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Show ffi-ESSEIIS IE ! VVANTEDBY DEALERE Curtailment of Production Results in Abnormally 1 i Large Orders. i ; WASHINGTON, June 9. Curtailment of the production of less essential articles ar-ticles has greatly stimulated the demand for them. The monthly business - conditions condi-tions report of the federal reserve board, issued tonight, says retail dealers and, consumers clamor for supplies before they are exhausted and place abnormally large orders which manufacturers in most cases are unable to fill. This has been true particularly of the demand for pianos, talking machines and other musical mu-sical instruments. Business conditions throughout the country continue healthy, with war orders tending more and more to crowd out orders or-ders for civilian consumption. Labor-conditions Labor-conditions are a little more settled, but the supply is still scarce, and in some1 parts of the east considerable shifting from one industry to another i.s renoi'i; Money rates in most federal reserve dis tricts are steady. Construct k-n lint. The report by districts shows the condition con-dition of the San Francisco district to be good, business active, foreign trade large, labor conditions more settled. |