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Show u FINANCIAL INTERESTS CONFI-DENT. CONFI-DENT. Thero is no question but that thoso leading financial Interests closest to tho business pulso of tho country aro satisfied in their minds that tho v.ar 1905 is to bo a period of marked expansion. ex-pansion. The opinion is expressed that wo aro yet to feel tho stimulus of tho groat gold production of tho world as well as of our bountiful harvests of tho year just closing. Tho strength of tho situation at tho mi ment Is that both business and sp"culatlvo operations aro being conducted con-ducted on conservative lines. In gon-o-al trado stocks aro light; in speculative specu-lative quarters comparatively few securities se-curities aro being carried on margin account. In both commercial and financial circles liabilities nro boliovod to bo far below tho normal. It only requires a study of tho monetary mone-tary situation at tho loading centers to realize- tho Immensity of our resources. re-sources. The peoplo never had so much money. Tho situation theroforo Is ono to command, in fact, to force confidence. In the security market tho most striking foaturo Is tho scarcity of gilt-edge gilt-edge Investments. Tho demand for bonds Is surprisingly largo, larger than ls commonly known, because the bulk of business is outsldo of tho stock exchange This investment demand which has been in strong ovldonco for months will naturally grow larger when tho supply of investment money is increased in-creased by some ?1G0,000,000 as tho result of January disbursements. Boston News Bureau. |