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Show H Money Market Is Still Tight, ..and Loans Arc Hard to H .BUSINESS SITUATION H . REMAINS UNCHANGED Brightening Up .of Crop Pros-pects Pros-pects Promises to Re-Here Re-Here Strain. Loans are obtainable at the present time on gilt-edged security only. TliG Hj money" market is still "tight, and the hope for the future seems to be in the brightening- up of the crop reports. A waiting policy has boon everywhere adopted. Locally, incomplete crop ro-ports ro-ports show a nmr.kod improvement.-The bank clearings are still on the toboggan. Business is seasonably quiet in prac-iicnlby prac-iicnlby all lines of trade. That no change of any note has oc- 1 currcd during the last week is the re- port of the hardware trade. Collections i are good and a relaxation from business activity can be borne with good grace. j The fact that so much wool is now be; inq turned into money is a source of felicitation among the hardware men. 1 General lines of trade are fair. Stoves arc in stoady demand for the fall trade, 1 nnd the harness and leather branch re- ports also fair business. Fall stocks J rrc boiiig received from eastern mauu- . i facturers. Lumber Trado Is Fair. 1 i The local demand for lumber is fair- ' ' lv good, reports the local lumber trade, 4 though general conditions arc un- Hj changed. It is said that . it is easy j enough to get cars, but the trouble I sceirs to be to get them over the road. Prices of building material arc down j to bedrock. With the slackening of the j 1 demand for cement, the producers are able to fill orders more readily than in the past. Improved confidence in trade coudi-tions coudi-tions is reported by the wholesale dry goods trade. General trade is good and J 1 there arc no pronounced changes in prices. Shipments of fall and winter goods have begun. Jobbers report that Hj , the general market is improving, as H buying is increasing, though fabrics arc still selling without profit. Large or-dera or-dera arc reported as placed for printed H goods for spring delivery, and dt is be- H Tievcd thcKc goods will havo a largo H season's run. The situation on duck is being watched closely by buyers, as Hl the fabric's curtailment has been dras- tic, .nd staple lines are not abundant. ' Poor Business in Kctaill Trade. H Unsatisfactory business for the week H , is reported by the retail dry goods H trade. The buying public seems to be H I giving more attention to the summer resorts than to the buying of goods. There is a fair business in some Hues, however, as the stores arc making a ! special effort to pusli the sale of shoes. H The trade in perfumery, toilet articles H ' and like goods is reported good. A H ' ready sale of blankets for fall use is H ' reported. Dealers arc making an effort H ; to clean up the odds and ends loft over B from tlio spring and early summer sales. |