Show THE OUTLOOK since our last comment on the conditions of the country and the evide evidences nees of the re return of prosperity and the outlook for business in general there have been few changes of importance to note the general stock market has shown but little change on saturday june the business barometer as given in the boston transcript stood at on june ath it stood at and on the A year ago it stood at here is a gain of a little more than 33 13 1 3 per cent before the end of the year it will probably reach a higher point than it reached during any of the previous seven years on january 1906 the high point was the principal stocks which have been making the advance are united states steel common atchison un unon on pacific northern pacific great northern st paul reading and one or two others according to the wall street journal some new records have been made in the sale of steel and copper inthe month of may nearly pounds of copper were sold having a market value of about the sales of steel reached almost it is claimed that in no similar period in years have so heavy sales of copper and steel been made as were made during the past month the published reports from pittsburg show that railroads are now buying steel in large quantities during the latter part of the present month many thousands of tons of steel were bought by the missouri pacific northern pacific chicago alton erie drie and the harriman lines A short time ago the latter were inquiring for tons i of steel land and they are now figuring figurin g on tons all the tin plate plants are working al most full force there is some little un easiness easi hess manifest on oh account of the pros hect of a strike atthe atilia end of the present month it is stated that some skilled workmen are planning 9 to give up their jobs |