and ono at l.ah"
Erie docks. which is hHmperlns and III
laying these businesses.
Building operations building opera
tions have fallen off L good deal H. Il
and labor and through difficulty In OBJ
tanning money. There is 40 lack OF DIG
mand for houses. Savings banks and
other institutions lending money OIL
mortgages are not In position /" sup
ply funds as freely for building pur
poses
Labor--Labor is easier to obtain than
last month, being trifle more plen-
tiful. 1t is not expected that this s;t-
uation will continue. in view Of the
through tho selcrtire srrvirc az IL large
number ri active wage carucrS.
Mercantile llncS--A conservative ten
dcncy is noted in both The wholesale
and retail trad". Business. while sat
isractory. is not being done in the vol
umn, under the pressure, and al the
continually advancing prices. rs ii WAS
few mUnthmS aga. The great ConScrta-
ton crusade now going on all over the
country is having its effect, and PEG
pies in this section arc getting to- be
much more economical in their puia
chAScS of thu necessities of life.
olleclionS--l'nllccli ions are cninpara-
lively good. hut cannot now he regarded
"a easy. Accounts have 10 be followed
more closely than heretofore. and there
are signs that the high prices of all ma
tcrials and supplies arc making il din
cult for some OF the business. houses to
turn over the volume oil business which
is presenting itself without considera Bile
strain on their working capital.
Money and lnveStmcntS-An active
demand for money continues. and tho
lender Is now making the rates. Rates
are from i've to six per cent for time
and demand money. There is further
Improvement in investment conditions
While there has been 4 failing OF in !hc
centcrs in demand deposits. time and
savings deposits continue TO increase.