Show THE OUTLOOK F favorable avo rable reports arts are still brought f from rom the east the business outlook is altogether encouraging collections in the east are much better than they were last year and on the whole the prospect seems somewhat brighter than when we wrote our last coin comment on the outlook just how long it wll be before we begin to feel it very strongly we are not in position to state we feel however that the prospects are good for our section and that we shall see a marked improvement pro in all business lines fall one thing is certain and has been well established and this is that when bus busness ness on the local mining stock exchange is active real estate is also active and building is progressive progressive the mining stock business has often been a leader and when this is slack other interests which so largely depend upon tile the activity of tile the mining stock show a tendency to inactivity when the min ng tock stock business is lively the daily bank clearings show an increase this was especially true when the business on oil the exchange was running from to per day there has been now quite a long period of depression and the prospects are good for a return of activity many of those who bought a year or two ago are holding on and others are already beginning to look at the market now as one that should offer opportunities for very profitable investments the wise investors have usually bought stocks under such conditions as prevail at the present time and they have sold out on the reactions As stated in our last comments the settlements for ore and bullion show that the mining industry is in a healthy condition the stock market is therefore bound to feel the benefits of this activity just at this writing there is a cloud rising the dispatches state that there is a prospect of a great strike involving Z many thousands of railroad men it is however hoped that wise council will prevail and that this threatened check to returning prosperity may be averted or turned aside if the strike does not occur we may then look for considerable increase in activity next month 0 |