Show STORMS AFFECT TRADE Business Light Except in Easter Lines II I l HATS AND GOWNS IN DEMAND II I I r Though the Moisture that Fell Upon the State Dampened the Ardor of Wouldbe Purchasers the Loss to q j Dealers Will he Compensated for inj the Revival that Promise of Good I Crops Will Cause Increase ot SugarBeet AcreageThe Potato 1 Supply Problem of Millers f T J i I Had It not neon that Easier aIws hrlnssCa revival of trade the past week would haw undoubtedly gone on record an being one of the quietest of the year The UrL two days wiw a very good trade but the weather from that time u on WHS decidedly capricious and trade followed suit Business was especially 0111 god among tho dealers In dress goods I l tho milliner and the florist I and such other dealers a8 look forward to Easier I I time l being one of the periods when I they should reap a harvest hut to the aoragc bualncstj man there wa nothing noth-ing at all Inspiring For all this the w rather was held responsible and well I might be for looking at it from the standpoint of pleasure alone it was I anything to be desired Hut while l r jHime city people were inclined to grumble t grum-ble at the storms and wonder whether a pet fruit tree might be damaged by I the froMl out In the country the moisture j mois-ture was received with delight by the I I farmers who were perfectly contentS S Li to lot I few peaches apple 01 peart 1 if need be providing the oats and the lucerne and the wheat and the barley were given a long lease on life So while the weather had a bad effect on business In this city In a general sense the small receipts of the present will It Is believed be more than compensated compen-sated for in the future t Industrial stocks have remained In I their usual comatose condition There tn arc no fluctuating propositions among these and OH a consequence there are I no sudden rises or falls There Is money In plenty at the banks under the usual conditions and while there has been considerable Inquiry I In-quiry of late but few loans of great Importance have been made Real estate men are quite pleas over the outlook Nearly all of the pale of the week have been of the smaller kind and while most ot the a residences sold were bought by those who Intended to occupy them there L were several purchases for speculation t purely and buyers expressed thcm Holves as perfectly satisfied with their I investments There is 1 a growing demand I de-mand for the smaller houses Few of these remain untenantcd while there arc several of the higherpriced ones ma especially those In the outlying additions addi-tions which are going begging for 1 tenants Ir Work on lan of tho buildings now aci going up was stopped temporarily on t7 account of the storm |